Jake Paul claims Hasim Rahman Jr. fight is chance to prove he\u2019s a real professional boxer Despite his pristine 5-0 record, Jake Paul feels his upcoming bout against Hasim Rahman Jr. is his chance to prove he is a real professional boxer. The younger Paul brother stepped into the ring for his first official boxing match in 2020 against fellow YouTube star AnEsonGib. Winning by a TKO, Jake Paul would fall in love with the sport, pouring himself into it and abandoning content creation. He would go on to compete in four more fights in 2020-2021. Knocking out NBA star Nate Robinson and former MMA champion Ben Askren, he would then face another former MMA champion, Tyron Woodley. Their first bout would end in a win for Paul by split decision, but their rematch would end in round six as Woodley\u2019s limp body hit the mat solidifying another victory for Jake. But despite his wins and obvious boxing prowess, Jake Paul is still scrutinized by the boxing community. He has yet to fight a real boxer or a fighter close to his age, but that\u2019s about to change come August. Jake Paul\u2019s chance to prove himself Paul has been looking to face a \u2018real boxer\u2019 to finally prove he belongs in the community. He was slated to fight Tommy Fury, a professional boxer from the UK, in December of 2021. However, the fight fell through and was rescheduled for August 2022. But after Fury claimed he couldn\u2019t get into the United States, the fight fell through a second time. But Paul had another pro-boxer ready to fight if Fury were to back out. The heavyweight boxer with a 12-1 record Hasim Rahman Jr. has agreed to step into the ring with Jake Paul on August 6, 2022. In an interview with The New York Times, Jake was asked if there was any added excitement for this fight since Rahman is an actual boxer. To which Jake responded, \u201cYeah, exactly. And that\u2019s been the biggest criticism. \u2018Fight a real boxer, fight a real boxer. Fight someone who\u2019s around your age. Fight someone your weight.\u201d The 25-year-old continued, \u201cI\u2019m doing all of that now. He\u2019s 12-1, comes from a legendary bloodline, is a heavyweight, so he\u2019s actually bigger and taller than me. And I\u2019m going to go out there and show the world that I\u2019m a professional boxer.\u201d \u2705 Bigger \u2705 Stronger \u2705 More experienced \u2705 KO powerBut it doesn\u2019t matter. They don\u2019t have my heart, don\u2019t have my drive & definitely don\u2019t have my team. August 6 I\u2019m showing the world that Jake Paul is a bad mother fucker. Press conference & ticket on-sale Tuesday 1pm ET. pic.twitter.com\/sYAvCr0Cxu \u2014 Jake Paul (@jakepaul) July 7, 2022 He went on to explain this fight will earn him another title in his already long list of titles. Paul claims he\u2019s a YouTuber, a professional boxer, a TikToker, a former landscaper, and a multiplatinum record producer. Jake Paul is set to face the son of the former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman at Madison Square Garden on August 6. Whether he wins or loses, this is Paul\u2019s chance to prove he\u2019s got what it takes to make it in this sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul claims Hasim Rahman Jr. fight is chance to prove he\u2019s a real professional boxer Despite his pristine 5-0 record, Jake Paul feels his upcoming bout against Hasim Rahman Jr. is his chance to prove he is a real professional boxer. The younger Paul brother stepped into the ring for his first official 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-51164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51164","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=51164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}