Several NBA players were delighted to see one of their own entering the boxing ring on Saturday night. Nate Robinson, three-time Slam Dunk Contest champion, faced YouTube star Jake Paul; seriously, that’s something that happened, but unfortunately for the basketball community, Paul ended the fight pretty quickly.
Robinson hit the canvas hard in the second round after Paul knocked him out with a brutal right hand. Paul’s knockout electrified Twitter and provided a lot of fuel for memes of the masses.
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Stephen Curry, two-time NBA MVP, couldn’t help but join in the fun. The curry had tweeted his support for Robinson before the event, and Robinson told Curry he was going “Shock the world.” It opened the door for this incredible post-fight response.
In an interview with “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah, Curry, who has played both himself and Robinson during his career, explained that the online chat with Robinson was just a good-humored joke. .
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“I know one thing about Nate is, number one, that he can spread the trash talk and he can take it,” Curry said. “I know from the way the whole game went, the whole event was, it wasn’t supposed to be that fun, but it was, but for Nate it’s the toughest guy in the world. If there is one person I know who is going to find this kind of situation again, I don’t know if they will return to the ring, but whatever they do, it will be amazing. I bet on Nate.
“We can have so much fun on Twitter and throw jabs, no pun intended, but we can always know that Nate will be in good shape.”
Curry also pointed out that Robinson was not the only one who went viral over the weekend for the wrong reasons. Curry admitted losing to Phil Mickelson and Charles Barkley in The Match 3 “hurt”, and he wanted to find a way to redeem himself.
“When sports intersect, I think we all have that irrational confidence, and I love that for athletes in general,” Curry said. I did this in golf. I was there embarrassed in front of Phil Mickelson for four hours on national television. I know this experience.
Still, Curry stopped before saying his loss was worse than Robinson’s.
“I didn’t hurt myself physically,” Curry said. “We know it.”
You can watch Curry’s full interview with Noah below.