One of the key exponents of this mindset, or grindset, is Jake Paul, the influencer-turned-cruiserweight who will box Anthony Joshua, the former two-time world heavyweight champion, over eight rounds on December 19. Paul, for whatever reason, never really fancied the idea of fighting your typical journeymen on the way up and has instead opted to fight the following in his six-year professional career: a fellow YouTuber, a basketball player, an oil-rig worker, five mixed martial artists, a member of the Fury clan, a 58-year-old Mike Tyson and, last time out, the semi-retired son of Julio Cesar Chavez. Some of those men were boxers by trade, some used to be boxers, and some were content to moonlight as boxers for a quick buck. But never has Paul, 28, fought a boxer designed to teach him anything in the ring. Never have either him or his team figured that to be part of his process, his journey, his schtick.
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