Jake Paul has sparred Tyson Fury 's former opponent Steve Cunningham ahead of his fight with Anderson Silva.
Paul, 25, looks for his sixth professional win against 47-year-old UFC legend Silva, who was one of the YouTuber-turned-boxer’s idols growing up. The fight will mark Paul’s first in over 10 months, as his bookings against Tommy Fury and Hasim Rahman Jr both collapsed. Paul has cycled through 50 sparring partners in the past year, one of which was heavyweight champion Fury’s former opponent Cunningham.
Fury knocked out Cunningham when they fought in 2013, but the former cruiserweight world champion didn’t make it easy as he dropped Fury with an overhand right early on in the fight. It marked just the second time Fury had been dropped in his professional career, but he weathered the storm and overwhelmed Cunningham in the later rounds before getting the stoppage win.