Jake Paul will face heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a blockbuster boxing match on 19 December in Miami.
Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua face off in Miami subsequent month (Picture: Getty Photos)
Former UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley has expressed critical issues about Jake Paul’s upcoming conflict with Anthony Joshua. Paul is about to face the previous two-time heavyweight champion in an eight-round skilled heavyweight bout on December 19 in Miami. The American has restricted expertise competing in boxing’s premier division, having defeated Mike Tyson on factors final November.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer usually competes at cruiserweight, and returned to that weight class for his most up-to-date outing in June in opposition to former champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Paul secured a factors win that night, taking his skilled file to 12-1. Throughout his boxing profession thus far, the 28-year-old has predominantly confronted former combined martial arts fighters, reminiscent of Anderson Silva, Nate Diaz and Tyron Woodley. His encounter with Joshua represents Paul’s first real problem within the ring, and has sparked widespread concern about his wellbeing.
The American’s shut pal O’Malley has shared his ideas on the profitable showdown in Florida this festive season.
The UFC star admitted his fears for Paul after witnessing the ‘Downside Youngster’ stand reverse Joshua final week. “Did you see the dimensions distinction between Anthony (and Jake)? Did you see how f****** big that man is? 6’6, 265,” O’Malley stated on his YouTube channel.
“This struggle, as a pal of Jake is like, I am scared. Getting knocked out by somebody like that adjustments lives. It does not change simply your profession path. It might probably change lives. It might probably change the way in which you assume. Getting knocked out, dangerous concussions are scary. You could have one f****** mind, and he is keen to go on the market and struggle. Like, that’s completely f****** insane. Like, it scares me.”
Regardless of Joshua needing to shed weight to fulfill Paul’s necessities and make their contest official, the previous champion stays a real heavyweight who insists he is nonetheless in his prime. The ‘Downside Youngster’ enters the Miami showdown as a substantial underdog, but O’Malley reckons even a factors defeat would symbolize a decent final result for the social media star.
“If Jake goes to a choice and loses a choice to A.J., I believe that is a win. That is a large win. If he goes on the market and goes eight, three-minute rounds with Anthony Joshua, that may be a win,” O’Malley stated. “Jake has bought a large nutsack. That is insane, and he is assured, sounds assured.”
Heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma has additionally voiced his issues, urging Paul to “fireplace his advisors.” Chatting with BBC Sport, he stated: “Jake Paul wants to fireside his advisers. [The] those that inform him to make these fights, as a result of that is not good.”
He continued: “Clearly, there’s earning money, however then on the identical time, it is simply absurd. I do not assume Jake Paul’s dangerous for boxing, I believe he’s good. I like Jake Paul. You see what he is doing with ladies’s boxing as nicely, and I am not saying he should not take the struggle.
“I simply really feel that he must weigh the outcomes. Like, I do not know £50million [vs] my well being. Vehicles and watches [vs] cannot say my title. Is it price it? And if he needs to struggle Anthony Joshua, that is not my life – go and do it. However me personally, if I have been Jake Paul’s brother, I would be very frightened.”
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