Joe Rogan claims people downplay Jake Paul\u2019s boxing skills because he\u2019s a celebrity IG: Jake Paul \/ YT: Joe RoganJoe Rogan praised Jake Paul\u2019s boxing skills and claimed people would take him more seriously if he were a legitimate up-and-coming boxer rather than a YouTuber turned boxer. Jake Paul has been a polarizing figure since he transitioned into boxing. People have accused him of avoiding fights against difficult opponents in favor of pursuing easier ones. They\u2019ve even claimed he\u2019s rigging fights. There\u2019s no denying that what he\u2019s achieved so far is impressive. Not only is his record 5-0, but he\u2019s also knocked out two UFC stars in Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley along the way. Still, that hasn\u2019t stopped people from downplaying his achievements. For that reason, Joe Rogan claimed that if he were a legitimate up-and-coming boxer without prior fame, people would take his achievements more seriously. First, Rogan claimed the challenge Jake laid down to boxing promoter Eddie Hearn \u2014 the one where he claimed he\u2019d knock out any fighter under his management who has less than ten fights \u2014 absolutely rattled Hearn. \u201cWhat if Jake Paul knocks one of them out?\u201d he said. \u201cWhat if you get a guy that hasn\u2019t been tested and maybe has some promise and maybe gets wrapped up in the hype and maybe gets a little nervous. This is his first chance at a big show.\u201d Then, he praised Jake\u2019s knockout power, referring to his iconic knockout against Tyron Woodley in their rematch. \u201cJake Paul can crack. One hundred percent. That knockout against Tyron Woodley is legit as f**k.\u201d In response to people saying that wasn\u2019t a real test, Rogan asked them to \u201centertain the perspective\u201d of a hypothetical situation where Jake Paul was a legitimate up-and-coming boxer rather than a YouTuber turned boxer. \u201cIf Jake Paul wasn\u2019t Jake Paul, if he wasn\u2019t this YouTube guy, he was just a boxer \u2014 you see a boxer knock out the former UFC Welterweight Champion. Not just the former, but one of the best ever. You\u2019d be like, \u2018Have you seen this Jake Paul dude coming up? He\u2019s for real!’\u201d The relevant part of the video starts at 1:13. Rogan rounded off the conversation by praising Paul\u2019s boxing skills once again. \u201cThe feints, the foot movement, the way he lands shots. He fights like a boxer. He doesn\u2019t fight like a guy trying to box in a celebrity boxing match.\u201d Paul hasn\u2019t stepped in the ring since December 2021. However, he announced his return on May 2 and revealed that his next fight is locked in on August 13, although the opponent hasn\u2019t been confirmed yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Joe Rogan claims people downplay Jake Paul\u2019s boxing skills because he\u2019s a celebrity IG: Jake Paul \/ YT: Joe RoganJoe Rogan praised Jake Paul\u2019s boxing skills and claimed people would take him more seriously if he were a legitimate up-and-coming boxer rather than a YouTuber turned boxer. Jake Paul has been a polarizing figure since […]<\/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-52199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52199","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=52199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}