‘Mafia’ Kickboxer Andrew Tate, Who Once Wanted to “Beat the Living Sh*t” Out of Jake Paul, Now Acknowledges ‘The Problem Child’

British-American internet celebrity Andrew Tate has had a successful career in kickboxing. He is a three-time ISKA world champion and was among the best in his prime. He took retirement from the sport, but he had once challenged Jake Paul for a potential fight. However, now he has a different perspective about him. 

Recently, Andrew Tate was invited as a guest on the ‘FULL SEND PODCAST’. He was asked if he wanted to fight Jake Paul, and he replied, “So I made that video when he first called out Conor McGregor because I thought he was being disrespectful. Jake Paul’s pretty big, but I think that Conor McGregor, at the time I thought that Jake Paul was just disrespecting fighters as a whole because fighting is a really hard life.”

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“Now it seems that Jake Paul is taking his boxing career a little seriously. He’s taking it very very seriously, so I’m not at all angry at the guy, because he is now a boxer effectively. And he is using attention. He is using provocative marketing to make himself as much money as possible.”

Apparently, Cobra feels that Paul is steadily turning into an effective boxer. Earlier, he thought that Paul was insulting fighters. But now he stated that he understands what Paul is doing, and he cleared that he was not at all angry with Paul. 

When Andrew Tate wanted to fight Jake Paul 

Combat sports have evolved through generations, and now even celebrities make some of the biggest fighting events. A prime example would be the American Youtuber, Jake Paul. As mentioned before, Tate once stated that he wanted to destroy Jake Paul in a fight. 

As per ‘Mirror’, Tate once mentioned, “If me and Jake Paul fight, I would destroy him because I’m a professional. He knows I would destroy him and that’s fine”.

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Both Tate and ‘The Problem Child’ fight in the same weight class. However, the former stands tall at 6’3”, while Paul at 6’1”. The latter is set to face Hasim Rahman Jr. on August 6. Only time will tell if he faces ‘Cobra’ next.