Jake Paul is going to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The YouTuber turned award-winning boxer took his record to 10-1 with a win over former UFC star and bare-knuckle boxer Mike Perry in Florida.
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And now he’s preparing to link up with Team USA’s boxing team in the French capital — but not to compete.
Paul, 27, has been appointed honorary coach, whose job is to raise the level of the gold medal winners.
He is using his experience on the big stage to help boxers deal with the pressure of the Games.
Paul said about Brother Logan podcast“I am conducting meditation sessions and preparing them for the big moment and am there to support them in every way possible.
“I don’t know how much it will help, but I’m sure they will be fine with or without me.
“But also trying to get people’s attention. We’re making a documentary about the whole week we spent with them and the whole event that went on there.”
Former Anthony Joshua opponent Jarrell Miller shows off incredible physical transformation ahead of Andy Ruiz Jr fightPaul himself even considered competing in Paris, but missed the deadline – he now has his sights set on the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
He said: “We tried. I missed the cutoff. We were about three weeks late when we landed on the idea.”
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“I can do this thing in LA. I think I can. I think it would be great. I’d get a gold medal, bro…
“It’s ridiculous. We’re about three weeks behind the cutoff, but if I could have competed in a qualifying tournament it would have been possible.”
“That would be fun. Become cruiserweight world champion and then give up my professional licence and become an amateur boxer, win a gold medal in 2028.”
Paul spent a week with the US boxing squad in Colorado before his last fight and will now travel to France to rejoin them.
He will then focus on his controversial bout against 58-year-old Mike Tyson, which has been rescheduled for November 15 in Texas.
