Jake Paul claims UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman would be \u201clight work\u201d Instagram: Jake Paul \/ Kamaru UsmanAfter being linked to a fight against UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman multiple times, Jake Paul claims the number one pound-for-pound fighter would be \u201clight work\u201d for him. Kamaru Usman called out Jake Paul all the way back in April 2021. Paul accepted the \u2018challenge.\u2019 However, Usman decided he didn\u2019t want to engage in \u201cplay fighting\u201d \u2014 no matter how much money it made him. A month later in May 2021, Mike Tyson told fans he still wanted to see them square off in the ring. Paul claimed conversations were \u201chappening.\u201d However, it didn\u2019t eventuate, and both fighters moved on to different challenges. Usman beat Colby Covington for the second time at UFC 268 in Madison Square Garden on November 6. Meanwhile, Paul finally locked in a date for his bout against Tommy Fury, which is happening on December 18. However, if the Usman and Paul did end up locking horns, Paul claims it would be \u201clight work\u201d for him. He made the call during an interview with TMZ Sports and explained why. \u201cI mean, he could barely beat up a 170-pounder,\u201d said Paul. \u201cHe took a lot of shots, man. He\u2019s getting old. He\u2019s 35, and I think that\u2019s starting to show. I think he is out of his prime already, and he\u2019s light work.\u201d After reiterating that point multiple times, Paul added: \u201cLook what I did to Tyron Woodley. The five-time UFC champion. I know Kamaru beat Woodley. But in boxing, it\u2019s completely different. I\u2019d make light work of him.\u201d Usman hasn\u2019t responded to Paul\u2019s comments. When asked about who his next fight could be against, he name-dropped Leon Edwards and Vicente Luque, two UFC fighters in his division, as potential candidates. Based on that response, it seems like a boxing match against Paul isn\u2019t on his radar \u2014 at least not anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul claims UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman would be \u201clight work\u201d Instagram: Jake Paul \/ Kamaru UsmanAfter being linked to a fight against UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman multiple times, Jake Paul claims the number one pound-for-pound fighter would be \u201clight work\u201d for him. Kamaru Usman called out Jake Paul all the way back […]<\/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-51344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51344","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=51344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}