It was announced yesterday that YouTube star Jake Paul will fight former NBA player Nate Robinson in an undercard fight on the September 12 pay-per-view event topped by Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. The show will take place at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
Paul won a celebrity match against fellow YouTuber Ali Eson Gib in Miami earlier this year in what was considered a pro fight, so Paul is officially 1-0, 1 KO. Robinson has never fought, but he has dunked over Shaq so he’s a legit athlete.
They on some Dazn celebrity Boxing bs. I see where this is headed.
Pro wrestling has some competition.
WOW!!! I figured Holyfield wld be chomping at the bit to get some publicity AND ATTENTION and try to jump on the Tyson spotlight card.. or is that announcement on its way.
I really don’t like this blatant, cynical devaluing of the sport. I wouldn’t pay to watch cricketers play football, or singers play hockey. The fact is, you’re just getting a watered down D-grade version of the sport. People don’t have to be boxers to box anymore, yet they are getting paid more than 99% of boxers for doing it. Go figure!
Aaron Paul would paint himself orange and dance naked with Tibetan monks if enough people paid to watch. When something better comes along he’ll be gone, like a thief in the night.
Whole thing’s a pantomime.
You hit the nail right on the head.
Somehow I knew that Jake Paul would be fighting on the undercard; seems fitting. I don’t know what Robinson’s fight background is but I know he’s a phenomenal athlete- he played both football and basketball at University of Washington. Boxing is a different kind of sport though, I’ve seen guys who where great at other sports look foolish trying to box and I’ve seen guys who could barely walk and chew gum turn out to be good boxers. I saw footage of Mike Tyson trying to play basketball once, if he ever even played at all, he definitely would have been picked last.
“Robinson has never fought, but he has dunked over Shaq so he’s a legit athlete.”
LoL!!