Jake Paul explains why fighting Anderson Silva would be \u201close-lose\u201d for him YouTube: Jake Paul\/Instagram: Anderson SilvaAfter being asked about a potential fight with Anderson Silva, Jake Paul expressed concern that the MMA Hall of Famer may be too old to get in the ring with him. After defeating Tyron Woodley via split decision on August 29, fight fans are starting to speculate who Jake Paul will be taking on next in his boxing career. While a back and forth between the Problem Child and Tommy Fury suggests that could be the next bout, Anderson Silva\u2019s knockout victory against Tito Ortiz has thrown more names into the hat. Following the win, Silva even revealed in an interview that he wouldn\u2019t be opposed to taking on either of the Paul brothers. So, when Jake Paul appeared on MMA Fight hour, Ariel Helwani took the time to ask if he if was interested in taking on the MMA Legend. Jake Paul concerned Anderson Silva may be too old to fight him On the September 13 MMA Hour podcast, Ariel Helwani asked Jake Paul if he was interested in taking on Anderson Silva in his next bout. In response, Paul didn\u2019t dismiss the possibility and even showed an incredible amount of respect to the MMA Hall of Famer, but he did voice his concern about Silva\u2019s age. Paul explained that he doesn\u2019t want fight fans making the excuse that he\u2019s just fighting \u201cold guys\u201d to pad his record, so fighting Silva could create a lose-lose situation for him. \u201cThere\u2019s a thing about Jake Paul fighting old guys and retired guys,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I was to fight Anderson Silva, everyone would just be like oh it\u2019s just another old guy when I beat him, so it\u2019s kinda like a lose-lose situation\u201d. Topic starts at 2:43:30 It\u2019s obvious Paul wants to make a statement with his next fight and take on a name that\u2019s still present in the sport to prevent fans from making excuses. That suggests a boxer like Tommy Fury could be the clear candidate when it comes to picking Paul\u2019s next opponent. However, Paul has said he\u2019s open to taking on Silva if he goes through certain tests, so it\u2019s definitely not out of the question. Either way, there\u2019s no doubt Paul is attempting to increase the difficulty with every fight, so it\u2019ll be interesting to see who he decides to take on next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul explains why fighting Anderson Silva would be \u201close-lose\u201d for him YouTube: Jake Paul\/Instagram: Anderson SilvaAfter being asked about a potential fight with Anderson Silva, Jake Paul expressed concern that the MMA Hall of Famer may be too old to get in the ring with him. After defeating Tyron Woodley via split decision on […]<\/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-51249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51249","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=51249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}