Jake Paul drags fire truck down street in proof of strength to rival Ben Askren

Jake Paul is due to take on former UFC fighter Ben Askren in a boxing match on April 17, with the YouTube star looking to win his third professional fight.

Paul has regularly been posting videos on social media promoting the bout and in his latest clip, the 24-year-old appears to pull a fire truck as part of his training.

"I’m literally a tow truck," Paul captioned the video. "Ben Askren eatin Oreos right now. April 17th. 1 round knockout."

However, some fans were not convinced that Paul was able to pull the truck with just his own body weight, with one saying: "Who thinks the truck was being driven?"

"Love the guy ducking down whilst driving the truck", added a second

"Let's see who's behind the fire truck", wrote a third.

"Is he going downhill?" questioned another.

Askren, meanwhile, has been training with legendary boxing coach Freddie Roach in preparation for his first boxing fight.

Speaking to MMA Junkie Radio, Askren said: "I'm trying to be as good of a boxer as I can.

"I'm not under the impression that I'm gonna be a pro boxer. I've been top 10 in the world in four different sports.

"I know what it's like to be world class. I'm not gonna be a world-class boxer, but I don't gotta be a world-class boxer. I just gotta beat up Jake freaking Paul. That ain't gonna be that hard, guys.

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"I'm only in L.A. for a week, so I'm gonna get as much as I can out of Freddie Roach. I'm gonna pick his brain. So I started training, maybe six weeks it's been.

"First couple of weeks was just like strength and conditioning, let me get back in shape because I couldn't really start training until December 1 because of my hip surgery. I couldn't do anything until December 1."

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