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Former world champion Carl Froch would not imagine that Jake Paul is sparring with British heavyweight Lawrence Okolie correctly in the lead-up to his battle with Anthony Joshua, while the ex-professional still has his doubts over the battle going forward. The bout is scheduled for December 19, and is going down in Florida.

It’s an exhibition match for Joshua, who has many years of expertise at the top of boxing. It is a stark comparability to Paul, who is a YouTuber-turned-boxer, with just 13 fights to his identify and a report of 12 wins and one defeat.

Everything factors in direction of Joshua taking a win, from his dimension and expertise to the opposition he faces. In the lead-up to it, however, Paul has announced that he’s sparring with British heavyweight Okolie, with the 28-year-old claiming he picked up a black eye from doing so.

Froch, however, is not shopping for it, as he told GamesHub: ” They’re not sparring f**king Jake Paul. They’re moving around with him, touching him up with a little jab and the little technical bulls**t.

“They’re not sparring him. Lawrence Okolie is sort of a good puncher. He’s big now. Jake Paul’s not good enough to spar him. So let’s have a look at the footage. Let’s see the sparring, and then I’ll imagine it. I still do not imagine the Jake Paul vs AJ battle goes to occur, but I’ve received flights booked.”

As it stands, just a few days out from the battle, the whole lot is still scheduled to go forward as deliberate. The showdown is set to be streamed on Netflix, with eight rounds lasting three minutes each, and is set to be fought out between the pair.

It might be a precursor to Joshua taking on Tyson Fury in a extremely anticipated British heavyweight conflict, which has been touted for some time. Paul has plans to stop that from taking place; however, he laid out his own bold concept of what the future will appear like.

“Yeah, 100%. It’s a massive mistake to look past this, seriously,” he warned Joshua, when requested about ruining the likelihood of a Joshua vs Fury battle. I’m placing a stint in all of those plans.

“Don’t book anything, don’t arrange flights and hotels. I’m knocking this guy out, becoming the CEO of Matchroom Boxing and changing the plans. Then it’s going to be me vs Tyson Fury next year.”

That could also be bold of Paul to counsel, given the gulf between himself and Joshua on paper. It stays to be seen whether or not it performs out the same means in the ring, however, when the bell rings on December 19.

As for Froch, his attendance might see him reunite with Joshua, with him claiming that the pair are on good phrases. He continued: “I think if me and AJ saw each other, which we might be doing in Miami, when he fights Jake Paul, hopefully we will have a handshake and have a chat.

“There’s no jealousy or no vendetta. What he is performed for boxing is phenomenal, and no one’s performed that since Ricky Hatton or Naseem Hamed. We’ve seen world champions come and go that have not performed as a lot for the game as AJ.

“Joe Calzaghe was a implausible champion, but he never did a lot in phrases of getting people concerned in boxing and getting people’s consideration.”