Jake Paul raked in a combined $40 MILLION from his three boxing victories in 2021, per Forbes 💰💰 Pretty good for a YouTube star who turns 25 next week 🥊:
Critics see Paul as an interloper, but that’s not accurate, either. “He takes the sport more seriously than anyone I have ever seen,” says Paul’s trainer, B.J. Flores. Flores, an ex-cruiserweight contender, sparred with Paul in 2020, when Paul was preparing for his pro debut. He became Paul’s coach soon after, spending months with Paul in Las Vegas. Each morning, says Flores, the two would dive into film. Andre Ward. Wladimir Klitschko. Roy Jones. Evander Holyfield.
Paul’s opponents aren’t world beaters, but five fights into a pro career, whose are? Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s pound-for-pound king, needed four fights to face an opponent who possessed a win. Ten of Terence Crawford’s first 12 opponents had losing records. Two of Gervonta Davis’s first three wins came against fighters making their pro debuts. Woodley isn’t a traditional boxer.
Paul won’t win over many in boxing, but he doesn’t have to. He has an audience, and it’s growing. Opponents continue to line up, and Showtime is standing behind him. Tommy Fury held a press conference after Paul’s win over Woodley daring Paul to reschedule. Paul isn’t interested. “I’d rather fight [Fury’s father] John,” Paul said. He called a fight against ex-middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. “interesting” and says he would love to lure Mike Tyson back into the ring.
Hate Jake Paul all you want, but make no mistake: He isn’t going anywhere. “I feel like I just finished my rookie season,” says Paul. He has largely stepped away from making YouTube videos, in part to focus more on boxing but also because he was accused of sexual assault early last year . Boxers bemoan his existence but the truth is boxing created it, with its steady diet of mismatches and $80 pay per views.
“It's going to be really hard to change the business model of boxing,” says Paul. “But I think at least what I'm showing is how someone can do it.”
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