By: Sean Crose
Give Jake Paul this – the person retains lively. After a significant July novelty bout with Mike Tyson was postponed (if not outright scratched), the social media influencer turned skilled boxer may have taken it simple. That form of factor, nevertheless, merely isn’t Paul’s type. As an alternative of kicking again for the summer time, Paul determined to problem himself. Therefore, the fighter often called “The Downside Baby” shall be dealing with naked knuckle attraction Mike Perry on Saturday evening in Tampa, Florida. The scheduled eight rounder would be the predominant occasion of a DAZN pay per view card.
Whereas Perry has solely boxed professionally as soon as – in a bout he misplaced again in 2015 – the 32 yr outdated from Flint, Michigan has received 5 in a row since coming into the world of naked knuckle boxing in 2022. Positive sufficient, title fighters reminiscent of Luke Rockhold and Eddie Alvarez have fallen sufferer to Perry inside the distance. And, though naked knuckle boxing isn’t the identical factor as fashionable skilled boxing (ironic since naked knuckle boxing morphed into fashionable skilled boxing again within the late 1800s), there are apparent similarities between the 2 sports activities – specifically, the flexibility to punch to most impact and the flexibility to make use of fluid footwork.
In brief, Paul could lose to Perry this Saturday night. However that form of factor is what makes the 27 yr outdated Ohioan attention-grabbing. Positive, Paul has punching energy and positive, he’s actually grown ability clever over the previous few years, but Paul’s skill to tackle critical challenges has quite a bit to do with what has to this point been a really profitable skilled run. Even when he loses – as he did to Tommy Fury just a few years again – Paul refuses to be damaged. He could not have the expertise that the very best boxers have, however Paul deserves credit score for taking the highway not traveled.
