Face Off! Paul Stares Down August In Orlando!

Jake Paul came face-to-face with Andre August at the conclusion of their pre-fight press conference on Weds., held in advance of their eight-round cruiserweight headliner atop the upcoming DAZN-streamed boxing event airing this Fri. night (Dec. 15, 2023) from inside Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Watch the press conference video replay here.

“Even if the people that say anything about him as far as him being a YouTuber or whatever, well, everyone that’s saying something, why don’t these guys be able to just get in the ring and do something?” August told MMA Junkie. “It’s not easy to get in the ring and make it happen and actually fight anybody, even if it’s an MMA fighter. MMA fighters are fighters. We’re all fighters at the end of the day. I just take my hat off to him and respect him for that. Everybody that’s saying something about the situation, I don’t really feed into it because they’re not getting in the ring and making things happen.”

“Boxing is boxing, man, anything can happen,” August continued. “Jake is a boxer himself. Everyone needs to stop saying he’s just a YouTuber. This guy has actually been putting in work. He has real boxers in his corner that are actually training him, people that have way more experience than I have. He’s doing what he needs to do to become whatever he needs to become.”

To stream this Fri. night’s “Paul vs. August” fight card click here.