Jake Paul called out by former boxing world champ promising knockout win YouTube: Showtime SportsFormer light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev is up to take on Jake Paul inside the boxing ring, but he wants to get at least one fight under his belt first. As Jake Paul has continued to make waves in the world of boxing, plenty of big names have weighed on his fights, while many have stated that they\u2019re willing to take him on at some point. After taking down Tyron Woodley in his last outing, the YouTuber-turned-boxer has got some pretty lofty ambitions for his boxing career \u2013 which includes taking on Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez at some point, and also wanting to retire from the sport with an undefeated 10-0 record. While he\u2019s proven his punching power against MMA stars, many fans \u2013 and Jake himself \u2013 are eager to see him take on a \u2018real\u2019 boxer, somebody who has dedicated their life to the sport. And, well, he\u2019s got another former champion throwing their hat into the ring to take up that mantel. The latest acknowledgment comes from Sergey Kovalev, who has stepped into the ring with modern greats like Canelo and Andre Ward, and holds a 34-4-1 record. The Krusher is making his return to the ring after a three-year hiatus and was asked by TMZ Sports if he\u2019d like to mix it up with Jake Paul at any point. \u201cFight with Jake Paul? I\u2019m ready,\u201d Kovalev told TMZ Sports. \u201cAnd I would knock him out. Anytime, just let me make my comeback fight, and then we can do any fight.\u201d The former light heavyweight king reiterated that he\u2019s first got to deal with Tervel Pulev in his comeback fight but then \u201cyes, yes\u201d he\u2019d be open to a fight with the social media star. Timestamp of 0:30 Most recently, Jake has tried to get under the skin of Conor McGregor and the UFC, urging the Irishman to take him on. Though, Dana White has questioned if there is too big a weight difference. Kovalev, as a former light heavyweight fighter, is closer to Jake\u2019s normal 190lbs but would still be taking a step up. So, we\u2019ll have to wait and see what happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul called out by former boxing world champ promising knockout win YouTube: Showtime SportsFormer light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev is up to take on Jake Paul inside the boxing ring, but he wants to get at least one fight under his belt first. As Jake Paul has continued to make waves in the world […]<\/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-51103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51103","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=51103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}