Jake Paul’s business partner Nakisa Bidarian says he had an outlandish plan to mess with Anthony Joshua that he thankfully avoided last week.
Paul and Joshua will fight on December 19, in what is almost certain to be the biggest fight of this year. It all came together remarkably quickly after the YouTuber’s exhibition bout with Gervonta Davis was cancelled earlier this month, and excitement is already building for the Netflix showdown.
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The size difference between Paul, and Joshua was blatantly apparent when they faced off in a Friday press conference. This friendly encounter almost turned into a confrontation when Paul considered a possible viral moment. He decided against it at the very last minute.
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Jake Paul had plan to ‘motorboat’ Anthony Joshua in first face-off
Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua had their first face-to face meeting on Friday. The American looked more like he was face-to chest with his opponent than face-to face. And speaking on Ariel Helwani’s Uncrowned show tonight, Most Valuable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian revealed he had a bizarre prank planned.
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“If you notice at the start of the face-off, Jake is looking down at his chest,”Bidarian called Helwani back after the momentous event. “Jake had said to me that he was going to ‘motorboat’ him.
“I said, ‘Jake, I’m not sure that makes a lot of sense, man. This is a pretty intense situation, but up to you, you obviously make your own call.’ So I think, in that moment, he was actually considering doing that. And then, upon reflection, he probably thought, ‘Let me just look up versus doing this.’”
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