• Awesomo85
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    21 days ago

    I hate Paul as much as anyone. I REALLY do! But…

    He is a pretty competent boxer.

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      21 days ago

      His brother is a competent wrestler too I hear. I always skip his matches cause I refuse to watch that piece of shit

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      21 days ago

      A lot of people really don’t want to hear this, sadly.

      Both Paul brothers are solid boxers, Jake especially. I’m in no way against their current plan to have weird pro matches because people of their fame would always struggle to have a legitimate amateur career. Admittedly I have little experience of amateur boxing, but in MMA the promotion around these events is often sketchy at best, critically unsafe at worst.

      IMO Jake Paul having 12-15 influencer fights is like having a bunch of amateur fights. He’ll probably only do a few and once he’s ready for a can boxer (perhaps a Tommy Fury rematch) we’ll see him retire. All in all, a fairly standard career for a professional fighter, which for a POS influencer is absolutely great.