Jake Paul Believes It Feels Like He’s Starting Boxing All Over With New Fundamentals

Jake Paul says he is learning new boxing fundamentals ahead of his match against Nate Diaz.

Paul is coming off his first career loss to Tommy Fury back in February and he will now take on Diaz on Saturday, August 5. It’s an intriguing matchup and Paul admits in his last fight he made a ton of mistakes which is why he has gone back to fundamentals ahead of his return fight.

“There were a lot of fundamentals I was making mistakes on. I’m going back to the drawing board,” Paul said in an interview with BoxingScene.com and other reporters. “I almost had to go backward to move forward. We relearned and reworked a lot of things, which is a process and a struggle. It kind of feels like I’m starting boxing all over with the fundamentals and basics but it’s fine.”

Although Jake Paul was disappointed to lose to Tommy Fury, he says the loss was a good thing as it showed the brash YouTuber-turned-boxer what he did wrong and what to improve on.

“Losing was something that was definitely not fun or easy. But I think it was good for me for the long run and it made me a stronger man and built a stronger foundation,” said Paul. “It made me have to look at everything, including myself to reassess and reconfirm my beliefs about what I am doing in this sport. I learned a lot about myself, my mental strength, and what I am capable of pulling through. Now I feel that I am even more mature in many ways because of the loss.”

Jake Paul is currently 6-1 as a pro and before the loss to Fury, he beat Anderson Silva by decision. Prior to that, he had back-to-back wins over Tyron Woodley and in the rematch got the KO win. He also has a KO win over Ben Askren.

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