If Jake Paul really wants to be taken seriously as a boxer, he took a step in the right direction Wednesday. Paul announced that he'll meet 35-year-old Andre August in an eight-round cruiserweight bout Dec. 15 in Orlando, Florida.
DALLAS, TEXAS - AUGUST 05: Jake Paul poses for a photo after defeating Nate Diaz at the American Airlines Center on August 05, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. really wants to be taken seriously as a boxer, he took a step in the right direction Wednesday. Paul announced that
And the opposition hasn’t gotten much better since.Yes, he’s 10-1-1, which is an excellent record. Yes, he has five knockouts, which is one more than Paul. If you know anything at all about boxing, though, you understand that records are essentially meaningless. A good matchmaker can in the blink of an eye find a 8-15 guy to beat a 15-0 guy any day of the week and not even work hard.
That’s a positive and Paul deserves a double thumbs up for making it and giving it the kind of visibility it will get. Paul’s effort has been fine; it’s just that he hasn’t faced anyone with any kind of boxing skill. Despite how close former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou came to defeating WBC/lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury when they met Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that was more of a function of Fury basically not training.
Hall of Famer Bruce Trampler is arguably the greatest matchmaker in boxing history. He guided the careers of two of the best fighters of this generation, Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather, making their matches for them on the way up. Paul says he wants to be a world champion — “I’m a professional boxer and I want to be world champion, so I need to pursue the path towards greatness against people who have been boxing their whole life,” Paul said in Wednesday's news release — and so he needs to be facing boxers.
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