Andrew Tate's former kick-boxing rival Ibrahim El Boustati believes the controversial star has faked his "alpha male" persona in order to become famous.
The Dutch kickboxer beat Tate within minutes of their world title meeting in 2016, landing a number of heavy shots before the Brit complained of an eye injury and told the referee to stop the bout. Tate would go on compete in three further kickboxing matches in Romania, and a comeback fight in 2020, but for all intents and purposes was retired by El Boustati at world level.
But six years later, El Boustati believes Tate couldn't have been telling the truth about the severity of his eye injury after emerging as a potential opponent for Jake Paul. He argues either Tate was lying in 2016 about his detached retina, or that he would be unable to take a high-level boxing match against someone like Paul with such lingering issues.
