The week began with Tony Bellew, Carl Froch, Ryan Garcia, Artur Beterbiev and Daniel Dubois all making their case for a combat towards Jake Paul and now it’s seemingly the flip of Andre Ward, the 40-year-old former tremendous middleweight and light-weight heavyweight champion.
“I’m open for a dialogue,” Ward informed Stephen A. Smith in a video interview. “Because you (Paul) like preventing older guys, I’m an older man. I haven’t touched a hoop in seven years, so I believe it might be attention-grabbing.”
When Ward says “attention-grabbing” what he actually means is profitable, in fact. It wouldn’t be Tyson-Paul profitable, a combat between Ward and Paul, however it might however ship Ward the type of one-night payday he has not seen since retiring from the game again in 2017 on the comparatively younger age of 33.
It’s for that motive alone that Ward is open to taking part in alongside and preventing Paul in 2025. He is aware of greater than anybody each what Paul brings to the desk financially and the way simple the combat could be as an evening’s work. Even with the inevitable rust of seven years out, there may have been fewer less complicated fights for Ward and fewer extra rewarding ones, both. That’s all as a result of Paul, within the eyes of most boxers, is the surest factor within the sport proper now; the quickest and best approach to make some huge cash.
Even heavyweights like Daniel Dubois have contacted Paul of late, inspired little question by the truth that Paul’s abysmal eight-rounder with Mike Tyson on Friday was made at heavyweight. Dubois, hardly identified for callouts, clearly noticed pound indicators on the weekend and acquired in contact with Paul on Monday. It was then Paul, amused by the Brit’s desperation, revealed this message to his followers on social media. It learn: “Hello Jake. Good enterprise on the weekend, however how would you’re feeling preventing for the respectable heavyweight championship of the world? That is Daniel Dubois calling you out. Let’s get it on.”
Paul, in response, wrote: “Man (has) been boxing for 12 years, has over 100 fights between beginner and professional and fought on my undercard… hahaha. However fuck it… I’m going to have Nakisa (Bidarian, supervisor) discuss to Frank Warren (Dubois’ promoter) and get you in line for the throne. In contrast to Artur (Beterbiev), a minimum of you could have just a few thousand followers.”
To listen to Paul consult with traces resulting in a throne and suggest that he alone sits on this throne will little question rile boxing purists and with good motive. But it might be ignorant all the identical to not recognize what’s going on right here and perceive that when it comes to energy and affect Jake Paul could be very a lot sitting on a throne and perceive why, from this throne, he appears down at males grovelling for his consideration with a sure pity and disrespect. He, in any case, was meant to be the troublemaker, the outcast, the man-child no person revered and no person needed within the sport. Now, although, not solely do they speak about him, and watch him, however they apparently can’t wait to do enterprise with him sooner or later.
