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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Ben Davies

Jake Paul mocks rival Nate Diaz by facing off with clapping toy monkey

Jake Paul jokingly faced off with a clapping toy-monkey as he mocked rival Nate Diaz at their launch press conference.

YouTube star Paul suffered a first defeat of his short boxing career in February losing on a narrow split decision to Tommy Fury, but he has since announced he will fight ex-UFC star Diaz. The 'Problem Child' is extremely confident he can return to winning column against the 38-year-old who will be making his debut in the squared circle.

The pair came face-to-face for the first time at a launch press conference, where there were a whole host of tense moments including when the pair started shadow-boxing at the final face-off. However during the media part of the conference, Paul decided to brandish a toy monkey which clapped when his rival made a KO prediction.

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