Paul is known for a tradition before every one of his fights where he will call his opponent’s team and attempt to get in their head with a prank message, claiming to be from ESPN
Jake Paul failed to get through with a prank call intended to cause trouble in Nate Diaz’s team as he continued his infamous cringe-worthy tradition.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer has come back to content creation in the lead-up to his fight with Diaz, sharing a number of lengthy vlogs as he looks to reclaim his spot as one of the platform’s biggest names. And one trick he regularly pulls in the lead-up to fights is calling his opponent’s camp and trying to mess with their concentration.
He and pal Jasper will ring up coaches and teammates of his rivals pretending to be ESPN reporters and other such characters in an effort to rope them in. They will feign an interview for a few moments before launching into a scathing and usually foul-mouthed attack.
However, Nate Diaz has become the second fighter in a row to be unaffected by the prank after handlers stopped Paul from getting through to Tommy Fury’s dad John before his last outing. The duo first called Diaz’s teammate Chris Avila, who fights on the undercard against Jeremy Stephens before trying Diaz’s coach Richard Perez.