Jake Paul opens talks for next boxing fight in August vs surprise opponent YouTube: Showtime SportsJake Paul has apparently opened talks with an opponent for his return to the boxing ring in August, however, they\u2019re not exactly a former boxer or MMA star. When Jake Paul confirmed that he\u2019d be making his return to boxing in August, rumors and speculation started to swirl about who might just be his next opponent. The social media star dropped a \u2018hit list\u2019 of his own, including the likes of boxing icons Floyd \u2018Money\u2019 Mayweather and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, as well as former UFC champion Michael Bisping. While the former boxers have stayed silent on the potential fight, Jake and Bisping have talked about making it happen despite the Brit\u2019s long-standing eye injury. With that fight unlikely to happen, the social media star has apparently turned his attention to former Rugby World Cup winner Sonny Bill Williams, with talks apparently being opened between the two recently. Williams, 36, hails from New Zealand and boxed throughout his time as a professional Rugby player \u2013 stopping in 2015. He returned to the ring in 2021, picking up a victory over Waikato Falefehi, pushing his overall record to 9-0. After being named on Jake\u2019s \u2018hit list\u2019, the New Zealander confirmed his interest in the fight and has since opened talks with Jake\u2019s camp about making it happen. \u201cI\u2019m maybe looking at August, getting back in the ring,\u201d Williams told Nine and Stan Sports in Australia. \u201cJake Paul, his people have reached out to mine and they\u2019re talking so who knows. The main thing is I\u2019m very excited and very grateful to be back in the ring, on Stan, boxing.\u201d Looks like I\u2019m on the hit list \ud83e\udd74 I\u2019m not gonna hate on this guy at all as I respect what he\u2019s done. I also really respect his skillset as a boxer. But if he wants some he can get it! @jakepaul Yours respectfully \u2013 your first loss \ud83e\udd4a\u270a\ud83c\udffd pic.twitter.com\/wuGpZsyWD8\u2014 Sonny Bill Williams (@SonnyBWilliams) April 14, 2022 In the last few months, Jake has been challenged by many fans, pundits, and fighters to fight a \u2018real\u2019 boxer in his return to the ring \u2013 someone who has dedicated their life to the sport. While Williams might not tick that box completely, he has got a steady history in the sport and has proven to be handy enough in the ring. Though, we\u2019ll just have to wait and see what happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul opens talks for next boxing fight in August vs surprise opponent YouTube: Showtime SportsJake Paul has apparently opened talks with an opponent for his return to the boxing ring in August, however, they\u2019re not exactly a former boxer or MMA star. When Jake Paul confirmed that he\u2019d be making his return to 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-51403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51403","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=51403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}