Cruiserweight Jake Paul (7-1, 4 KOs) will be facing a pro boxer on DAZN December 15. It was announced today that “The Problem Child” will meet 35-year-old Andre August (10-1-1, 5 KOs) in an eight-rounder at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
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Easy win for Jake.
Not interested…
I just read earlier today that Ruddock and Toney were fighting to raise money for some sort of charity… If Paul wants to help out the sport like he says he does, fight Toney and help him support his cause. Even a 50+ Toney is more dangerous than the guy he’s fighting.
Great comment.
Who? The crazy thing is Jake Paul is ranked a lot higher than him so who has that guy been fighting?
ok, this should be much easier than his last fight
Count me among the millions who:
1) don’t consider Jake Paul a real fighter
2) have no interest in who he fights and
3) don’t believe he should be talked about AT ALL on a boxing website
I’ve never seen a more damned if they do and damned if they don’t match. Jake Paul is a new boxer with no amateur experience. If anything the few fights before Tommy could be seen as amateur. So now he says lets get another pro boxer and give it a shot. He jumped up a weight class and is facing a guy with a winning record, but who has clear flaws. On one hand we bash him for fighting old UFC fighters, now we are saying a 10-1 boxer is a walk in the park for him? So what is it, is Jake Paul so good that he needs to jump up to top 20 rated guys or is he so new that he is allowed to face other new pro boxers? Its okay to dislike a boxer, but the comments are just funny based on what some of you have said in the past.
The problem with this fight is that Andre has only beat two opponents with winning records. One was 1-0-1 and has been knocked out in his three other fights and the other one had never beaten an opponent with a winning record.
Wasn’t that the same with Tommy Fury? The boxers he found had a crazy combined records. Jakes a complete newbie and those fighters do start like this. Its only fighters with huge backgrounds that jump into the elevated ranks of the pros. Jake needs to be in there with low level boxers, build up his skill and then jump the rated fighters based on how he does. I think this is a feel out and see where he is. If he destroys this guy you jump up a level and work your way up. You dont jump in with Canelo in your first ten fights and he needs fights like this. At least its not being sold as a PPV so thats a plus.
People all over the world will be talking about this fight! They will be saying how the PPV numbers were similar to Fury/Ngannou.
Jake Paul does have some ability as a fighter with no amateur experience; its the hype and the amount of money that he makes because of his Youtube following that grinds the die hard boxing fans gears. The fact that he doesn’t have an amateur boxing background and is learning on the job will ultimately be his undoing, as he may fight for a world title one day, but will never ever win won; but he will make boat loads of money in the process. Its mind boggling, but its the world we currently live in, and us middle aged folk, set in our ways, just don’t get it.
I have no issue with Jake Paul. Boxing is theatre and can often have a circus element to it. I think had he kept winning him and Canelo would have been a big draw in a 10 round Cruiserweight match. Now that he has lost to Fury though I do not see that happening as the mystery has been officially solved. Still his fights create a buzz. So did Butterbean! He also has done a lot for women’s boxing and has helped Amanda Serrano become rich. I know die hard fans are likely sickened by my Canelo comment..but remember us die hards may keep the sport going…but it is the casual observers that often do not know the difference between Rocky Balboa and Rocky Marciano that can turn a spectacle into a huge money making event.
All this clown shows don’t make any sence but, at least they are making decent money! Old broke retired boxers and ufc fighters can get a nice check as well, specially during this tough economic times! As long as the youtuber kids keep paying with their parents credit cards for this crap………..keep on going with it!
If Jake Paul wants to prove he’s serious about trying to become a world champion, these are the kind of guys he has to beat first. Not former MMA fighters or siblings and offspring of current and former heavyweight champions. I looked August up and he turned pro in 2013 and has fought sparingly in his 10 years as a pro against limited opposition. His loss was a 2nd rd. KO to a guy with a 3-3 record several years ago. The guy is no world beater, but going 10-1-1 in pro boxing is no easy task-even against nobodies.
The kind of guys the lowest rank Olympian will make a debut against, and end up with a 1st round knockout. Jake is fighting SOFT. It’s ridiculous. And the fact that people are stupid enough to spend money on this nonsense is even worse. Thank God I have a brain. I neither drink, smoke, vape, do drugs, gamble, enter a foreign nation without a passport, or waste my money on nonsense like this. Jake is a Flake for taking this fight against such SOFT competition.