Jake Paul v Ben Askren: YouTuber against UFC star boxing fight announced Instagram: benaskrenYouTuber Jake Paul is due to take to the ring for another boxing match later this year, and it will be against none other than former UFC star Ben Askren. Paul has been looking to make a name for himself outside of the content space in recent months, with boxing his path of choice. Brother Logan has also been making waves in combat sports, with a fight scheduled to take place against undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather. Jake most recently took on former NBA star Nate Robinson, which he won in emphatic fashion, and has since been trying to goad a $50,000,000 fight out of Conor McGregor. Now, his next fight looks to be official, with Paul set to take on retired MMA fighter Ben Askren in a professional, eight round boxing match on April 17, 2021. Jake Paul will fight Ben Askren in an eight-round pro boxing match on April 17, per Triller founder Ryan Kavanaugh. The fight will serve as the main event of the next Triller Fight Club card. Location TBD. Done deal. \u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) January 26, 2021 As reported by ESPN, this will be organized by Triller Fight Club at an unannounced location. The full card is expected to feature familiar names from the world of boxing both present and past, as well as other social media celebrities and MMA fighters. These announcements are expected in the coming weeks. \u201cI started boxing two years ago and I\u2019m still going to knock his ass out faster than [Jorge] Masvidal,\u201d Paul said. \u201cThese MMA guys think because they throw punches they know how to box. After Ben Askren is added to my knockout meme collection, what can anybody say?\u201d It\u2019s official\ud83d\ude08. April 17th. @triller Fight Club. pic.twitter.com\/eYcaTOJhlt \u2014 Jake Paul (@jakepaul) January 26, 2021 Askren was also full of fighting words for Jake, who hasn\u2019t had quite the fighting career he himself has enjoyed yet. \u201cI know Jake Paul is enjoying pretending he is a fighter. I think on April 17 he is going to have a rude awakening to what being a fighter is really like.\u201d Askren added that Paul has had \u201ca privileged life\u201d and \u201cdoesn\u2019t really know what the meaning of being a fighter is.\u201d Ben himself is a former Bellator and ONE welterweight champion, a two-time NCAA champion and had a 19-2-0 record in his MMA career. All fighting fans \u2014 and Jake Paul fans \u2014 now set their sights to April 17 to see whether Paul is really a fighter that can hang with the professionals, or whether he\u2019s all talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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