Paul Said He Found Poatan’s Weaknesses and Claims He Could Totally Beat Him in a Boxing Match
Jake Paul is a polarizing figure in the sport of boxing. After years of calling out retired UFC athletes and Youtubers, Paul has moved on to bigger names in combat sports. Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson is scheduled for next month on November 15th in the first live sporting event for Netflix, but that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to run his mouth.
Paul’s latest claim is that he would “1,000% beat Alex Pereira,” a claim he made in a sit down with Kick streamer Adin Ross.
”One thousand percent I would beat him,” Paul said. “That’s the thing is, Rountree actually kind of exposed that he doesn’t have a high volume output. He doesn’t like body shots. In MMA, Pereira would rip my head off. But boxing is a completely different sport, and the pace of it, and the style of it…
”He has holes. I mean, Rountree rocked him, hurt him a couple of times to the body, but didn’t follow up on it. So if anything, this fight showed me, yes, Alex Pereira is great. But I know I would beat him in a boxing match, and I still would love to make that happen. Pressure is on him. If he can find his way out of the UFC contract like Nate Diaz did, then eventually him and I can talk.”
Pound-For-Pound
Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira is one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the UFC and even combat sports as a whole. Given Pereira’s extensive background in kickboxing before moving to MMA, he has a well-rounded skill set as a striker.
Poatan was last in just last weekend when he defended his light heavyweight belt in the UFC against Khalil Rountree Jr. Poatan made Halloween come early last weekend, battering Rountree in the fourth round causing the fight to be stopped. Blood was flying everywhere like in a scene out of Terrifier and it put on display how truly dangerous Poatan’s hands are. After all, he beat Francis Ngannou’s PowerKube record for punching power and holds the record among the UFC roster.
How Many Fights Has Jake Paul Lost?
Jake Paul holds a professional boxing record of 10-1. However, a lot of those wins were against guys my drunk uncle at a family bar-be-que has a shot at beating. The record consists of a lot of older, retired MMA fighters that Paul beat up in the ring. However, his lone loss, a split-decision loss to Tommy Fury, was his toughest test to date against a real boxing opponent that is actually similar to Paul’s age.
Mike Tyson is also a much older opponent for Paul, although he’s at least a boxer, and if Paul should win next month, he will move to 11-1. Poatan has over 50 professional fights if you combine his kickboxing record (33-7) and MMA record (12-2), giving him a massive edge in experience over Paul.
Empty Threats
Jake Paul has made several ludicrous call-outs that never come to fruition, and I have a suspicion that this call-out to face Poatan in the ring will just become another one of Paul’s boxing rumors.
Poatan is making a run through the UFC at the moment with no intention of converting to the boxing ring, and even if he did, he would absolutely crush Paul. The only way Jake Paul would beat Poatan in the ring is if Poatan accidentally kicked Paul in the head and lost by disqualification.
