Topic: [Boxing] Jake Paul vs Ben Askren on April 17 (Read 2907 times)

Yeah, this is the largest takeaway. Tommy is definitely known for his antics inside of love island more than his boxing career. As backed up by a few mentioning here that they hadn't known of him. Hes had a largely unimpressive, and uneventful boxing career. Mainly fighting journeyman, and having no real challenge put in front of him. I can see him being given a nice easy route to build up the hype. Although, Jake Paul is a perfect opportunity, and surely boxing promoters would jump at the chance. It would sell a lot, as it would be yet again UK vs USA, well mainly Everyone vs Jake, but they could at least sell that angle.

Hopefully, I do think Tommy wins it convincingly, but at the end of the day this would be a good option for Jake I'd think. Tommy hasn't really been tested too much, so even us boxing fans don't really know his ceiling, I believe both are around the same height, they both have "celebrity" pasts which would draw in their fans from those. I don't know, just seems the best choice for Jake. Plus, I think if he looks at everyone else on the field, Tommy is probably the less tested out of all of them. He can't pick a lesser opponent than Askren, without at least getting a lot of stick. He has to show that hes at least trying to pick harder opponents, that have experience in boxing to keep up the hype.

I say Jake Vs Fury. Make it happen.

It'll more likely be on Triller, though they could do a cross-platform deal I guess. This is much more a sign-of-the-times online streaming fight than a TV PPV as Tommy Fury is probably still more known for being on Love Island or just the brother of Tyson than his boxing career. Tommy Fury doesn't have that big of a draw yet and Jake Paul is invested with Triller so I'd be surprised if it wasn't at least on their platform. Frank Warren has at least shown interest so it could certainly happen. I think Jake Paul is going to get a shock once he steps into the ring with a proper boxer though so he might want to keep fighting people he will think he can beat. Tommy is still relatively new though and hasn't fought anyone notable yet so maybe Jake will take the shot on this fight.

Well, he already made a lot of money in his previous fights, time for him to challenge himself against a fighter with a good chance of beating him, we will know the update of this rumor soon, let's give Jake Paul a time to celebrate on his recent win.

If Tommy Fury is really skilled and talented i do not think Jake Paul will be interested in taking that fight, he will get many opponents that does not have the boxing skills and why should he take the difficult path and as long as he can make money boxing nobodies in the sweet science he will do so and he is smart enough to hand pick his opponents that will interest the audience as well.

Wow, this guy (Tommy) is also a pro, this would be a great match.

His record is also impressive, 5 wins (4 KOs), this is pretty decent to match up Jake Paul's talent in boxing, I'd do a bet on this guy took.
source : https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/854141

More hype would bring more money, maybe these two will be interested and will make this fight realize.

He'll naturally get hype just because he's related to Tyson, but hes done semi decent. Personally, I don't think he's been given particularly challenging opponents, but I can't blame him for it. He's beat what's been put in front of him. I would like to think someone like him would easily put away Jake Paul though. So, it might not turn into an interesting fight for a neutral fan.

I was curious who Tommy Fury is, so I read the article (https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/14692074/jake-paul-tommy-fury-fight-tyson-michael-hunter/) to confirm about the rumor and also discover that Tommy Fury is the half brother of Tyson Fury, so this is great as Tyson could teach his brother on how to win the fight.

Rumours of Tommy Fury Vs Jake Paul which I'll be a little more interested in watching honestly. Hopefully not on Triller....

It was entertaining for how bad it was at times, but I still watched the UFC over it during the singing which seemed to go on for absolutely ages. It was almost a concert inbetween fights. I think they probably did a lot of PPVs, and this sort of format could become mainstream, but I'm not a huge fan of the format, and would prefer the UFC format, or traditional Sky Sports boxing events where its just fights, and promo.

Jake Paul and his brother Logan Paul are super stars because they can put seats when they do something and that is not a thing that everyone can do. If you call them boxers then i do have a disagreement as they are smart enough to fight these high profile exhibition fights with individuals that has nothing to do with boxing and yet they are able to hype the fight up and make millions of dollars and you should not expect them to fight legit boxers instead they will make money they way they are doing now.

Obviously he could have at least allowed Askren to continue the fight, standing 8 count and then he re-assess. But he seems that he waived it off too early.

How can you call him a star when he was just a youtube sensation and fighting non boxers? I disagree that we should have star in an exhibition match. They are just after the big pay check they can get, not about their legacy.

That was pretty embarrassing for Askren. As bad as Askren is outside of wrestling he should have done better. At least he admits it was embarrassing but doesn't seem to care too much. I guess the got his payday.


I'd be very surprised if Tommy Fury didn't KO him very easily. Fury is a professional boxer from an obviously very strong boxing family. Jake is an amateur who's fought nobody of worth. I'll admit him KO-ing Askren surprised me but Askren isn't a boxer. He himself admits he's a terrible striker. If Jake did manage to put on a decent show then I'd take my hat off to him but I think he's going to get a shock if he does manage to land a fight like this or even one with McGregor who can actually box.


I only watched the headline fight but I think what makes these fights interesting is the both the randomness of them and the unexpectedness. Who knows what's going to happen when you get these sorts of match ups. Sometimes they're shit, sometimes they're interesting and sometimes you get unexpected things like this. I think we'll be seeing more and more of them once celebs and promoters realise how much money is involved. Doesn't really matter about the quality of the fights when they're making millions and both parties will want their piece of the pie.

It appears MMA sports media is writing another storyline again and this time it is Tyron Woodley versus Jake Paul hehehe. Tyron and Ben Askren are best friends since their days on wrestling when they were in college. Woodley can win if he throws punches. However, he has not thrown many punches since his loss to Kamaru Usman. He might have asked Ben Askren how much payment Ben received hehehehe.



Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is a longtime friend and training partner of retired 170-pound wrestler Ben Askren, who also competed for UFC, as well as Bellator MMA and ONE Championship.

“The Chosen One” made his way to the locker room of Jake Paul to watch the YouTube star get his hands wrapped and gloved for his “Funky” boxing match, and in true Woodley fashion, couldn’t seem to keep from getting himself into trouble.

“Begging so hard to get your prostitute a gig,” Woodley wrote on Twitter. “You trying to fight everyone BUT me! When you realize I’m not with the child’s play you froze like winter and started stuttering! You want real smoke or you wanna keep padding yo bitch ass record?”

Source https://www.mmamania.com/platform/amp/2021/4/19/22392210/video-tyron-woodley-tried-flex-jake-paul-got-silenced-pro-boxer-instead-mma

I think he can because his record says that he is fighting a "Pro Boxing Career" (https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/912383), which he already has 3 wins by KO.. and he is indeed a professional boxer according this article (https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/is-jake-paul-professional-boxer).. so he can fight anyone.

Not retired MMA fighters or any popular personality, can he fight to real boxing weight class appropriate to him? Maybe time to get out of exhibition fights. Let us see how he will perform in real boxing fights.

It is because he is officiating the fight  .

He should call out some other retired MMA fighters or movie starts and improve his record and keep on making money. No doubt he is a good promoter and he knows how to conduct business, i did not expect quick works like what happened in the fight and i was expecting Ben Askren to showcase some form of defense rather than giving his opponent to knock you out.

How can the referee be involve in this fight?

Jake Paul's record has improve to 3-0, all won by KO, previous fight before this one was a big win against Nate Robinson, now he won another easy fight. A star in the making, but just in an arena of exhibition matches, nothing really special though.

Or he probably take a dive in this fight, or maybe the referee is also involved.

I think his career has ended already when Masvidal knock him out, maybe someone will get him though to be knockout again, so it's easy money for him. For Paul, expect him to fight other non boxer MMA and then setup himself for a huge pay day with Floyd in the future.

This fight is a Big Joke , Does anyone here Bets good amount on this?

Good that I did not even give a glimpse on this Fight when first crossed my Wall last month.

That fight was a disappointment and absolutely boring. Sure Askren doesn't know boxing that well but we shouldn't forget that Jake has only been a Youtuber for most of his life. Beating a wrestling and MMA pro even in boxing is still quite impressive, but this didn't even look like a real boxing fight.

Without the warm up there wouldn't even have been any sweat... Is Paul going for a big one now? I guess it will happen just for the money. Millions of spectators in front of their laptops make it pay off.

It didn't matter though as this is probably the easiest money for Ben, he just have to be defeated and that's about it, although this is a sad thing because people are rooting for Askren but it seems that this isn't how it is supposed to be I guess, maybe we see Jake Paul fight a capable fighter next time.