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Lightweight boxer Calvin Henderson claims he was kicked out of Jake Paul’s fight camp after the YouTuber-turned-boxer broke his nose.
A 19-2-1 professional was called in to help bridge Prepare for the February 2023 fight with him Tommy Fury in the Middle East
Henderson was among the crowd fight The partners headed to Dubai to emulate Fury’s style, but things didn’t go according to plan.
On the eve of fight night, a video of blood pouring from Paul’s nose in the stadium was released.
Henderson claims he was the man who caused the claret to flow.
And this led to his axing from the fighting camp.
talk to Fight the hype“When I fought Jake, I knew I was light years ahead of him in terms of skill and experience, so I went in there with the mindset of being a good training partner, where I could match his level,” he said.
“It’s a camp for Tommy Fury, so they asked me to model Tommy Fury; like moving my legs, staying back, almost like an amateur.
“I’m not an amateur fighter and so I don’t fight like that, so I did what they asked me to do and I thought I was doing well.
“I wasn’t really hurting him and walking him. Jake had three coaches at the time and one of his coaches was like, ‘What are you doing, man?’ We have to push him.”
“The other sparring partner hurt his ribs, they wanted to get someone else into the spar and I said, ‘No, just give me all the rounds.’
“And the guy was like, ‘You want five rounds with Jake Paul?’ I said, ‘Man, stop the game, yeah give me the rounds.’
So we go over there and at this point they keep telling me, “You gotta push him,” and finally one of his coaches said, “I’m not going to lie, sir, you’re like a sucker.”
And I’m like, ‘What? A sucker?” And I went home all night thinking, “You know a sucker that I’m going to take out tomorrow?”
“So Tuesday came, they told me to fight Jake Paul five rounds in a row and I went straight at him; no boxing, no in-and-out.
I went straight to him and took him out; Here’s a leaked video of him with a bloody nose and blood everywhere and s***.
“I just went straight at him. Well, I’m sorry to say that was the last time I fought with Mr. Paul, because they took me home a black *** after that. I lost the bag.
When we were doing that sparring session, the last session, between the second and third round, my coach was there and he was like, “This is the last time you fight him.”
“And I was like, ‘What do you mean?’ And he said, ‘Man, you’re going to beat this dude.’
“Sure, that was the last time I fought Mr. Paul… They were like, ‘Oh no hard feelings, you’re just not the style we’re looking for,’ so they kicked me out.”
Paul went on to defeat Fury by a different decision in a low-scoring affair.
They are now preparing for a rematch which may take place in the future.