Andrew Tate has branded Logan Paul "a clown" and "a parrot" after performing a U-turn over a potential boxing fight.
Controversial ex-kickboxer Tate has held talks over returning to the ring in a boxing fight with a social media influencer. Logan, his brother Jake, and British YouTuber KSI have all been mentioned in relation to a clash with the 35-year-old.
But while Jake is mapping out his own professional career, and KSI has ruled out a fight due to a perceived weight difference, Logan appeared the most likely opponent until he backtracked on his ambitions. The American initially insisted he was prepared to fight Tate before withdrawing his offer when the Brit was banned from social media.
"Logan Paul is bought and sold, he is not allowed to have individualistic thought, he is a mouthpiece for the matrix," Tate told Mirror Fighting . "He is given a piece of paper and told what to think and he repeats it. He's a parrot, and he's clown and he's afraid of being cancelled because he was cancelled once before and couldn't stop crying on TV. He's not allowed his own opinion, he's been told what to say and he says it because he has no soul and no morals."
Tate was referring to Paul being demonetised from YouTube in 2018 when he posted a video of a man who had killed himself in a Japanese 'suicide forest'. Paul later apologised and his channel was reinstated before he went on to enter the world of influencer boxing.
And Tate insists he is serious about making a return to the ring having retired from his world-title-winning kickboxing career in 2016. "I'm absolutely serious, it's just a matter of making sure the deal is done correctly," he added. I'm not going to let any of these social media clowns pretend they are the A-side of any negotiations when I'm the most famous man on the planet. They do not deserve more money than me, in fact it's the opposite.
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"If they don't fight me, they fight bums; KSI won't fight me because he's afraid, he tweeted that I'm too big for him after calling me out and me saying yes. He called me out, I said yes, then he made an excuse. Logan and Jake are on the cards; perhaps more Logan than Jake but there are options.
"I don't need money and I don't need credibility, and I'm going to stay relevant for eternity. I'm going to be the most relevant voice for the masculine youth for the rest of human time and banning me on social media isn't going to change that. So for me to fight, it's not about money or credibility, it's a personal decision because there is someone I want to hurt."
