Undisputed gentle 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) mentioned he needs 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 make the most of the eye that the 27-year-old Jake acquired for beating an previous and washed Tyson (50-7, 44 KOs) by a large eight-round unanimous Choice.
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 ultimate battle 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 predicted to be preventing a rematch in opposition to former WBA gentle 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 focused on financing a match between the unproven Jake Paul difficult Beterbiev for his belts?
It’s a battle that will most likely promote on PPV as a result of Jake’s huge 26 million followers on Instagram and 20+ million YouTube subscribers. That’s an enormous quantity of those who the wizard marketer Jake can promote the battle 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 focused on seeing the battle, and would gladly pay, believing that Jake has an opportunity.
On the actual boxing facet of it. If Beterbiev is critical, it might be an insult to the game, making a joke of it by selecting to battle a influencer that’s extra of a hustler than an actual boxer. In addition to, it might be 100% unfair to the contenders ready for his or her reliable title shot in opposition to Beterbiev, like Bivol and Joshua Buatsi.
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