Jake Paul and Andrew Tate have started “negotiations” for a potential boxing bout.
On Thursday, The Problem Child took to Twitter and Instagram to share a video of the two facing off with caption, “Negotiations. @MostVpromotions.”
Paul’s Most Valuable Promotion brand also shared the clip to Instagram with the hashtag, “PaulTate 2023.”
MVP also shared a video of Paul training in the ring with the caption, “Back on the grind. Tate next?”
A Paul-Tate fight has been discussed for some time, but now it appears as though it actually might happen.
In August, Paul was skeptical about a fight between the two happening.
“I don’t think he gets in the ring with one of us,” Paul said during an episode of his brother Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast.
“It’s too big of a risk for him. He’s ‘alpha male,’ right? That’s his whole entire thing. And when he loses — he will lose to either one of us he fights — his whole schtick and all the women will be like, ‘Yeah!’ and his whole schtick goes out the window.”
Tate is a former pro kickboxer (76-9), who also had a short stint in MMA. He is now an internet personality, known for his controversial opinions, dubbed the “King of Toxic Masculinity.”
Paul is now 6-0 in his pro boxing career after he beat his “idol,” former longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, by unanimous decision last month at Desert Diamond Arena in Arizona.
Paul has been in Dubai as he is making a special guest appearance at the Floyd Mayweather-Deji fight on Sunday.