Lionel Messi's bodyguard fires back at Logan Paul after YouTuber-turned-WWE star challenged him to a bare knuckle street fight in Puerto Rico

Lionel Messi's bodyguard has doubled down connected his tendency to batter Logan Paul successful the boxing ring. 

Yassine Cheuko, a trained MMA fighter, has warned Paul - who helium calls 'Lolo, the king of excuses' - that helium volition sound him retired and urged him to 'sign the contract'.

Paul initially challenged Messi to a combat amid the ineligible conflict betwixt their drinks brands Prime and Mas+.

Cheuko, a rumoured erstwhile Navy SEAL, offered to instrumentality Messi's place, but Paul reportedly turned down a £11.3million ($15m) boxing lucifer and alternatively challenged him to a bare knuckle combat successful the streets of Puerto Rico. 

Clearly the bodyguard, who was personally hired by Inter Miami proprietor David Beckham to look aft Messi, is unimpressed. He posted a video connected Instagram of himself grooming topless and called retired Paul directly. 

'Listen Lolo, you're truthful cute with your blonde hair,' helium said. 'Why are you getting nervous? Stop the play Lolo.

'So present you find different excuse. Last clip you said you're a WWE superstar, and present you told me, travel to Puerto Rico to combat successful the streets without gloves oregon a rima guard. 

'Lolo! Stop your drama, Lolo. You already cognize we cannot bash that. You are not a gangster, Lola, and I americium not a kid. We are not gonna combat connected the street. 

'So now, motion the contract, Lolo. Stop excuses. What is [your] adjacent excuse? You gonna archer maine you're an astronaut, let's combat to the moon? 

'Lolo! Stop excuses, motion the contract. But I promise, I'm not gonna sound you retired successful the archetypal round. Take it easy, Lolo.'

All this kicked disconnected owed to the ineligible wrangle betwixt Paul and KSI's drinks marque Prime and Mas+, a 'positive hydration' alternative. 

Messi revealed his hydration portion successful June 2024, with galore speedy to constituent retired the similarities betwixt it and Prime.

According to a suit filed by Mark Anthony International, the distributor for Mas+, successful October, Prime instantly reached retired with claims that Messi's portion had violated its commercialized formal by copying the design.

Mas+ filed a suit against Prime successful a bid to get a declaratory judgement to corroborate Messi's portion was not copying KSI and Logan Paul's.

But successful November, Prime filed a countersuit against Mas+, claiming the footballer's caller portion infringes Prime's trademark owed to its plan and tagline similarities.

Speaking astatine the time, Paul said: 'Brother, you copied us. Everyone saw it. They saw what you did. Everyone notices it and past we got sued. Hold on, wait, what? This ain't justice.

'So we countersued, obviously. If you can't bushed the best, you gotta beryllium the best. But that's illegal. That's trademark infringement.

'We're holding him accountable, and it's harassment? All jokes aside, I volition see dropping this if Logan Paul vs Messi [gets made in] 2025. I'll spot you successful the ring, brother.'

However, to the dismay of the net personality, Messi's bodyguard Yassine Chueko - who is simply a rumoured erstwhile Navy SEAL - has offered to instrumentality the combat instead.

According to The Sun, helium said: 'Messi doesn't adjacent cognize who this feline is. If Logan truly wants a fight, helium tin combat me, not a shot player.'

Cheuko has received overmuch attraction from the media implicit the past 18 months for his quality to halt intruders who effort to attack Messi connected the Inter Miami turf. 

However, contempt snuffing retired arsenic galore arsenic 16 transportation invasions, helium claimed past period that helium has been banned by the MLS.

Speaking to House of Highlights, helium said: 'They don't let maine to beryllium connected the tract anymore. I was successful Europe for 7 years moving for Ligue 1 and the Champions League, and lone six radical invaded the pitch.

'I arrived successful the United States, and successful 20 months of work, 16 radical person already invaded the pitch. There's a immense occupation here. I'm not the problem. Let maine assistance Messi.

'I emotion MLS and CONCACAF, but we person to enactment together. I emotion helping. I'm not amended than anyone, but I person a wealthiness of acquisition successful Europe. It's fine, I recognize their decision, but I deliberation we could bash better'.