Jake Paul admits proposing to Jutta Leerdam was more nerve-wracking than any fight and he needed help of strong whiskey
JAKE PAUL revealed proposing to his partner Jutta Leerdam was more nerve-wracking than any fight - and he needed strong whiskey in his corner.
The sports power couple went official in April 2024 and have gone from strength to strength since.
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Paul popped the question in March during a romantic getaway in St. Lucia - getting down on one knee behind a beautiful lake background.
And the YouTuber-turned-boxer - who has 11 wins in his 12 professional fights - admits no opponent has struck the same fear into him.
After requiring some Dutch courage, he said: "By far I was way more nervous to propose than than for any fight.
"So yeah, to all the men who are getting ready to propose, some whiskey before it's very helpful."
Cruiserweight Paul began dating champion speedskater Jutta just months after his first and so far only loss - a split-decision defeat to Tommy Fury.
And he revealed how the Dutch Winter Olympian helped him overcome the setback in the ring.
The boxer became an uncle in September when brother Logan and Danish supermodel fiancee Nina Agdal welcomed baby daughter Esme into the world.
Paul plans for kids of his own but has warned he will wait for Jutta to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
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The newly-engaged enjoy a long-distance relationship due to their training schedules - pitting them over 4,000 miles away from each other.
Jutta, 26, is coached in her homeland of the Netherlands while Ohio-born Paul, 26, has relocated to Puerto Rico where he has a custom £3million gym.
He has his team out with him in the Caribbean island - where he also lives in a £13m mansion - including the famously tough conditioning coach Larry Wade.
Paul revealed: "His track workouts are absolutely brutal, long runs, sprinting. Not a lot of breaks. It's hot in Puerto Rico and muggy.
"So you really find out who you are, like I said, in those moments and I just have that voice while I'm running that's wanting to quit but you just have to push through that.
"And I think that's the art of fighting and in the ring you have those moments where your body is telling you to give up but you just have to push to the next round and keep going."
Paul returns on June 28 in California against former middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, 39, live on DAZN PPV.
And he will do so back at cruiserweight having gone to heavyweight in November for his controversial clash with Mike Tyson - who made a comeback aged 58.
Paul had hoped to capitalise on the 100 MILLION viewers he had tune in on Netflix by holding shocks talks to fight either Canelo Alvarez, 34, or Gervonta Davis, 30.
But when both collapsed, he turned to Chavez, the son of Mexican icon Julio Cesar Sr who was also beaten on points by Canelo in 2017.
Paul said: "I wanted the hardest and the biggest fights, which was first Canelo then Gervonta fell through.
"And then at any given point in time we're negotiating or talking with five to six fighters to see who's down and ready to fight and making a date happen.
"And after Canelo and Gervonta, we were talking to multiple people and Chavez was the one to step up, that made sense for me to stay active and get a fight in June.
"So really it's just the long line and I just need more time but I'm gonna get to all of these names when the stars aligned."
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