Jake Paul is a polarizing determine in fight sports activities. Whereas he is been in a position to generate income in boxing, he is had a tough time producing respect.
On Saturday, Paul picked up his tenth profession boxing win over former UFC fighter and undefeated Naked Knuckle Combating Championship’s Mike Perry. Whereas within the UFC, Perry competed within the 170-pound division.
Paul has made a reputation for himself by defeating former UFC fighters, largely welterweights. In his third skilled boxing match, Paul knocked out former Bellator MMA welterweight champion Ben Askren in beneath two minutes. He then defeated former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley by way of cut up resolution earlier than knocking out Woodley in a rematch.
In his subsequent combat, Paul took on former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva. He defeated “The Spider” by way of unanimous resolution. After dropping to the primary skilled boxer that he confronted, Tommy Fury, Paul defeated former UFC light-weight and welterweight Nate Diaz by unanimous resolution. His subsequent two bouts had been towards inactive skilled boxers and he gained each fights by knockout.
Paul was lined as much as meet Mike Tyson on Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas however a medical situation compelled Tyson to push the combat again to Nov. 15. Wanting to remain lively and acquire expertise, Paul took the combat towards Perry. Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping thinks the combat ought to have by no means occurred. He accused Paul of ‘cherry choosing opponents,’ preventing smaller athletes, and
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“Coming into this combat, I believe myself, the entire combat group, everybody was behind Mike Perry, however the actuality was he was too small. There are weight lessons in boxing, in fight sports activities for a purpose,” Bisping mentioned on his YouTube channel. “Jake Paul was about twice the scale of him. The load distinction goes to be insane.”
“Nicely accomplished Jake Paul if that is what you need to see. That was a farce. That was ridiculous. That combat ought to have by no means even taken place within the first place as a result of it was a sh*t present,” Bisping continued. “Jake Paul was by far the larger man, and as I’ve mentioned, there are weight lessons for a purpose.”
Bisping is not a fan of Paul. He is even thought-about popping out of retirement to take issues into his personal arms towards “The Downside Little one.” Based on Bisping, Paul ‘cherry picks’ his opponents.
“Jake Paul grinds my gears. Let’s be trustworthy, he does due to all of the sh*t discuss, of how nice that he thinks that he’s,” Bisping mentioned. “He cherry picks these opponents which might be approach smaller and fewer skilled.”
