Jake Paul will battle Tyron Woodley on Aug. 28.
One other month, one other Paul brother battle. Again in June, YouTuber Logan Paul fought boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr., in what was hardly the fight of the century. Now, on Aug. 29, Logan Paul’s brother, fellow YouTuber Jake Paul, will fight mixed martial artist Tyron Woodley. And in case you want a bizarro purpose to look at, the loser has to get a tattoo proclaiming their love for the battle’s winner. What within the title of Mike Tyson’s face tattoo is even occurring right here? We’ll clarify.
How did this occur?
The Paul brothers, Logan and Jake, are each YouTubers turned boxers, which looks like an odd profession path, however it’s what it’s. For one factor, they’re younger. Jake Paul is simply 24, and Logan Paul is 26, so they have youth on their aspect, plus their YouTube money offers the choice to do no matter they need with their free time. And what they need, apparently, is to beat individuals up and get beat up in return.
These fights aren’t at all times for the file books, however for the financial institution books. (Logan Paul’s June bout with 44-year-old Mayweather was merely an exhibition.) Whereas Jake Paul has fought three skilled bouts, and gained all of them, his opponents weren’t skilled boxers at their prime. Paul beat YouTuber AnEsonGib, former skilled basketball participant Nate Robinson and retired MMA fighter Ben Askren (that last one was quick). And all the Paul brothers’ fights draw headlines and chatter and add to their fame and financial institution balances.
Woodley talked some trash about Jake Paul on the Askren battle, and that led to the deliberate Paul-Woodley battle. “Best battle of my profession and largest purse of my profession multi function evening,” Woodley stated of the Paul match, according to ESPN. “Principally, they introduced me in to take out the trash.”
When is the battle?
Mark your calendars for Aug. 29 at 8 p.m ET/5 p.m. PT. There will be one undercard battle earlier than the large occasion, which will likely be held in Paul’s hometown of Cleveland, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Learn how to watch
The battle will air on Showtime pay-per-view, which means you do not must be a daily Showtime subscriber to pay for and watch the battle. The worth has but to be introduced, however possible will likely be round $50. Regulate Showtime’s fight page, which ultimately ought to be up to date with tips on how to purchase the battle. We’ll add the hyperlink right here too, as soon as it is dwell.
There additionally will likely be a dwell viewers on the Cleveland area. Tickets begin at $10 and go on sale to most people at 10 a.m. ET on July 22.
Struggle weight, peak, extra stats
Fighters will weigh in at 190 kilos, which is what Paul weighed when he took down Ben Askren in April in a whopping two-minute-long fight. Woodley fought within the UFC at 170 kilos.
Paul stands at 6-foot-1, and Woodley at 5-foot-9. Paul is listed with a 76-inch attain to Woodley’s 74-inch attain.
The fighters will put on 10-ounce gloves and battle in a 20×20 ring, ESPN reviews. The battle is scheduled for eight rounds.
Second battle? TBA…
Regardless of the final result, Woodley already thinks one battle will not be sufficient.
“We’re most likely going to battle twice, to be trustworthy,” he said.
Paul is not so positive about that second battle.
“I am not going to battle Woodley after I beat him,” Paul stated, according to the L.A. Times. “There is not any level, you realize. I am gonna end him violently, so there will not be a battle two.”
Tattoo you
The 2 fighters have a creepy bet driving on the end result. If Paul loses, he has to get “I really like Tyron Woodley” tattooed on him someplace, and if Woodley loses, he has to get “I really like Jake Paul” as a tattoo. (Each fighters are already tattooed, so yet one more will not precisely be a novel idea.)
Whoever will get the tattoo, you simply know there will be loads of publicity in regards to the precise tattooing itself, to not point out images of the ultimate embarrassing product. (Good tattoo artists within the Paul-Woodley circle are most likely already serious about tips on how to ultimately cowl up or disguise the message.)
Undercard
There’s one different battle on Showtime’s card for the evening. Featherweight world champion Amanda Serrano (40-1-1) will tackle tremendous bantamweight world champion Yamileth Mercado, who’s 18-2-0.
“Not too many individuals wish to battle me. It should be an awesome battle,” Serrano stated, according to World Boxing News.
Mercado stated she started her profession at featherweight earlier than happening to bantamweight and is happy to battle in her previous weight class once more.
“We’ll go away all of it within the ring, and the women are going to be stealing the present,” she stated, in line with the World Boxing Information report.
Who’s Jake Paul?
Jake Paul is the youthful of the 2 Paul brothers, and along with his web movies, he is recognized for taking part in Dirk Mann within the Disney Channel present Bizaardvark. He started his boxing profession in 2018 and has gained all three of his skilled bouts.
Like his brother, he is controversial. In July 2020, he made headlines for throwing a giant party in Calabasas, California, in the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Requested in regards to the celebration, he told a reporter for The Daily Beast that COVID-19 was a hoax, then later denied saying it, resulting in the reporter posting audio proving Paul did make the hoax feedback. In that very same interview, Paul additionally claimed “98% of reports is pretend” and falsely claimed that “medical professionals” say masks do nothing to guard towards the virus.
He does not simply make headlines at his personal occasions. Jake Paul’s brother, Logan, fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. in June, and in Might, at a promotional occasion for the battle, Jake Paul mouthed off on the fighter and snatched Mayweather’s hat. He then started selling black baseball caps with the phrases “gotcha hat” printed on them.
Who’s Tyron Woodley?
Woodley, 39, began in MMA again in 2009, turned UFC welterweight champion in 2016 and defended his title 4 occasions, dropping it in 2019.
Like Paul, he has an leisure profession as properly. He is appeared in quite a few motion pictures in small roles, and has hosted a podcast and a TMZ web show.
Woodley says this can be his first boxing match, but it surely will not be his final.
“On the finish of the day, I am in boxing proper now,” he stated, according to ESPN. “(Paul’s) my first opponent. That is your first and everyone else’s first probability to look at me field.”
