Undisputed mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev is providing YouTuber boxer Jake Paul a free title shot at his 4 belts at 175 following Jake’s win over 58-year-old former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson final Friday night time on the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) stated he desires to see what Paul (11-0, 7 KOs) “can do contained in the ring.” What’s unclear is that if Beterbiev is simply joking round to benefit from the eye that the 27-year-old Jake obtained for beating an previous and washed Tyson (50-7, 44 KOs) by a large eight-round unanimous Determination.
Tyson was over-the-hill when he retired 19 years in the past in 2005, however he was a shell final night time of the then 38-year-old that misplaced to Kevin McBride in his remaining combat of his profession earlier than final night time’s circus-level match in opposition to the influencer Jake. The model of Tyson that misplaced to McBride would have wiped the deck with Jake. It could have been over within the first spherical, however he’s not that fighter now.
Beterbiev, 39, is anticipated to be combating a rematch in opposition to former WBA mild heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol subsequent after beating him by a questionable 12-round majority resolution final month on October twelfth in Riyadh. The Saudis need the rematch, however maybe they is perhaps keen on financing a match between the unproven Jake Paul difficult Beterbiev for his belts?
It’s a combat that may in all probability promote on PPV attributable to Jake’s huge 26 million followers on Instagram and 20+ million YouTube subscribers. That’s an enormous quantity of folks that the wizard marketer Jake can promote the combat with Beterbiev to. It doesn’t matter that these aren’t boxing followers and wouldn’t know that it’s a farce. They’ll nonetheless be keen on seeing the combat, and would gladly pay, believing that Jake has an opportunity.
On the actual boxing aspect of it. If Beterbiev is severe, it might be an insult to the game, making a joke of it by selecting to combat a influencer that’s extra of a hustler than an actual boxer. Apart from, it might be 100% unfair to the contenders ready for his or her authentic title shot in opposition to Beterbiev, like Bivol and Joshua Buatsi.
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