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Call my promoter  Artur Beterbiev would accept Jake Paul fight
ARTUR BETERBIEV has told Jake Paul: “Give me a call!” The Russian says he is more than ready to fight the YouTuber, after Paul said he’d rather fight him than compatriot Dmitry Bi…

ARTUR BETERBIEV has told Jake Paul: "Give me a call!"

The Russian says he is more than ready to fight the YouTuber, after Paul said he'd rather fight him than compatriot Dmitry Bivol.

Artur Beterbiev says he would accept a fight with Jake Paul within seconds

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Artur Beterbiev says he would accept a fight with Jake Paul within secondsCredit: Getty

But Beterbiev warned that he would expect to KO Paul in less than a round.

He said: "Tell him to call me, call my promoter. I’m ready to fight him I think it’s an easy fight for me.

"Do you think it’s a tough fight for me?

"If I’m a real boxing champion I need to beat guys like Jake Paul in the first round, you know.

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"But maybe something can happen but if I’m a real champion then I should be able to beat this guy in the first round."

Beterbiev praised Jake Paul for his win over Anderson Silva, but added that professional boxing is very different to fighting a UFC star.

He commented: "He just talks. If he offers me a fight I will give him an answer very fast, within seconds.

"Jake Paul fought and beat Anderson Silva – who in the UFC did a good job – but boxing is different, it’s not the same."

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Beterbiev faces Anthony Yarde at Wembley Arena on Saturday and said he can't wait to fight in front of a British crowd.

He said: "I am very happy that I will a fight before the English public.

"England is known as the place where bare-knuckle boxing resurfaced more than 500 years ago.

"I hope I will gain more fans in England after this fight.

"So I am very happy I will fight in the birthplace of modern-day boxing. I am looking forward to this fight."

Jake Paul said he would rather fight Beterbiev than his fellow Russian Dmitry Bivol

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Jake Paul said he would rather fight Beterbiev than his fellow Russian Dmitry BivolCredit: AP
Beterbiev fights Brit Anthony Yarde on Saturday

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Beterbiev fights Brit Anthony Yarde on SaturdayCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
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