Jake Paul’s boxing occupation goes on growing, and also now he has his fastest win yet.
The YouTube star defeated UFC boxer Ben Askren by knockout in the preliminary of a Triller Fight Club event on Saturday, outlining the mixed martial artist with an appropriate hard rook.
Askren managed to get to his feet, but referee Brian Stutts decided to end the battle despite Askren pleading his instance. The action was called a bit greater than a minute before the first round finished.
Paul was the aggressor for virtually the entire round, with Askren touchdown few, if any, kind of punches. Paul committed the win to his security guard Shadow, who passed away ten days prior.
” I was worthy of that s ***,” Paul said after the suit. “This is the craziest minute of my life. I informed y’ all I was going to do it in the first round. I informed y’ all I’m a real competitor. I don’t understand the number of times I got to prove myself that this is genuine.”
” This has been the hardest ten days of my life. I have needed to hold it together to maintain this battle going. I’m recognized to be right here.”
The success improves Paul’s professional boxing document to 3-0, with his previous wins coming against fellow YouTuber AnEsonGib and former NBA gamer Nate Robinson. Askren opens up, and likely closes, his boxing career with a loss yet comes away with a major payday.
Paul went into the suit as a strong favourite versus the 36-year-old Askren, that holds a 19-2-1 record in combined martial arts; however, he was always referred to as a fumbling professional instead of a striker.
Who will Jake Paul fight following?
The concern currently is whom will certainly Jake Paul rely on next in his quest to be taken seriously as a boxer. A spell versus real, energetic fighter most likely remains out of the question.
As Paul said previously this week, Conor McGregor is the heavyweight thrown around this week that he was closer to a fight against the most important name in Mixed Martial Arts than individuals may assume. If not, other MMA boxers are currently offering a shot at a Jake Paul cash advance.
Every demented thing that preceded the Jake Paul-Ben Askren battle
The Paul-Askren fight was the main event of a jam-packed and, at times, ridiculous occasion, which included much more music performances than boxing matches.
Below’s our best effort at assembling all the ludicrous views that preceded the spell:
– a battle between a fitness/nightclub entrepreneur and a reggaeton artist
– a fight in between fighters with a 70-pound weight differential
– a fight contacted a low blow that was, in reality, not a low blow
– a literal slap fight, evaluated by Ric Style
– duplicated promos for the auction of an NFT of Paul’s knockout of Nate Robinson
– even more, call high jokes regarding Snoop Dogg than you would certainly visualize feasible in a night
– an intoxicated Oscar De La Hoya
– efficiencies from the Black Keys, Saweetie, Mt. Westmore (Snoop Dogg, E-40, Too $hort, and Ice Cube), Doja Feline, Diplo, as well as Justin Bieber
– Bruce Buffer is mispronouncing Askren’s name as “Ben Askew.”
– Paul entering with this behind him:
The whole point can be ideal summed up by choice of quotes from Davidson as he loitered the backstage and storage locker rooms:
-” Today is a rough day for boxing because it just reveals simply exactly how reduced it’s sunk.”
-” I believe Today proves the fact that if you have enough fans, you can f *** ing do whatever you want. Perhaps PewDiePie will certainly cure cancer cells, and Charlie D’Amelio will come to be a cosmetic surgeon. That knows?”
-” Tonight, we have around between Ben Askren– I do not know who that is, still, and also I’ve read up on him all week– and Jake Paul. They both draw, but a minimum of somebody’s going to obtain injured.”
-” This is f *** ing nuts, man, what the f *** am I doing? I’m attempting to be a significant star.”
-” I’m assuming I need to call my agent and also fire him.”
– [to Paul] “You remind me of when Charlie Sheen went on his winning tirade.”
-” How do you feel becoming part of this psycho occasion?”
-“That’s the message we’re attempting to reach the kids, that he is a piece of s ***.
