Inside Jake Paul's training camp on £30m ranch where he almost FIRED coaches after being pushed to limit in brutal heat
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JAKE PAUL took training camp to his new £30million ranch in the sweltering Georgia heat - where he was pushed the point of almost no return.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer returns on Saturday night in California against former middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
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Jake Paul built a gym on his new £30m ranch
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Paul purchased the property in Georgia
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It's been described as 'the middle of nowhere'
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Trainer Theo Chambers on the pads with Paul
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Temperatures soar in the Georgia heat
Paul has lived in his adopted home of Puerto Rico since 2021 - buying a £13m mansion and building his own custom £3m boxing gym.
But this year he purchased a stunning 5,700 acre piece of land costing £30m - spending the fortune he made against Mike Tyson.
Temperatures can soar past 30 degrees in the height of the summer in Georgia - and Paul felt every bit of it during camp.
Head coach Theo Chambers told SunSport: "I like it because one thing, you can't turn the air conditioning on outside! So I loved it.
"It was outside and it was hot."
Assistant trainer J'Leon Love said: "That was dope. Out in the middle of nothing, nowhere just running.
"That land that he has is so far, just to get from the main road up to the driveway is three miles.
"And if you know the time of year in Georgia, the heat is insane. So that was good, it was a change of environment and it was good man.
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"He needed that and found some fun in it at the same time. You need to keep this s*** fun so I'm looking forward to what's going on tomorrow night."
But it was not all smiles for Paul in camp.
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In fact, he threatened to SACK his coaches after being pushed to his absolute limit during the gruelling training camp.
Love said: "Listen, if you hire me or you hire our team as a whole, I don't care what you wanna do or what you have planned.
"Once the mission is set, we dial in and do what we do and you do it, you know what I mean? That's it.
"I don't care how much money you got. I don't care how popular you are, how many followers you have.
"When we put a plan in place, that's what we stick to and that's what you're gonna do.
"I don't care what you're feeling. You're gonna do it, so that's how we bring it, man.
"I mean and that's why we're able to keep climbing this pole and keep grinding and reaching these levels.
"But most definitely, Jake was p****d a lot of the time during camp, 'Man, we got this much time out.' It don't matter, get to it, but you get the job done."
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Paul sparring boxer Steve Geffard
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Paul with sparring partner Steve Geffard
Chambers comes from the legendary Kronk gym in Detroit - made famous by the iconic trainer Emanuel Steward.
The coach has rubbed shoulders with some of boxing's best - and expects high standards even for 11-1 Paul who only turned pro in 2020.
Chambers said: "I saw the grind from Tommy Hearns, Darrell Chambers, Gerald McClellan, Milton McCrory, Lennox Lewis, Miguel Cotto.
"So I personally only know one way and that's to work hard, train hard. Boxing is more mental than it is a physical thing.
"So if I'm getting fired. I know I'm doing my job."
Paul also has esteemed strength and conditioning coach Larry Wade - who has worked with several world champions - in his camp.
And Wade revealed: "We want world championship performance, so we need world championship effort.
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"And if you don't know that, it could be considered a physical and more so mental challenge, and that was the key.
"And once he was able to grasp that, hey, we weren't backing down, he was just forced him to just absorb it and say, 'OK, let me get this work in.'"
Paul returns for the first time since November when he beat Tyson - who controversially made a comeback aged 58.
He has since dropped TWO STONE to drop back down to the 200lb cruiserweight limit of 14st 4lb to face Chavez Jr.
Paul says victory could land him a shock ranking with the WBC and put him in line to challenge for Badou Jack's world title.
Trainer Chambers said: "I like to be challenged. So I like my guys to be challenged. These MMA guys, they do not stand a chance with Jake Paul.
"So I would like to see him fight guys like Chavez, guys like Badou Jack."
Love, who spent years training alongside Jack, added: "I know who Badou is as a fighter, he's a dog.
"If that is something that happens in the future, wow that'd be dope and great. It'd definitely be a mission.
"You know who Badou Jack is, the world knows who Badou Jack is. That would be a great challenge right there."
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Paul facing off with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
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Larry Wade, J'Leon Love, Jake Paul and Theo Chambers
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