Regardless of solely competing professionally for 5 years, Jake Paul has drawn curiosity from his friends, with Ryan Garcia being the newest to look at the YouTuber’s progress.
Whereas he has garnered a lot consideration since his rise within the boxing ring, ‘The Downside Little one’ has come beneath scrutiny for his method. All through his 12-fight profession, the 28-year-old has acquired backlash from followers and fellow boxers for favoring matchups towards considerably older opponents.
As a substitute of pushing to combat someone round his age, Jake Paul has as soon as once more favored a bout towards an ageing opponent. Jake will collide with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr subsequent—a person that’s approaching 40 with only one combat beneath his belt since 2021.
In response to the combat information, Ryan Garcia hit out at Jake Paul for as soon as once more avoiding more durable challenges.
“I imply, he’ll run out of opponents,” Garcia informed USA Right this moment Sports activities. “There’s solely so many 40-year-old dudes on the market on the planet which have a reputation.”
Garcia later proposed a problem, although he believes Jake would by no means conform to it.
“So, he’ll have to come back by me in the end. I do know he would not wish to, although, as a result of I’ll be firing on him.”
“He is aware of I bought these punches on me. So, I feel that when he is finished preventing these previous males and he’s prepared for an actual combat, he may come see me.”
“If he may combat ‘Tank’ Davis, he may combat me. Davis is smaller than me. I am the one which taught [Paul] boxing, so he has to see me.”
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Ryan Garcia insists that, till Jake Paul fights a ranked fighter in his weight class, he can’t be thought-about a reputable boxer.
“He is a wild card. I imply, I do not know if he is a boxer. On the finish of the day, he is by no means fought in a ranked match at his weight class…”
“I do not know what his weight class is, so [I] cannot actually say that he is reputable.”
Jake Paul has the prospect so as to add one other veteran to his resume when he locks horns with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on June 28.