JAKE PAUL has announced plans to enter the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles to compete for a surprise gold medal.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer was in Paris as an honorary coach for Team USA.
But Paul watched in frustration as the team of eight went home with just one medal.
Omari Jones won bronze in the welterweight division, with Andre Ward being the last man to win gold for the USA – 20 years ago in Athens in 2004.
But Paul, a 10-1 professional cruiserweight, believes he will be the man to end the two-decade-long drought.
He said on his podcast: “I’m going to enter the 2028 boxing Olympics in Los Angeles.
“I’m tired of waiting and hoping for another gold for Team USA.
“I’m not retiring. I definitely added a few more years to my boxing career because of this.
“Los Angeles, United States, sick as fuck.”
Paul, 27, revealed he was thinking about this year’s Olympics but missed the qualifying threshold.
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And starting in 2016, boxers with professional records were welcomed back into Olympic amateur boxing.
Paul added: “Yeah, I’m just dropping bombs. In fact, I’m going to do that.
“2028, Olympics, you’re already hearing it first – gold medal, you’re my brother.”
Paul had no amateur fights and instead turned pro in 2020 after an exhibition fight.
Since then, he has racked up ten wins with just one loss, to Tommy Fury, 25, in February 2023.
Paul returned with a sixth-round victory in July after knocking down former UFC star Mike Perry three times.
Perry, 32, filled the role a month in advance after Mike Tyson, 58, was forced out as a health precaution.
Instead, Paul will face Tyson on November 15 in a controversial clash scrutinized over their 30-year age difference.
The American celebrity also insisted that he will challenge for the world cruiserweight title in the next two years.
And he said: “Being a world champion is first and foremost, but second is a gold medal.”
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