Jake Paul thinks he’s the brand new face {of professional} boxing and he’s able to show it towards the very best of the very best.
On Friday, November 15, ‘The Downside Baby’ will return to the ring for his twelfth profession battle and his hardest take a look at thus far when he meets former undisputed heavyweight champion and ‘Baddest Man on the Planet,’ Mike Tyson.
Paul vs. Tyson will emanate from the 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and, per a number of experiences, is near promoting out. The stacked battle card, which additionally options the extremely anticipated rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, is scheduled to air dwell on Netflix around the globe at no further cost to the streaming giants’ 280 million lively subscribers.
Consequently, Paul vs. Tyson is on observe to grow to be one of many most-watched fight sports activities occasions of all time.
Jake Paul goals to attain the ‘largest upset within the sport of boxing’ towards canelo alvarez
That alone is sufficient for ‘The Downside Baby’ to contemplate himself the brand new “cash magnet” in boxing, however ought to he get previous the 58-year-old icon, he plans on calling out multi-weight world titleholder Canelo Alvarez for a battle over who will get to be boxing’s new figurehead.
“I do [have a callout], it’s Canelo,” Paul replied when O’Malley requested if he had a reputation in thoughts. “This second will show that I’m the face of boxing, the biggest attraction. Me vs Canelo at 200 kilos for the cruiserweight championship of the world is the largest battle — arguably even larger than me vs. Tyson. It makes a lot sense. You recognize, Canelo is on his manner out, he’s going to need a payday, and I need to present the world that the entire shit I’ve been speaking about beating Canelo is definitely true.”
“I’ll have the largest upset within the sport of boxing, and we are going to battle to see who truly is the face of boxing as a result of, after this occasion, I’m going to say it. I beat his gate document in Texas; I’m beating the ticket gross sales. The numbers and the info present it. I’ve extra followers than him, and many others. And that is going to be essentially the most watched battle of this century, so I’m going to be the brand new cash magnet” (h/t BJPenn.com).
Paul is at present 10-1 in his boxing profession, his lone loss coming towards Tommy Fury in February 2023. His wins are principally comprised of ex-MMA stars akin to Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley, Anderson Silva, and Nate Diaz.
His most up-to-date victory got here towards the BKFC’s ‘King of Violence’ Mike Perry in July. Paul scored a sixth-round TKO towards ‘Platinum’ in Tampa, snapping the previous UFC fighter’s five-fight unbeaten streak.
