Topic: Jake Paul v Anderson Silva [rumours been confirmed] (Read 446 times)

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I'd disagree, definitely a step up from Woodley, and the reason for is he'll be active. Woodley even in his MMA days was known for freezing. I think his nickname was the "frozen one" or something along those lines. That's exactly what we saw against Jake Paul, he barely threw a shot. Whereas Silva will at least be putting some volume out, and that might mean he leaves an opening, but at least there will be something coming back at Jake this time around.

The version of Chavez Jr. that fought Silva is in no way better than Jake Paul. I don't really consider Anderson Silva to be a step up from Woodley and any of the non-boxers that Jake Paul has faced. The only reason for fighting Silva is because he has a name that can sell. This fight will not do anything to legitimize Jake Paul as a serious boxer.

Yeah, the annoying part I wanted to watch this fight, but I'm away for it. Bugger. I won't be able to watch highlights until I get back either which is give or take a week later. I don't think that'll be a problem though, since I won't have any news access, and the dust should've settled by the time I'm back online.

I won't be betting on the fight simply for that reason, but I fancy Jake here despite Anderson being the best opponent yet, in my humble opinion. Think he'll shock a few of the boxing purists of his skill, and he'll get a decent pay day too which is refreshing to see after all those years in the UFC.

This is not a rumor anymore they are going to fight come October 29 and its a done deal I hope OP will change the title

Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva official for Oct. 29 on Showtime PPV

This fight is a big leap for both fighters both are undefeated in boxing but the spider has a huge experience advantage, Jake Paul is a young hungry fighter who is getting better in every fight, this will be interesting to watch I hope Silva will be the one to handed Jake's his first loss he has extended his exhibition boxing career many hate him but you have to admire what he has done from Youtuber to becoming an exhibition fighter, beating well known MMA fighters.

Jake Paul is and always will be a pretty boy fake boxxer who only cares about his influencer image. Thats why he keeps on trying to fight old boxxers and boxxers who he sees as disadvantaged. However when it comes to Anderson Silva I believe that Jake Paul has bitten off more than he can chew and will definitely embarrass himself in the ring. Not that I am not looking forward to that fight and hopefully we can see a nice K.O. too.

I have never had respect for pretenders. Especially when it comes to noble sports like boxxing. And Jake Paul is the biggest pretender there is. He does not care about the sport he just cares about gaining followers.

Obviously he is in the same boat of character as his brother, Logan Paul, who filmed himself disrespecting suicide corpses in the Japanese suicide forest. That just goes to show where his family comes from.

Well this fight isn't a rumours anymore since there's an official news from ESPN that the fight will happen on October 29, Arizona, U.S. and it's counted as professional fight, not an exhibition fight. Checked the odds on the sportsbet Jake Paul is an underdog with 2.00x odds while Anderson Silva is favorited with with 1.73x odds, I think the reason why Silva become favorite is he have fought many fighters at 46 years old... but I'm pretty sure Paul will win.

He's an influencer and famous in America, he was a former of kickboxing too. In short, he's not a boxer and cherry picked by Jake Paul

Boxers do earn more than MMA fighters, but only top ranked professionals. I think I have already posted somewhere boxer and mma earnings comparison. The idea was that mma newbie fighters get 5+5k and they have several fights per year, while professional boxers usually have only 1 fight per year. Unknown boxers did not earn a lot btw, same "less than 10k" per fight, if not less. And dont forget that boxing has a longer history than mma sports. Check out mma and boxing earnings in 10-20 years. I think numbers will be completely different.

As to Silva and this fight, this is not just money, it is easy money if they make a boxing match, but not an exhibition. Silva is in age already, but his reflexes are much better than Jakes. I think he can dodge everything Jake throw, and it will be few hits enough to get unprepared to painful punches YouTuber down.

That's just it.  These boxing matches sometimes makes them more than they earned in their entire careers in mma. It's terrible watching these fights as a true boxing fan.  It's like watching minor league baseball.  It's still baseball but it's a bit meh in terms of skill.

I feel like the reason why the fights got cancelled was that there was not much hype going on around it and not a lot of people are interested. also, who's Andrew Tate? haven't heard of him.

this is what I thought too but lionheart78 mentioned that Silva won against Julio Chavez Jr who has 53 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw. and because of it, I am now curious who's gonna win if the fight ever happens.

Since there's a rumor maybe someone on their camp spreads it to see how people react towards this possible match up. And its really quite intriguing knowing Silva is veteran fighter paired up with a youtuber which is famous these days. I believe there status is selling point for then to create more sales on this possible bout.

Even though it is hard to believe such rumours might ever come true, I think that Silva might perform well in this fight. He is old, but he is much better striker than Jake Paul ever met. I've seen some video of Silva doing boxing and watched him fighting Ortiz and Chavez, and I can say he performed impressive.

Why I think this fight never happen? Somewhere I saw Silva had nothing against fighting Jake. Big money are at stake. Silva is famous. But the problem will be with Jake. The fight will be announced and promoted, but after, due some weird issue, it would be cancelled. I believe instead of fighting and promoting what ever Jake wants to promote, he has chosen an option just to call out other fighters, train, promote something and cancel the fight. Why had a chance to be punched in face, when you can promote/sell and not get punched in face.

AFAIK firstly it was scheduled Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury, but it's got cancelled. Then Hasim Rahman Jr is going to replace Tommy Fury to fight Jake Paul, but it do got cancelled again. Jake Paul is looking for another fighter, he have called Andrew Tate but it seems he's not interested. After that Anderson Silva is high likely want to fight against Jake Paul.

Well too much drama to wait Jake Paul fight will happen lol.

Anderson Silva have poor boxing skills, he's better with his kick rather than his punch.

I think it's more of a name basis knowing that the name Anderson Silva is really a legend. His name is really going to attract watchers and of course, the gambling side, and it would really be an entertaining fight because that's going to be a great fight even if it's boxing vs MMA. I do hope that they manage to do this. It's just like McGregor and Mayweather. Money money money 

It was just last year when he beat Julio Chavez Jr.  A better boxer than Jake Paul.  Anderson Silva is already 46 when he fought the 33 years old Chavez Jr., so I do think that the age issue will be even out by Anderson's boxing skill.  If you have time you can check how Silva moves during his fight against Chavez.  Silva got good footwork and knows how to throw punches at an angle where the opponent will have difficulty countering.

Silva is a dangerous striker skills that what brought him into his winning streak and to become known in UFC history and we know that he snapped his leg that causes of ending his winning streak. I think his injury affects his current performance which is not doing so well compared in his prime. This is why I think that there's a chance that Anderson Silva  will accept the fight since it's boxing and he is good at it. Even though It's cherry picked by Jake in my own opinion.

As far as I can remember if the boxing fight between Jake Paul vs. Silva it really happens next October this will be the fourth time Jake Paul has bet with the former UFC, as happened during the fight with Askren, Tyron which ended by KO.

I'm like you, i'm not a big fan of paul, but i recognize the power and punch that paul has when dealing with his opponent in the ring, if paul gets the target no doubt the fight can end there unanimously.

But Silva is also an extraordinary boxer, Silva is an expert in reading the opponent's moves he arranges changes quickly, attacks and finishes with extraordinary strength, I believe the boxing fight between Jake Paul vs. Silva will make a professional impression in the world of boxing in the future, this is a young star in his boxing career.

Honestly, I have no conclusion in the fight between Paul vs. Silva, of course I will watch and follow Paul to do it in the ring to Silva and vice versa.
But there is a funny comment posted by: @jhon McGlothlin regarding Paul vs. Silva.
Ha.ha.ha.

wait, I thought he was going to fight Tommy Fury? was the fight between the two cancelled?

though Anderson Silva has a boxing history, his record is not that good. also, his age could be a problem for him. anyway, despite Anderson Silva having a boxing history I kind of feel that it was still a cherry pick.

Why not Silva can do that he has done it against Chavez Jr and Chavez Jr is a better fighter than Jake Paul, he outlasted Chavez Jr, even though Silva is old he still has the stamina to last a full ten rounds Silva has a good resume to present against Jake Paul and he will be Jake Paul's biggest challenge, this is only rumors I'm sure those who want Jake Paul to get hurt will advice him to push through, checking the internet for a latest new and we have it

https://www.essentiallysports.com/boxing-news-jake-paul-vs-anderson-silva-fight-rules-leaked/

You already said it: money. This is the main motivation why a lot of legendary MMA fighters agreed to fight Jake on boxing even though they know that they will get their asses beat due to the terms of the fight. After the ass-whooping and throwing their experience and their selves in shame, they will get a fat pay check, which usually happens since the viewership of such events are through the roof. Hopefully for Silva he hands Jake some proper spanking, but I doubt that will happen.

sure its a fair match. so Jake better train well this time.
Silva moved to boxing i think because of his leg injury but he is beating top level dudes like Julio Chavez Jr. though Silva is old, he can box.

you gotta respect Jake for having the balls to fight Silva. this young man doesn't just have the high IQ marketing skills, he also knockout combat guys who had been trained longer than he did.

I’m a fan of Anderson Silva back on his prime on UFC before his leg injury. He has a superb boxing skill and agility to dodge close combat punch as if everything is slow motion but his last 3 matches before he retired shows his weakness and slow movement for his reflexes which I think the main reason why he is not the favorite on this match since the fight will be boxing while Jake Paul already dedicated his life on this sports even if it’s not on professional way. Silva is playing on different sports which means his experience is not that much helpful since his opponent specialty is already on boxing.

I think this match is fair unlike typical exhibition match that usually the unprofessional boxer is always on losing side. This time I can assume that Jake Paul has chance of winning.

Indeed, this is often the main reason for the appearance of former top boxers in the Jake Paul show and it leaves a not pleasant aftertaste after such fights, because they fought for their legacy in the dawn of their career, holding their fights in the ring.

Anderson Silva also received his boxing license from the commission, so it's very likely he's fighting Jake Paul. I'm quite excited about it, people aren't giving Anderson enough credit. He's already boxed successfully.

As for Logan Paul, I think the money is currently in the wrestling for him. However, I know KSI is back to boxing so I think that's pushing Logan to actually do something too. I'm not sure who Logan would fight though, potentially one of Jake Paul's opponents, and then maybe we'll see the difference between the two.

It doesn't make me wonder why Jake Paul managed to attract huge names into his shit show. He has the money. He's dangling a juicy amount in front of these fighters. It's probably big enough that they can hardly resist the offer. But what's sadder is the fact that these living legends, brave fighters, and former respectable champions have to bite the offer. They must be in need of money that they are willing to somehow bring themselves into a joke of a show, possibly getting humiliated by a mere showman.


I dread this possibility. I don't want to imagine this happening. But it could indeed happen. That's sad.

Correct, Julio Cezar Chavez Jr is just a shade of his father, he didn't have the discipline in training that his father had that's why he become a bum and just fighting for the sake of money. So I'm not surprised that even a old and wash up and not a boxer type of opponent in Anderson Silva beat him up.


Of course, he can trained hard for this fight. But then again, his age, his puncher power, his chin, once he absorbed that from Jake Paul, for sure, chances are he might get knock out again.

If that's the case, I guess they are really willing to pursue the fight. They might only have a short period of preparation but it seems like the management really wants to make money from this fight and we can't question them for that. It's all about business and they will push through if they will know that they can make money from it.

@nakamura12. It is presently just a rumor. You should search Jake Paul's social media accounts for information. The last announcement Jake Paul made was that he already found a willing opponent and that it would be big news. However, no one knows who it is. The first rumor was KSI, another youtuber who won in boxing vs. his brother Logan. The second is Anderson Silva.

I searched on Google but I am not sure if it's true or not but I also found that if it is possible that Jake Paul and Anderson Silva have a match and after doing more research then I found this that they have a match in October. I am not sure if this information is accurate, correct or true if you guys wanted to ask me but i'll share the link and let you guys decide if this is even real or just a rumor just like op added on the thread title.

October is too soon for the fight to take place, they would sell more tickets to delay it further out while people talk about it and the hype builds enough to justify ticket sales.   After all it is about the cash not so much the career development (except purely entertainment) I do not think its fixed but there is some part of agreements that would not normally be the case in a normal contest imo.

Your joking right?  These are all stunt fights just for money.  They are all fights between him and retired boxers, other sports etc, I mean silva was a legend but he is a retired mma fighter let's be real here.  If Paul stuck his nose into a real boxing ring with real talent in his weight class he'd get peppered. Woodley wasn't a boxer he fought mma and the dude is 40 years old lol. This is all for show...

Definitely, I will be the one among those lots of people who will watch the fight.  Silva already has a legacy, so his fan will definitely want to watch their idol fight once again even if it is just an exhibition match.  Besides, there will definitely be gossip roaming around as part of the marketing strategy to make the fight more interesting.


Chavez Jr. with 61 fight (53 wins with 34 KO, 6 losses, 1 draw and 1 no contest ) is really a good boxer, so Silva defeating him is not a simple feat.  Unless Jake Paul connects a KO punch, I think he will be schooled by Silva in their fight.

Well, it seems like the head of the UFC Dana White admitted that Anderson Silva can meet in the ring with Jake Paul, the fight is kind of scheduled for October 29 (but this is not accurate) as part of the Showtime boxing night, well, why not enter the ring with an opponent who is 22 years older than you.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mma/article-11164113/UFC-president-Dana-White-admits-Anderson-Silva-real-fight-Jake-Paul.html

looks like Anderson Silva will beat Jake Paul and Silva once beat Julio Cesar Chavez, the former middleweight champion with 60 professional records. Jake Paul has never been in the ring with a professional boxer and he only picks the ones he can beat but not Anderson Silva.
and he's also the same size as Paul and will be Paul's first fight with an attacking oriented MMA fighter, Jake Paul knows who he's up against. Anderson would give him a look he had never seen before.

$30M is on the line afaik since Jake had announced it months ago that he is looking to fight someone. Crazy as it may  sound he offered $15M each to Will Smith vs Chris Rock to settle in the ring. You can really see how this guy wants to market not just himself.

A lot of this potential match were cancelled however, you can follow this  thread when he wants to fight a woman, Amanda Serrano. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/jake-paul-v-hasim-rahman-jr-amanda-serrano-v-brenda-carabaja-co-main-event-aug-5402133

Recently, it was Nate Diaz and now its Anderson Silva. Though it could just be a fix fight again, I hope to see Silva go rouge and KO him. It will be satisfying got UFC fighters but yes Anderson might not get the $30M by doing that.

I very much agree with your statement.

This is just a clusterfest of fighters going around lately in the sports match. You see celebrities fighting boxers; and boxers fighting martial artists which are different from their sport origin. While I do think that there is a market for this in some audiences, I cannot help but to feel overwhelmed and tired with these kinds of news. It is like, you see these fighters fighting without giving their 100% on the match.

While this may be the case, I just hope that the future of fighting sports will not be centered around these kinds of fights.

If this fight ever happens it's obvious Jake Paul (6-0) will win this match. It's not about their history background, the fighting skills or the age differences, it's all about the money. I don't know why a living legend Anderson Silva(Boxing Record: 3-1) himself would lower his standard to fight a youtuber with a fixed match.

Now boiled down to experience. The only hindrance for the MMA legend is, if Anderson Silva's body will still cooperate with him. Even in boxing, I'm sure Silva will dominate the young Jake Paul only if his body is still capable of following his strategy. Silva is 47 years old now. Jake Paul will surely take advantage of that.

Anyways, where does it all starts? Is it for real that Anderson Silva will go down the level of Jake Paul that turned boxing into crap?

Can't believe Jake Paul has the ability to convince reputable names to fight him.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was far from the top of his career when he fought Anderson Silva last year. He wasn't anymore the young wonder boy son of Chavez Sr. He was already going down. He was getting old and losing fights and never even reached half of what his legendary dad achieved.

Surely, this isn't the toughest fight for Anderson Silva. Jake Paul is no fighter actually. Anderson has faced real fighters before, with skills and power, both of which Jake doesn't have. But considering how old Anderson is, it could indeed be a tough fight for him.

All of Jake Paul's opponents that he beat coming from MMA do not have enough experience in boxing and they are not battle-tested in Boxing, compared to Silva who has beaten one of the top middleweight who is still at top of his career, I'm talking about Chavez Jr. now if he can beat a fighter like Chavez Jr. he can also beat fighters like Jake Paul, Silva has a good discipline like a boxer, its a good match up and can well be the toughest fight for both fighters, I hope this rumor stop and they make it a reality

 Boxing and MMA are 2 different kind of combat sport. Silva is a natural born fighter specifically in MMA and boxing requires more stamina to sustain your strength, power, and agility all throughout the scheduled round of the match.
I've seen the Silva vs Machado boxing fight and I can say Silva can actually box, however he tends to exhaust himself by throwing a lot of punches and basically he rans out of stamina maybe because like I said boxing requires more stamina coz you need to keep your head and feet movements and defend yourself all time with only your gloves on your knuckles.
Jake Paul on the other hand was a YouTuber and practiced combat sport maybe around when he's older enough compared to Anderson Silva who's been training his whole life with combat sport.
I don't think someone has an obvious advantage against each other though.

At 47 still fighting. Silva was once the most feared fighter in MMA but because of his leg injury, it will prevents him from getting a good angle. Apart of his age, a broken leg is considered a handicap that Jake is about to take advantage. Its a fair fight imo. Jake is in control to most of his matches, he is the ones making deals outside a boxing organization.

But I do really want to see Jake gets KOed and to see what he's next plan after it.

I very much disagree with your assessment. Anderson Silva has knocked out boxers before in the ring and he should not be underestimated versus a youtuber.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BLzMPtFRxrs

It also appears that uncle Dana approves of this and has also said that this will be a challenge for our favorite youtuber hehehe. I hope that this is not a rumor.



At the post-fight media scrum following last night’s Contender Series event, White was asked about Paul’s proposed boxing match with former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, which is reportedly scheduled for late October. He is usually pretty hard on Paul, but in the case of a fight against his former middleweight legend he actually seemed somewhat impressed:

“I don’t give a sh-t, but, if he’s really fighting Anderson Silva, if he’s really fighting Anderson Silva, if that’s true, it’s about time. He’s got a real fight on his hands there, regardless of how old Anderson is. That’s a real fight.”

Source https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/8/31/23331081/boxing-dana-white-jake-paul-vs-anderson-silva-real-fight-ufc-news

Anderson Silva have confirmed the Jake Paul fight on a reply to a fan on Instagram. Now the comment have been deleted.

By the time Silva is officially granted with professional boxing license to fight in the state of Arizona. This comes after these rumour of fight and the Commissioner of Arizona have wished him on the fight to come.

Anderson Silva is a pretty good boxer with quick and strong punches. He has combinations and has also pretty good head movement. But given that the man is already approaching 50 years old, Jake Paul could easily manage to wear him out and probably absorb his blows. Jake is way much younger. He must also be way much stronger than Anderson at least at this point of the latter's age.

If this pushes through, despite Anderson's legendary achievements in MMA, I think he would still be the underdog in the odds.

I don't think these are rumors.  It seems to be a legitimate fight with contracts already signed.  It might not be the most exciting fight watching a punk kid fight an old legend.  It's as close as they could get to Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson though, so at least they're trying to maintain some entertainment.  I wonder how long Logan will be wrestling for until he gets back in the boxing ring.

He already fought Julio Cezar Chavez jr and win by a split decision his boxing skill is good considering that Chavez Jr is a good fighter with a good record he can keep up with Jake Paul's power and skill I don't think this is going to be another knockout win for MMA fighters who fought Jake Paul, although Jake Paul has an advantage in being a younger fighter Silva has all the skills to win, it's going to be a real war let's see since OP will update the thread for any development.

I have to agree. Just ruining the reputation of the sports because money matters.

Anderson Silva should not bite this match as it will just be easy money for Jake Paul. He should protect his legacy as a future MMA HoF.

The reason why real boxers get pissed off at this kind of match. But if the fight pushes through, I'm expecting lots of people will still watch this fight.

If Paul chose Silva as his next opponent, it means, he's seeing his advantage on him.
I don't think he will choose that will make him underdog inside the ring. And it may be Silva's age why he chose him.
But should not take Silva lightly, he has boxing skills that many don't know of.
Sometimes I wish Jake Paul will lose so he will stop setting up these boxing exhibition matches.  

Anderson to fight on a boxing match? Aside for being old(as a fighter) he's not used to go fist to fist fight so most provably Paul have high advantage unto this fight. I wonder if the rumors is true about this fight but let see if this will happen because even if we know Anderson have disadvantage on this fight still their match up against Paul still entertaining to watch.

There is a reason Jake Paul chooses MMA fighters, if they sign the agreement they will appear on the fight night and we will have a fight. None of the so called professional boxers even though mocking him were not willing to fight him even after having the agreement and hence i am not surprised that Jake Paul is choosing another MMA fighter for his next bout.

In his prime, Anderson Silva was known for his striking even though one of his highlight reel will have a front kick knockout to Vitor Belfort. The only concern is his age and his reflexes like he used to have, if not it will be a great fight.

I've seen this news or is it still rumors circulating on social media I don't think its a cherry-picked fight it's worth it Silva already won against top-caliber professional fighters like Chavez Jr. he is a legit fighter against Jake Paul, I hope this fight becomes a done deal it's going to be a great fight.

I don't think Silva's going to get knocked out here his boxing skill is better than all Jake Paul have faced in the past, Silva will give Paul a real hard time inside the ring and Silva could handle Paul his first loss.

Woodley really wasn't an amateur. Plus, Anderson is literally legendary level when it comes to MMA, and as evidenced above Anderson is a proper striker, and while he was definitely known for his kicks in MMA, he's definitely better than a amateur in terms of striking ability.

I just feel Jake doesn't get the credit, because of how I initially thought of him. So, he's fighting a uphill battle because of his past history, but he has decent striking, and he has some power in those shots. None of the knockouts were staged, and it's hard to knock someone out like he did, especially in boxing. Usually, it takes a lot of punches, like a compounding effect. His knockouts were literally off the cuff, without much damage before hand. That's not something to ignore, that's skill, and he obviously has the right biological structure to generate the power he does.

Like I said, I was also a doubter, and thought it was ridiculous, but this is a young fighter who's looking to make a career, and he's got a better record, against better fighters than most champions had. Despite them being MMA fighters, they were literally champions. Woodley being the most impressive due to him being somewhat known for his power, and chin.

Nice vids, Silva really has great footwork, and he always got a good angle whenever he throws punches making his opponent unable to counter.  But this video was around 13 years ago, I wonder if he can still do such a stunt.  Well, if he do then I think Paul would really have a very hard time against Silva.  Maybe this time would be titled Cherry Picking Gone Wrong  

Honestly all these fights are getting old and tired.  It's a bunch of amateurs fighting and it shows in the fights.  The only reason people watch is because they are popular elsewhere.  Otherwise it's uninspiring watching these people actually box.  Was a cool fad for a minute but it's tired now.

It's true. Jake really can present himself well even in interviews, you can notice that he is an intelligent guy. What he had done since brought a lot of new fans to boxing that's why he becomes even more significant in the sport.

Challenging Silva seems like a big step to proving he isn't just picking his opponent. Silva had long defended a title on UFC for a long time. We may be able to see Jake losing the fight if Silva still can manage footwork.

There's old footage on youtube of Anderson Silva training in Freddie Roach's (Manny Pacquiao's trainer) Wild Card Gym.

This for example is from 2009:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qntHWtZqWaY

There's a reason that no boxers are stepping up to fight Silva after he defeated Julio Caesar Chavez Jr.

Anderson Silva has always been a legit boxer. Who sparred and beat up legit professional boxers in their own gyms for more than a decade.

Without a doubt this will be Jake Paul's toughest challenge to date. If Silva wasn't 47 years old I think he would definitely be the betting favorite.

Anderson was pretty damn good, alright he's a mixed martial artist, and obviously his kicks were his highlight reels, but he's got a decent punch on him, and the ability to evade. I remember watching some of the highlights of that boxing match, and he performed pretty damn good. Looks pretty slick, not as slick as he did in the UFC, but still very decent.

Obviously, Jake goes into MMA that's a whole different story. If he went against any of his MMA opponents in MMA he'd likely get absolutely destroyed. However, I find boxing tends to even up the fight a little bit, and usually it's technique that wins, which isn't always the case with MMA.

Anderson Silva is not known for his punches in the MMA scene. Even though he's won a boxing match, I doubt it is enough of a weapon for him against an opponent that picks fighters that are obviously not strong in the boxing department. Jake's strategy of choosing famous MMA fighters with weak punching abilities puts him in the limelight of being 'on par' with these guys. But if the fight is MMA, I doubt Jake will last a long time against these seasoned grapplers.

One thing's for sure though, Silva or not, Jake is going to bag a lot of money in his future fight. He's mastered social media marketing and building hype on his bouts. He's a great advertiser and businessman, but I can't say much about his actual fighting skills.

So, it's 2022, and I'm making a thread about Jake Paul. Who would've thought, especially to talk about his boxing career. I'll be honest intiially the whole Youtube boxing stuff I wasn't a massive fan of it. I actually somewhat enjoyed the KSI, and Logan Paul events, but Jake Paul was always the odd one out for me. Anything he did pretty much annoyed me. However, I've come to realise, and respect someone that initially I didn't. He knows business, and he knows how to promote himself.

He basically setups up his own events, and you've got to respect someone putting in the graft. For the last few years he's basically dedicated his life to boxing, despite having all the money, and fame in the world. That's also quite admirable.

Now, there's currently some rumours floating around about him fighting Anderson Silva, and say what you like about his previous opponents, Anderson Silva who don't get wrong is getting on a bit now, is still a very dangerous opponent, and I do believe he's won previously in a boxing match, so has experience against a decent level opponent I do believe.

So, what do we all think about this being made? Is this the fight, that if it does happen you'll change your mind about Jake cherry picking his opponents? Honestly, I already have; even though he might cherry pick his opponents, he does it for a reason, and lets be quite honest with ourselves what boxer with any kind of success doesn't cherry pick fights early on in their careers? Joshua, Fury, Wilder, and even Chisora, and Loma have cherry picked fights in the past. However, with Jake it actually makes sense. The guy is all about business, and he's cherry picked these fights because he's trying to become the biggest PPV fighter. So, he's brought in Youtube supporters via his presence on there, he's brought in the MMA audience through fighting, and knocking out MMA legends, and he tried to dip his toes into mainstream boxing with two opponents that pulled out.

He's basically building the foundations of something very, very successful, and I've got to put my hands together for that. Jake's won my respect, very much like his older brother, but for different reasons.

Anyway, I'll update this thread as the news comes out, but it seems the word going around it'll be Anderson. What do we think of that particular match up? Still cherry picked?

P.S I'm not sure I could take another MMA legend getting knocked out by a boxer, though. There's some sort of silly rivalry with boxing, and MMA.