Jake Paul has been provided a world title shot towards four-belt mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev after the social media influencer’s victory over Mike Tyson final Friday evening.
It will clearly be a mismatch between Beterbiev and Paul, however it could be enjoyable to look at, and the build-up can be fascinating. Having the Saudis concerned would make it worthwhile for each fighters.
Paul, 27, made it look straightforward, beating the previous baddest man on the planet, Tyson (50-7, 44 KOs), in a one-sided eight-round unanimous resolution on the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Given how outdated Mike Tyson was, he by no means stood an opportunity.
He’d been inactive for too a few years, and his age was too far superior for him to be victorious towards Jake and even any of the opposite YouTubers, like KSI. Tyson would have misplaced to nearly any influencer boxer with the way in which he appeared final evening.
After the battle, Jake admitted having taken it straightforward on the 58-year-old Tyson, not wanting to harm him after placing him in bother in spherical three with a number of exhausting left hooks that had him on rollerskates.
Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) provided Jake the title shot, nevertheless it’s a battle that might seemingly require the Saudis to finance it for it to be worthwhile to the unbeaten undisputed champion. Would His Excellency Turki Alalshikh be focused on such a battle like this?
A battle between Jake Paul and Beterbiev would certainly be fairly worthwhile as a result of broad attain of Paul’s following on social media and YouTube. It will create a brand new fan base for the game of boxing, which doesn’t obtain as a lot consideration within the U.S. and worldwide because it ought to these days. There are positives that would come out of a Jake vs. Beterbiev battle that boxing purists are overlooking.
“Jake Paul, what are you able to do within the ring towards the present undisputed champion? Simply know that I’m all the time open to any strategies,” mentioned Beterbiev on Instagram together with his problem to Jake.
Jake, who fights at cruiserweight, hasn’t proven any curiosity in preventing any of the world champions in that weight class and it’s unlikely that he would. Not one of the champions, Jai Opetais, Chris Billiam-Smith, Gilberto Ramirez or Noel Mikaelian, are standard and there can be no cash for Jake Paul to make preventing any of them.
