Jake Paul’s subsequent battle is now in a minimum of some doubt, because the New Orleans Police Division issued an arrest warrant for his scheduled opponent Nate Diaz on Monday on suspicion of second-degree battery.
Paul and Diaz are at the moment scheduled to battle on Aug. 5 in a DAZN pay-per-view important occasion.
Diaz, 38, a former UFC star, was concerned in what’s being known as a “massive altercation” early final Saturday morning. Diaz had been in attendance on the Misfits Boxing occasion at XULA Convocation Middle, the place Diaz was ejected from the occasion for throwing a bottle.
Later that night time, Diaz had a confrontation with YouTuber Rodney Petersen, and a video that made the rounds on social media appeared to point out Diaz choking Peterson unconscious in the midst of a larger-scale brawl.
Eventually report, Diaz was not in custody.
Paul vs Diaz has not formally been canceled, however Paul’s social media rival KSI has provided to step in Diaz doesn’t make the battle:
Effectively, if that imply Jake received’t have an opponent in August…Then I’ll gladly come because the substitute after I KO Joe Fournier in Could https://t.co/Yh93RwD2VU
— ksi (@KSI) April 24, 2023
Paul accepted the supply in backhanded style:
Nice. I settle for you because the backup opponent. Struggle is at 185. There aren’t any rehydration clauses. Keep in form and we gives you a name if wanted. Thanks buddy for being so humble and dedicated. https://t.co/Mz5TD5R9FV
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) April 24, 2023
KSI, as he famous, is about to face 40-year-old “professional boxer” Joe Fournier in a Could 13 Misfits Boxing important occasion in the UK.