The YouTuber turned professional boxer, Jake Paul faced off against the former UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley on August 29 in a boxing match. The odds were in favor of Jake Paul even if Tyron Woodley is definitely the biggest opponent for Jake Paul so far. Dave Chapelle also went after Jake Paul at the pay-per-view.
Jake Paul proved all of his doubters wrong as he was able to last 8 rounds against Tyron Woodley, who many believed would destroy The Problem Child in the boxing match. Of course, that did not happen as Jake Paul went on to win the match via split decision. This was met with a lot of outcries as fans believed the boxing match was rigged from the start.
Ben Askren recently appeared on Lex Friedman’s podcast and praised Jake Paul for his boxing skills.
“So the thing I said when I went to fight him [Jake Paul] is maybe his good or maybe he’s not. We really have no idea to this point, you know. I knew that Tyron Woodley was a lot better in boxing than I was. And so I thought that there is a good likelihood that Tyron beats him up but there is a chance that Jake is kind of good at this. I think what played out is his kind of good at it. And if you saw the way I saw it he was still impressive in his showing and he has obviously put a lot of time into it. So he’s not bad, I’ll say that much.”
Nate Diaz took to Twitter and dismissed Ben Askren’s praise.
“Coming from a retired wrestler who can’t fight or box”
