Anderson Silva has clarified recent comments in which he said he was knocked out twice in the final session of sparring for Saturday’s boxing match vs. Jake Paul.
In a prepared written statement issued by Showtime on Wednesday (via TMZ Sports), Silva said he “misspoke” and chalked it up to a language barrier as a non-native English speaker.
“After seeing the reports and concern for me, I’d like to clarify two important things,” Silva said. “One, I was NEVER knocked out in sparring. I misspoke in that interview as I sometimes do when interviewing in English and exaggerated the normal back-and-forth action that occurs in sparring.
