Jake Paul was involved in a heated altercation with Indian boxer Neeraj Goyat after being confronted in a carpark on the eve of his next fight.
Paul, who is set to face America’s Ryan Bourland in Puerto Rico this Saturday night, was walking with women’s featherweight champion Amanda Serrano when Goyat pulled up on him in the carpark.
The 32-year-old super-lightweight (18-4-2) travelled to the Caribbean island from India to confront Paul in the flesh, declaring himself a man of his word after promising to do so.
After appearing to accuse Paul of insulting him in the Indian language, the YouTuber-turned-fighter says in a video posted on his social-media account: ‘So you can’t handle a little s**t talk? Did I hurt your feelings?’
Jake Paul was involved in a heated altercation with Indian boxer Neeraj Goyat in Puerto Rico
The pair had to be separated in a carpark after Goyat confronted Paul in the flesh
As Goyat denies being hurt, Paul then shouts: ‘Listen brother… f**k you three times brother.’
Serrano then attempts to defuse the situation, only for tempers to boil over between the pair when Paul pushes Goyat in the chest.
The latter then grabs the back of Paul’s head before an unknown member of his team intervenes.
Serrano, who fights under Paul’s MVP promotional banner, can then be heard telling him: ‘It’s fight week, fight week!’
The Problem Child shared the video on Instagram along with the caption: ‘@neeraj_goyat respect to you lil guy for flying all the way from India – to NEERAJ fans… where in India do you want to see me knock him out at?’
Paul, a former YouTuber who has harnessed his internet fame to promote his fledgling boxing career, will face Bourland, a former Golden Gloves champion, on March 2 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The fight card is co-headlined by Serrano, who is returning to her native island to face Nina Meinke.