Jake Paul Is Bloated Mess In New Training Video

The YouTuber-turned-pro-boxer Jake Paul is now set to face the former UFC middleweight champion and combat sports icon, Anderson Silva, on October 29 at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz. The card airs on Showtime pay-per-view. Paul and Silva recently did a two-city media tour where they talked up the bout and engaged in pre-fight faceoffs. While he had an unsuccessful attempt at making a fight against Tommy Fury, Paul is now eyeing for an elder member of the family. In a recent social media post, “The Problem” Child issued a rather attention-grabbing callout to two-time heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.

 


 

In 6 days I fight Anderson Silva in #paulsilva but, after that, fat Jake is moving up to the heavyweight division to fight my brotha from anotha mother @Tyson_Fury. The heavyweight division been real quiet since this announcement @betr

The 25-year-old Paul (5-0) was slated to face the younger Fury on August 6th at Madison Square Garden, but the latter had after being barred entry into the United States. He was subsequently replaced by Hasim Rahman Jr., but that pairing also fell through when the latter refused to comply with the 200-pound weight limit.

Paul will face Silva this weekend. He believes that the combination of Silva’s fanbase with his own should make for a blockbuster event that could trend well beyond half-a-million pay-per-view buy:

“I do think this will be the biggest pay-per-view (of my career),” Paul told MMA Junkie. “I would be happy with anywhere from 300-500,000, but I think it can get up anywhere to like 600 or 700,000, depending on how the fight week goes and the promotion and if ‘All Access’ performs well. I think this could be the biggest one for sure.”

He has racked up wins over former MMA champions Tyron Woodley and Ben Askren. Paul attempted to turn into a public desire to fight a “real boxer,” with scheduled bouts against Tommy Fury and Hasim Rakhman Jr. Neither came to fruition, so Paul went to a fight against an MMA legend in Silva. With much of the MMA community rooting against Paul, Silva has been reluctant to say he’s representing his former sport inside the ring.

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
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