Jake Paul has noted that after an impressive outing against Anthony Joshua, he might have to fight another heavyweight next.
The social media star is a career cruiserweight, and looked every bit the 30lb and half-a-foot smaller than Joshua on Friday night. But after outlasting former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, he feels he might be in position to fight the Cameroonian next.
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Ngannou is one of the hardest hitting MMA fighters of all time, and hasn’t lost in years. He has also made a switch to the boxing ring, albeit without a win despite dropping then-world champion Tyson Fury in a split decision when they met two years ago.
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Jake Paul still interested in Francis Ngannou fight
On yesterday’s episode of Impaulsive, hosted by Logan Paul, Jake showed up to face the music after his knockout loss. He had just undergone surgery hours prior to taping, but still managed to talk trash as he began to build a potential fight.
Logan and co-host Mike Majlak noted that he had survived longer with Joshua than Ngannou when they fought. In fact, Jake went almost three times as long, making it all the way to round six while the former UFC star was knocked out in the second.
“I told everyone that I would do better than Francis and that Francis…
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