Jake Paul is a YouTuber who became a boxer. He’s really proud of how he changes things. People started noticing him because of his YouTube videos, and he used that fame to start boxing.
Jake’s first fight was in 2018 against another YouTuber, Deji Olatunji, who is the little brother of KSI. Then, in January 2020, Jake had his first professional boxing match against AnEsonGib. After that, he fought Nate Robinson, who used to play basketball, and knocked him out in the second round.
Jake Paul started stepping up his competition after his first two fights. He knocked out Ben Askren in under two minutes. Then, he faced Tyron Woodley, a former UFC champion. The fight went the full distance, and Jake won by split decision. In the rematch, Jake knocked Woodley out cold.
Jake has also defeated other big names like Anderson Silva, a former UFC middleweight champion, and Nate Diaz, a star from The Ultimate Fighter.
Francis Ngannou reacts to Jake Paul’s impact on the system
In his latest fight, Jake fought boxing legend Mike Tyson, and won by unanimous decision. The fight aired on Netflix and attracted a massive number of viewers. Francis Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight champion, believes Jake is shaking up the boxing world and proving that there’s more than one way to achieve stardom in the sport.
“Remember, we’re doing entertainment. They were on Netflix, and when subscribe to Netflix, you go there for entertainment,” Ngannou told TMZ Sports. “And if this is not entertainment, I don’t know we’re looking for.
“We can argue about sport and entertainment,” Ngannou continued. “It was entertaining whether you like it or not. There was a curiosity to see, like, Mike Tyson at his age. Like, can he stand? Can he? And they did, they did entertain.”
Ngannou thinks Jake Paul is changing things in boxing, and that’s not a bad thing. Jake has become one of the biggest stars in fighting sports.
“Obviously, he’s breaking the system. A lot of people will not be happy. It’s more like a freelancer that doesn’t belong to any institution. And people don’t like it,” Ngannou said. “The heads of institutions that would like to control the narrative. Things wouldn’t work for them. Every time you go against institutions you’re going to expect a hit. But that doesn’t mean you’re doing wrong.”
