Can someone explain to me this new "entertainment boxing" thing? I get that boxing is watched a lot, I remember clearly when pacman fought mayweather and that was an insane period, definitely not something underrated, one of the most watched and all that. But this? This is basically a youtuber fighting a boxers brother who is famous for being on a reality show.
I get that they had a few fights, but most of them were entertainment fights and nothing to do with real title chance. Like anyone who is on their way to win the real title, would simply destroy these two in a single round, without a doubt.
It's entertainment just like any other fight. It's basically just white collar boxing mixed with celebrity boxing which is nothing new. They have an audience and know they can sell tickets and bring in eyeballs so they are crossing over into new markets to capitalise on that. Youtubers are born entertainers and they know how to sell a fight. Just look at the numbers. They're getting paid more than pretty much all pro boxers minus the superstars like Tyson/AJ/Wilder etc but they'll probably get to those numbers if they continue to grow and market their fights as they're doing.
I am not entirely if they are checked for juicing or not, they look pretty juiced from the photos as well.
Come on now. This is just the standard armchair fan youtuber comment based on nothing. Neither of them look juiced up. They're both just trim and in good shape but are clearly not juiced up. This is what people on steroids look like:
They're also both vada tested and have been for years.
I get that they had a few fights, but most of them were entertainment fights and nothing to do with real title chance. Like anyone who is on their way to win the real title, would simply destroy these two in a single round, without a doubt. I am not entirely if they are checked for juicing or not, they look pretty juiced from the photos as well.
This is actually a professional fight
I think many boxers was start from fighting weak boxers until they're more experienced and then they will take a challenger to become a champion. The difference is many journalists doesn't care to follow the record when the boxers fight with a weak boxers, but since Jake Paul is famous and they can make a lot money, those journalists following Paul record from his first fight.
It's pretty much industry standard for new fighters to fight bums and journeymen early on in their career and makes sense. If you're a promoter and you have a new prospect it makes little sense to put them in the ring with someone who's going to beat them up. You need to dip your toe in the water and work yourself up to bigger fights.
So WBC created a special belt named "Diriyah champion" in this fight [1] the winner will able to get ranked up in WBC, maybe it might able to be included at 10th position. The winning method odds have been added, the odds for Paul to win via decision is 3.90x which I think it's worth to bet. Both of them have striking power, but I think they will able to survive until the end.
It's not a top 15 ranking but a top 40. That makes sense as there's a bunch of nobodies in the top 40 with similar win records to that of Tommy and Jake so that's no real surprise. I think both of them could get into the top 15 with 2 or 3 wins though as there's a few people in there with only slightly better records in terms of fights and wins, but I didn't look into their opponents. They could have fought some decent people or been entirely bums.
