Jake Paul confirms former Gold Gloves champion as opponent for March 2 boxing return DAZNJake Paul\u2019s opponent for his March 2 return to boxing has been announced, and it looks like he\u2019s taking yet another step up in quality following his win over Andre August. When Jake Paul first stepped into the world of boxing, he was taking on athletes from different sports who were just dipping their toes into things. The YouTuber-turned-boxer quickly outclassed a few of his opponents in those crossover fights and set his sights on something more. Jake then went after \u2018real\u2019 boxers who have actually dedicated their life to the sweet science. He fell at the first hurdle, losing to Tommy Fury, but got back on the horse to fight Andre August in mid-December. The 27-year-old took home the win there with a first-round knockout. After a few weeks out of action, the internet sensation revealed that he\u2019d be fighting on the undercard for Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke on March 2nd in Puerto Rice \u2013 but his opponent had been a bit of a mystery. Jake Paul to fight veteran cruiserweight Ryan Bourland Well, that has changed now. Jake\u2019s Most Valuable Promotions brand has now revealed that he\u2019ll be fighting Ryan Bourland, a 35-year-old cruiserweight who has a record of 17 wins and two defeats. Six of Bourland\u2019s 17 wins have come by way of knockout and he is a former Golden Gloves champion. However, he hasn\u2019t fought in the ring since 2022 \u2013 and even that came after a four-year hiatus from boxing, most of which he\u2019s done on the regional circuit in California. Despite the inactivity, the veteran cruiserweight is on a three-fight winning streak, winning his last fight inside 20 seconds. In his two defeats, Bourland has only been knocked out once. His last defeat came as part of a majority decision, so he can certainly go the distance in scrappy fights. A win over Bourland is hardly going to get him in the reckoning for a cruiserweight world title shot, but it will be further progress for Jake as continues his journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul confirms former Gold Gloves champion as opponent for March 2 boxing return DAZNJake Paul\u2019s opponent for his March 2 return to boxing has been announced, and it looks like he\u2019s taking yet another step up in quality following his win over Andre August. When Jake Paul first stepped into the world of boxing, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}