Jake Paul could still fight Tommy Fury despite the YouTuber’s apparent retirement.
Paul fought two weekends ago as he earned a split decision win over Tyron Woodley, while Fury outpointed Anthony Taylor in a fight on the undercard.
The pair came together after the fight to exchange words, and have spent the next week engaging in a war of words.
Paul’s trainer, BJ Flores, was unimpressed by Fury but nonetheless told The Mirror that a fight could yet be made.
"I didn't expect much out of Tommy to be honest," Flores said.
"Anthony [Taylor] can make people look bad, and look he didn't do enough to win rounds but he made it competitive and I didn't really expect much from Tommy anyway.
"Everybody's on Tommy's nuts but I didn't expect too much from him, he didn't have the amateur career and it's tough to go out there and perform.
"It's not easy and people don't realise how tough it is.
"He could still be a potential opponent, he's somebody we could definitely fight, we'll see.
"We'll see what happens, I'll let Nakisa [Bidarian, Paul's manager] work on that, I let him handle that side of things.
"We talk about it, but he comes up with better ideas than I do!"
While the 24-year-old YouTube celebrity claimed that he was now a ‘retired’ fighter, Flores expects him back training soon.
"He's already ready to come back," Flores claimed. "This guy is a serious kid, trust me, he's very, very serious."
"He won't take that much time off. The guy is obsessed, he loves boxing.
"He won't take much time off at all, he'll want to be back sooner than [next year], and we really need to.
"We've got a lot of momentum right now, a lot of things we can improve on and work on, we just need to get back to the drawing board.
"It's obviously a work in progress, so we need to keep working and stay focused, that's kind of our mentality in our camp.
"We're always getting better, we're always improving, and we don't feel like we can afford to take months off and sit around."