Jake Paul details his role in new Olympics job ahead of Mike Tyson clash trucc

   

Jake Paul will be jetting off to Paris this week to join Team USA at the Olympic Games.

'The Problem Child' announced last December that he had partnered with Team USA boxing and would be accompanying them in the French capital this summer.

Paul has landed a job as a mental coach for Team USA boxing

He didn't disclose what role he would be undertaking within the set-up at the time.

However, he has now delved into the details during the most recent episode of the BS W/ Jake Paul podcast.

“So the Olympics are coming up and I’m a mental coach for Team USA boxing," he said after scoring a knockout win over Mike Perry in his 11th (10-1) pro boxing bout on Saturday night.

"We are dropping a documentary in roughly three days from now of my time with Team USA boxing, they are such amazing kids, and I want the best for them.

"I know that some of them are going to go home with some medals, but we are rooting for gold.

"And everyone should be supporting and tuning in to Team USA in Paris and support America, support boxing.

"It's going to be an incredible journey for some of these young fighters who have been training their whole lives for this and are representing our flag, our country, and couldn't be more honoured to go out there in Paris and help them out. Hopefully, they can bring back some gold."

The Olympic boxing gets underway on July 27 and wraps up on August 10, therefore it is unlikely to impact Paul's training camp for his upcoming clash with Mike Tyson on November 15.

The Olympics fall just before Paul is set to begin his camp for his clash with Tyson

There are eight boxers representing America this year - four men and four women.

Competing in the Men's Flyweight division is Roscoe Hill. The 29-year-old has deep-rooted connections to the boxing world with his father training legendary pugilists, George Foreman and Archie Moore while the former even baptized the rising star.

Hill won silver at the 2021 World Championships and will be hoping to go one better at the Olympics.

Also gunning for gold is featherweight Jahmal Harvey. He recently was crowned 2023 Pan American Games champion and at just 21 years old he is sure to have a bright future ahead of him.


Omari Jones is another promising 21-year-old representing Team USA in Paris. Like Hill, he was a runner-up at the World Championship but is one of the favourites to win gold in the welterweight division at the Games.

America's brightest female Olympic prospect is Jajaira Gonzalez. The 27-year-old won Youth Olympic gold in 2014 but narrowly missed out on qualification for the 2016 senior Games in Rio.

In 2021, she stepped away from the sport to focus on her mental health but is now back and firing on all cylinders.

Pan-American medallists Morelle McCane and Jennifer Lozano are also heading to the Olympics, as is 20-year-old starlet Alyssa Mendoza.


Meanwhile, super heavyweight Joshua Edwards punched his ticket to Paris by winning gold at the 2023 Pan American Games.