Jake Paul has been provided a world title shot in opposition to four-belt gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev after the social media influencer’s victory over Mike Tyson final Friday evening.
It might clearly be a mismatch between Beterbiev and Paul, however it will be enjoyable to look at, and the build-up can be attention-grabbing. 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 choice on the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Given how previous 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 in opposition to 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 seemed final evening.
After the struggle, 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 onerous left hooks that had him on rollerskates.
Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) provided Jake the title shot, but it surely’s a struggle that will possible require the Saudis to finance it for it to be worthwhile to the unbeaten undisputed champion. Would His Excellency Turki Alalshikh be all in favour of such a struggle like this?
A struggle between Jake Paul and Beterbiev would certainly be fairly worthwhile as a result of large attain of Paul’s following on social media and YouTube. It might 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 struggle that boxing purists are overlooking.
“Jake Paul, what are you able to do within the ring in opposition to the present undisputed champion? Simply know that I’m at all times open to any solutions,” 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.
