YouTube star-turned-boxer Jake Paul issued a statement on social media Friday recanting his statement from a day earlier where he claimed to have "early signs" of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Paul said in a tweet that he had "misspoken" when he talked about his medical history on Thursday in a media event leading up to Saturday’s Triller Fight Club bout against former MMA fighter Ben Askren. Paul first made the controversial comments in a media event on Thursday where he said he was putting his "mental health on the line." I’ve gone and gotten brain scans and have early signs of CTE but I love this sport and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else." Despite the claims that he’s had scans done to show early signs of the degenerative disease, the Mayo Clinic says there is no way to diagnose a living patient with CTE.

Source: Fox News April 16, 2021 19:41 UTC