Jake Paul will be boxing world champion claims Oscar De La Hoya Instagram: Jake PaulBoxing legend Oscar De La Hoya believes Jake Paul can be a serious threat in boxing and is well on his way to becoming a world champion as he is the \u201creal deal.\u201d Ever since joining the professional ranks, Jake Paul has made clear that he wants to fight the best of the best that boxing has to offer \u2013 even if he hasn\u2019t fought a \u2018real\u2019 boxer to this point. The social media star, who holds a 5-0 record after defeating MMA stars Tyron Woodley and Ben Askren, has traded verbal jabs with the likes of Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez in recent months and wants to the fight boxing\u2019s Pound for Pound king before he retires. He\u2019s been called out by other world champions as well, including cruiserweight star Maris Breidis \u2013 who says he\u2019d give Jake a world title shot if he wanted it. And, getting his hands on a championship is something that the YouTuber has been tipped to do by one of the greats. Former lightweight, middleweight, and welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya was speaking to TMZ Sports about Jake\u2019s rise up the ranks, and he was full of praise for \u2018The Problem Child.\u2019 \u201cLet me tell you one thing about Jake Paul. He\u2019s the real deal. I\u2019m gonna tell you that, with only four or five fights, and the way he\u2019s taking it serious, Jake Paul is the real deal,\u201d the Golden Boy promoter said. De La Hoya urged experienced fighters to call Jake out because he believes the YouTuber can takedown \u201cgreat champions\u201d with his skills. \u201cHe\u2019s on his way to becoming a contender, and he\u2019s on his way to becoming a world contender, then a world champion if he keeps it up,\u201d he added. As noted, Jake has stated that he\u2019d want to be a world champion one day but knows that it is a fair way off at the minute. The YouTuber is stepping back into the ring in August, and while an opponent has yet to be named, there is plenty of intrigue around the fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul will be boxing world champion claims Oscar De La Hoya Instagram: Jake PaulBoxing legend Oscar De La Hoya believes Jake Paul can be a serious threat in boxing and is well on his way to becoming a world champion as he is the \u201creal deal.\u201d Ever since joining the professional ranks, Jake Paul […]<\/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-51695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51695","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=51695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}