Jake Paul eyes massive boxing title fight as he claims he\u2019s \u201cbest in the world\u201d YouTube: BS w\/ Jake PaulJake Paul believes he is the \u201cbest\u201d cruiserweight in boxing and is eyeing up a world title fight, which could come against the currently undefeated Jai Opetaia. Despite his record mainly consisting of crossover fights with MMA fighters, Jake Paul hasn\u2019t been shy about the fact he\u2019s trying to become a boxing world champion and fight the best of the best. The \u2018Problem Child\u2019 has gone after the likes of Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez, believing he\u2019ll fight the Mexican superstar in a few years. Canelo previously wouldn\u2019t even entertain the idea, but he has come around a little bit and is open to it happening \u2013 just not anytime soon. Even though he\u2019s fighting Ryan Bourland on March 2, the YouTuber-turned-boxer is already looking beyond the veteran fighter as he wants to take on Jai Opetaia as he believes the Aussie will regain a world title before long. Jake Paul wants to fight Jai Opetaia as he claims he\u2019s \u201cbest in the world\u201d Jake had been speaking to FOX Sports Australia about the current state of the Cruiserweight division, claiming that he is the \u201cbest\u201d Cruiserweight in the world at the minute. \u201cI\u2019m the best in the world. That\u2019s what I believe. And that\u2019s what every fighter who gets to where they want to be believes,\u201d Jake said. \u201cAnd you have to believe it before the statistics or rounds of fights put you there. I believe all things considered, my natural ability, my talent, my IQ, all of these things, my ability to learn, to adapt, my toughness, preparation, my willpower, my team, all of the things behind me, I believe that I am the best fighter in the world.\u201d In terms of fighting Opetaia \u2013 who takes on Mairis Briedis for the IBF Cruiserweight title in May \u2013 Jake said it would be \u201cvery interesting to see what happens over the next 18 months to two years.\u201d The YouTuber-turned-boxer also has an MMA debut to mix in at some point, too, as he\u2019s still scheduled to fight for the PFL. So, who knows?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul eyes massive boxing title fight as he claims he\u2019s \u201cbest in the world\u201d YouTube: BS w\/ Jake PaulJake Paul believes he is the \u201cbest\u201d cruiserweight in boxing and is eyeing up a world title fight, which could come against the currently undefeated Jai Opetaia. Despite his record mainly consisting of crossover fights with […]<\/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-21570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21570","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=21570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}