Jake Paul has revealed he "loved" the hate he has received during the early stages of his career while comparing his "early round stoppages and power" to Mike Tyson.
Paul will enter the ring for the fourth time during his professional career at the weekend when he takes on former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in Cleveland.
The YouTube star's card will feature British pair Daniel Dubois and Tommy Fury, with Paul looking to set up a future clash with light-heavyweight Fury with a victory over Woodley.
The 24-year-old has received his fair share of criticism during his rise, but has revealed that he "loves" the comments labelling those who make them as "confused fans".
"People that are hating on me see me in person and their attitude switches up," Paul told Fight Hype.
“Either way they are gonna tune in and watch me fight, and it translates to pay-per-view buys.
“It doesn’t matter to me, I love the haters as I can troll them and use them as an advantage to me, to motivate me in training and work harder.
“I have that sort of Mike Tyson thing building up, stopping my opponents in the early rounds so people want to tune in to watch that power.
"Momentum is the most powerful thing in the world and I have so much right now, either get on the train or don’t but people don’t understand how hard the pay-per-view business is.
“I had to get my fans used to paying for higher prices, and you aren’t just gonna come out of nowhere and people pay for you, you have to build it up.”
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Paul has made quite a name for himself amongst famous fighters in both boxing and the world of UFC where he has called out some of the top stars including Conor McGregor and Canelo Alvarez.
And the YouTube star's coach BJ Flores has escalated his feud with Irish star McGregor claiming that Paul will put his career into a "tumbling stop" if the pair meet in the boxing ring.
“Canelo Alvarez is not on our radar, but I like Jake’s enthusiasm for believing he can beat the big names,” Flores told The W.A.D.E Concept.
“But Conor he better not fight Jake(Paul) I will tell you that now. His career will come to a tumbling stop if he fights him, I guarantee that.
“But there is plenty of other MMA fights and names that would probably give Jake a better fight.
“We will see which name makes sense for Jake including some pretty big names in MMA, I don’t go easy on Jake.”
Paul has been forced to come out in recent days to deny a doping accusation from George St Pierre's coach Firas Zahabi after he claimed that Paul was "on all sorts of substances".
And another UFC star Michael Bisping has revealed he was close to fighting the YouTube sensation, but has now admitted he doesn't hold "any interest" in fighting the 24-year-old.
