Regardless of solely competing professionally for 5 years, Jake Paul has drawn curiosity from his friends, with Ryan Garcia being the most recent to watch the YouTuber’s progress.
Whereas he has garnered a lot consideration since his rise within the boxing ring, ‘The Drawback Baby’ has come underneath scrutiny for his strategy. All through his 12-fight profession, the 28-year-old has acquired backlash from followers and fellow boxers for favoring matchups in opposition to considerably older opponents.
As an alternative of pushing to struggle someone round his age, Jake Paul has as soon as once more favored a bout in opposition to an ageing opponent. Jake will collide with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr subsequent—a person that’s approaching 40 with only one struggle underneath his belt since 2021.
In response to the struggle information, Ryan Garcia hit out at Jake Paul for as soon as once more avoiding harder challenges.
“I imply, he will run out of opponents,” Garcia informed USA At the moment Sports activities. “There’s solely so many 40-year-old dudes on the market on the earth which have a reputation.”
Garcia later proposed a problem, although he believes Jake would by no means comply with it.
“So, he will have to come back by means of me in the end. I do know he does not wish to, although, as a result of I’ll be firing on him.”
“He is aware of I obtained these punches on me. So, I feel that when he is achieved preventing these previous males and he’s prepared for an actual struggle, he may come see me.”
“If he may struggle ‘Tank’ Davis, he may struggle 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 of a reliable 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 reliable.”
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.