Eddie Hearn explains why Jake Paul\u2019s next fight should be against Conor McGregor Instagram: thenotoriousmma, jakepaul \/ Twitter: DAZNBoxingIndustry-leading boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has explained why he believes Conor McGregor is the ideal next matchup for YouTube sensation Jake Paul. Paul has become arguably the most valuable prizefighter in combat sports, in one of the weirdest career turns many will ever see. From a family-friendly YouTube and Disney star to a boxer earning millions in the ring, Jake is no slouch and his fights bring in viewers and dollars in abundance. He\u2019s never made his desire to fight UFC star Conor McGregor a secret \u2014 and now Eddie Hearn is insisting that that is the fight that has to happen. Jake Paul has been working on securing a fight with McGregor for some time now. In December 2020, he reached out for a $50m fight in an expletive-ridden offer shared on YouTube. Since then, there have reportedly been talks held between the two camps, with the YouTuber revealing in July 2021 that it \u201cwill happen.\u201d Now, Eddie Hearn has backed him up, saying that it is \u201cthe fight.\u201d \u201cFor me, the fight is Conor McGregor,\u201d he told DAZN Boxing. \u201cI keep saying it. I think it\u2019s a good fight. You\u2019ve got the weight difference. Conor McGregor can box. He\u2019s not a boxer but he\u2019s got an amateur background. He\u2019s a lot more accomplished than a Tyron Woodley or a Ben Askren.\u201d Is Conor McGregor the next fight to make for Jake Paul? \ud83e\udd14 pic.twitter.com\/sL9GXbPgbw \u2014 DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) January 19, 2022 Hearn went on to add that the obvious hurdle is Dana White and the UFC, but commended Jake on getting Dana to engage in these conversations at all, saying that he was \u201cquite shocked\u201d to see the UFC chief post a video addressing Paul. While this fight is one that has been talked about for well over a year at this point, it\u2019s not yet clear how close it really is to happening. If and when Conor McGregor vs Jake Paul does eventually happen, though, you can guarantee it\u2019s going to do gargantuan numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eddie Hearn explains why Jake Paul\u2019s next fight should be against Conor McGregor Instagram: thenotoriousmma, jakepaul \/ Twitter: DAZNBoxingIndustry-leading boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has explained why he believes Conor McGregor is the ideal next matchup for YouTube sensation Jake Paul. Paul has become arguably the most valuable prizefighter in combat sports, in one of the […]<\/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-47954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47954","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=47954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}