‘F***ing idiot’ – Jake Paul fires back at Freddie Roach over Mike Tyson sparring claim and brands legendary trainer a ‘Jake Paul hater’

Jake Paul has blasted back at Freddie Roach after recent comments from the legendary trainer caused a stir in the boxing world.

Roach, who runs the famous Wild Card gym in California is best known for guiding Manny Pacquiao's iconic career.

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He also had a short stint training Mike Tyson in the latter stages of the heavyweight's run.

As such, the pair remain friends and Roach recently told a story in which he claimed Iron Mike ignored the possibility of watching Jake spar.

“Tyson looked at him and left,” Roach told .

“He watched 30 seconds of him sparring and left. He said, ‘Freddie, can we go downstairs and look at the pictures?’

"That’s my gym and he knows that’s where the good pictures are. He wasn’t as interested as I was.”

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Roach added about Jake: “The kid’s okay, a club fighter. I don’t know him personally and I’ve never like, really met him.

"He was in my gym and they wanted to work and use the ring and I said, ‘Okay, go ahead.'"

These remarks have not gone down well with the YouTuber-turned-boxer.

Jake told talkSPORT's Sam Ellard:  "First and foremost, I saw these things that Freddie Roach was saying - that I was like sparring at his gym.

"First of all, I've never even trained at Wild Card gym, Freddie is a f***ing idiot, he's a hater.

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"He coached Ben Askren to no avail, literally worthless, he's off his rocker.

"He literally trains zero good fighters anymore and is a Jake Paul hater.

"Mike Tyson has never watched me spar, Mike Tyson has never been in the gym at the same time as me sparring.

"I went to Wild Card like once to talk to somebody for a meeting and for my brother's press conference there.

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"But Mike Tyson wasn't anywhere in the vicinity, so it's just Freddie Roach spreading rumours.

"Especially because me and Mike are friends man.

"Mike wouldn't do that, Mike wouldn't be like, 'Ah f*** this kid, let's go and do something else.'

"Mike respects me and I respect Mike, but it would be dope to fight.

"I'm down. It could be fun."