Boxing
Jake Paul, Tyron Woodley make weight easily, nearly get into another fracas
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CLEVELAND — The talking looked to be about over for Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley heading into their cruiserweight battle on Sunday night as both guys saw each other one more time on Saturday at the weigh-ins from the KeyBank State Theater.
Woodley came out to a chorus of boos. He stepped on the scales first and came in at 189.5 pounds. Next, Paul made his way to the scale to a shockingly mixed reaction from his home state. The 24-year-old weighed 190 pounds. An intense staredown ensued, but no physicality occurred, unlike on Thursday when both fight camps pushed, shoved, and hurled obscene language .
Paul did an interview while eating chicken fingers and let everyone know what he said to the former UFC welterweight champion when they were face-to-face.
“I said you’re dead,” Paul said. “That was it. I tried to grab his cheeks.”
Everything looked like it would go off without a hitch until Woodley made his way over towards Paul. As Woodley inched closer, Paul tried to have another "gotcha hat" moment like he did with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May but could not secure it off of the 39-year-old's head. It didn't stop there as Paul stuck his finger in Woodley's throat. Chaos nearly went down again like two days. But immediately, police and security intervened. After a bit of pushing, screaming, and shoving, law enforcement separated the teams to opposite sides to exit off the stage.
Woodley, who is making his professional debut, made it abundantly clear that the Jake Paul hype train is getting derailed on Sunday night.
“It’s over,” Woodley said. “That’s all I can think about. It’s over. I’m about to go big in every level, every plane, every category. He’s shaking. He’s quivering, and this dude he should be ‘cause I’m about to hurt him in a way he never felt before. And that’s on Mama Woodley.”
Here is what happened at the Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley weigh-ins.
