“I don’t care what Anthony Joshua did to Francis Ngannou,” Cormier said. “Jake Paul gets in there with Francis, Francis will knock his head off this planet. You don’t want those Francis problems.”

Jake Paul has been accused of "disrespect" by Francis Ngannou for enquiring about a fight.

“Dear Francis,” Paul wrote. “Just say you already got humiliated in boxing and are scared to lose to Jake Paul. I accept that. You are light work my friend. Stuck in mud.”