Jake Paul’s coach, former boxer BJ Flores, shot throughout theft try in Colombia

Former boxer BJ Flores was within the hospital on Thursday evening after being shot within the leg in a theft.

Flores, who now’s one among Jake Paul’s coaches, mentioned that two “armed motorbike drivers” attacked him at a pink mild whereas he was a passenger in one other car in Colombia.

Jake Paul and boxer Benjamin “BJ” Flores pose throughout a information convention to advertise Showtime pay-per-view boxing occasion between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury at Resorts World Las Vegas on November 6, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Paul will face Fury in an eight-round cruiserweight bout, at a 192-pound catchweight, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on December 18.   (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

They pulled up, caught a gun to my head, tried to steal my pockets and my watch. They shot me one time within the leg and I defended myself one of the simplest ways I may,” he mentioned in an Instagram submit.

At the time of early Friday’s submit, Flores mentioned he was nonetheless within the emergency room “ready to have the bullet eliminated at 5:18 am.”

Tony Bellew of England lands a left-hand punch on BJ Flores of the USA within the WBC Cruiserweight Championship match throughout Boxing at Echo Arena on October 15, 2016, in Liverpool, England.   (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Flores started coaching Paul in 2021 after his boxing profession through which he went 34-4-1. He had 21 wins by knockout, combating as a cruiserweight and heavyweight.

His final struggle was on Aug. 11, 2018, a loss by TKO in opposition to Trevor Bryan for the vacant interim WBA heavyweight title.

Boxer Jake Paul reacts in the course of the Jake Paul v. Tommy Fury Press Conference on February 23, 2023, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  (Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Paul is coming off a loss to Tommy Fury in February.