Jake Paul is looking to return to boxing with his bout with Anderson Silva on October 29, Saturday, in the Gila River Arena, Phoenix. After back-to-back cancellations, ‘The Problem Child’ has hope to fight once again. On the other end, Nate Diaz, recently at UFC279, went up against veteran fighter Tony Ferguson in his last contractual fight in the UFC. Following the end of his match, Diaz expressed his willingness to attend the Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva event and that too by being ringside.
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Now, after Diaz’s remarks on Silva vs. Paul, Paul reportedly ‘trash-talked’ the Stockton born fighter. According to a report published by theScore, ‘The Problem Child’ said, “A hundred percent. 100%. I’ll slap the Stockton out of him.”
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In Dana White’s opinion, it was time Paul had a real fight. And since Paul was taking on former UFC champion Silva, Diaz was asked if he would attend that fight. After Paul’s comments on Diaz, fans reacted heavily on Facebook. Here are some reactions we offer you for a read.
Fans react to Jake Paul “talking trash” to Nate Diaz
Although the bout with Anderson Silva is confirmed, Jake Paul is also interested in fighting Nate Diaz. In an interview, at the thought of fighting Diaz, Paul recently said, “100 percent, I’ll slap the Stockton out of him. I’m focused on Oct. 29. I have a crazy tough opponent in front of me in Anderson Silva, so that’s my main focus.”
After Paul’s comments went viral on the net, Brian Lamar said, “Nate gonna show up at his house”.
David Martin commented by saying, “Jake Paul won’t be heard from in the fight game after Anderson Silva embarrasses him”.
Matthew Farrare said, “God make this fight happen now. Silva drop let Diaz have this one.”
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Steve Preciado wrote, “And now that Diaz is at the end of his MMA career, he qualifies to fight Pauls very specific VIPs – old retirees preferably MMA fighters”.
Jay Rhinehardt wrote, “Hope y’all don’t meet in public because Nate doesn’t play fighting he loves it lol. Always on Go.”
And finally, Michael Lockett said, “Jake only fights non boxers. Fighting actual boxers goes against his code of conduct”.
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Would you be interested in seeing Jake Paul fighting Nate Diaz? If the two boxed, who do you think would win? Let us know in the comments below.