Michael Bisping defends Jake Paul for not taking \u201ctough\u201d boxing fights Screenshot via YouTube: In Depth With Graham BensingerUFC legend Michael Bisping defended Jake Paul for not taking \u201ctough\u201d fights, pointing to how \u201cdangerous\u201d combat sports can be regardless of whether someone is a newcomer or veteran. Jake Paul\u2019s foray into the world of boxing has been met with pretty strong opinions over the last few years, both in support of his move and critics taking aim at the quality of his fights. While the YouTuber-turned-boxer has been able to defeat former UFC fighters inside the ring, he has yet to take on a \u2018real\u2019 boxer that has grown up honing their skills in the sweet science. That has, naturally, drawn some criticism and claims that he\u2019s \u2018avoiding\u2019 boxers in favor of fights where he may have the upper hand. Michael Bisping, who Jake has traded verbal jabs with over the years, has always been quick to have his say on the YouTuber\u2019s fights and claims, but even he can\u2019t knock him for not taking \u201ctough\u201d fights. The former UFC champion, who has been in talks to fight Jake before, posted a video on June 11, talking about the dangers of combat sports following the tragic death of South African boxer Simiso Buthelezi. Pointing to the rise of influencer boxing events over the years, Bisping noted the sport remains \u201cdangerous,\u201d even for someone like Jake who has decent skills and a few fights under his belt. \u201cYes, Jake Paul. Of course, Jake Paul, he\u2019s boxing people these days but he\u2019s being smart,\u201d Bisping said. \u201cHe\u2019s not looking for tough fights, is he? I don\u2019t blame the guy because it\u2019s very, very dangerous. It\u2019s not for everybody.\u201d Timestamp of 2:30 Bisping further expanded on his point about the dangers of boxing, noting how \u201cmasses\u201d and \u201cYouTubers\u201d want to get involved, but maybe don\u2019t respect it enough. As we\u2019ve seen, some influencer events have taken safety precautions by using head guards to minimize the impact of strikes but others don\u2019t. Who knows if that\u2019ll change in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Michael Bisping defends Jake Paul for not taking \u201ctough\u201d boxing fights Screenshot via YouTube: In Depth With Graham BensingerUFC legend Michael Bisping defended Jake Paul for not taking \u201ctough\u201d fights, pointing to how \u201cdangerous\u201d combat sports can be regardless of whether someone is a newcomer or veteran. Jake Paul\u2019s foray into the world of 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-55118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55118","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=55118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}