Weird first round from Silva. Looked like he wasn't even arsed and he only threw two punches or something, but then comes out like a different animal in the second round. Jake didn't look troubled too much but he has got a decent chin on him as he took a couple of big hits from Silva but wasn't fazed.
This looked like two journeymen fighting. Paul is still not even remotely close to being a legitimate contender. He called out Canelo. Maybe he is delusional enough to think that he can beat him but the only possible outcome will be a vicious and devastating knockout where he is on the losing end.
That's all talk for now. If he was going to be fighting Canelo it would likely be at the end of his career when he's past his best. He's just throwing names out their for headlines.
I think Silva should consider turning pro and fighting fighters that are on the top standing, he can't be doing this forever since he is improving might as well take a shot at fighting real boxers in top standing, I'm sure he can still attract viewers.
This was Silva's third pro fight. He's not going to be challenging for titles at his age. He will just do one off money fights like this one when the price is right.
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I read that he drops Silva in the last round and he won in the judges scorecard, good for him.
Maybe he will go for another retired MMA fighter next.
It was a good fight and Jake Paul was able to knockdown Anderson Silva in the last round with a counter and i wished it was a 12 round bout and Jake Paul improved a lot and now i would like to fight against legit boxers even though majority of the boxers are ducking him. In the post fight interview he called out Nate Diaz and that is the route it will be going as Nate Diaz also showed interesting in boxing.
It's a shame it wasn't 12 rounds. Jake would have likely finished him off for sure but maybe it was for the best at 8. Jake gets the knock down and win and Silva doesn't take too much damage. It was nice to see the respect shown at the end as it looked like it was getting a bit spicy in the ring a few times.
Nate Diaz was already planned long before Silva and Paul's fight was finalized. Him calling Nate, is just like announcing who he'd be fighting next.
Nate wouldn't be a bad fight for him. He's tough but not unbeatable and I think that fight puts him one step closer to a McGregor fight. I'd still like to see Jake against Tommy Fury so I'm hoping that will happen at some point as as least he's a current pro boxer his age so that should shut a lot of people up.