JAKE PAUL has revealed a sensational plan to bulk up to 240lbs – before cutting down to fight Mike Tyson.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer and the heavyweight icon will collide in a controversial showdown on July 20 in Texas.
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Not only will this mark Netflix’s first move into live boxing, but it will also be Paul’s first fight at heavyweight.
Shane Mosley, one of Paul’s former trainers, revealed that the American weighed 230 pounds (16.4 pounds).
And Paul admitted he could even reach 240lb (17st 1lb) only to drop back down to 220lb (15st 7lb) to maintain his speed.
He said in his podcast: “It’s shocking for people to know how much I weigh.
“I think just because I’m normally fighting at 200 and walking around at 210. It’s weird for me to be at 230.
“But since that was pasta after my last fight, I’m eating as much as possible and I’ve found that my body can handle that weight really well.
“And I’m just growing. I think I’ll get to 240 and probably cut back, so I’ll be a lot faster.
“But if I’m training for this camp — and the camp hasn’t started yet — but if I’m training this camp at 240 and then I drop down to 220, it’s basically like I’m wearing a 20-pound weight vest the entire time. camping.
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“Then my muscles will become much stronger and this speed will appear.”
The lightest Paul weighed as a fighter was 183.6 pounds (13 pounds 1 pound), but his last two fights were at the cruiserweight limit of 200 pounds 14 pounds 4 pounds.
And his plan to weigh 240 pounds would be FOUR STONES heavier than the 30 pounds he scaled before losing to Tommy Fury, 24, last year.
By comparison, Anthony Joshua, 34, weighed the same amount in losses to Oleksandr Usyk, 37.
But he then bulked up to 252.4 pounds in a knockout win over Francis Ngannou, 37, in March.
According to the NHS, at 6ft 1in, Paul’s BMI of 240lbs would make him obese.
But he admitted to liking the extra calories of heavyweight and explained how his training camp will be different at weight.
He said: “Essentially the same training ground but there are some small differences which I will elaborate on.
“But it’s always the same work and dedication. But the difference will be that I will be able to eat what I have already realized is much better for recovery.
“Other than fighting heavyweights, I’ll probably fight less because heavyweights obviously punch harder and it’s more intense to take hits from heavyweights, which I’ll obviously do at this camp.”
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