Report: Floyd Mayweather wants to fight Jake Paul after \u201cdisrespectful\u201d DM to girlfriend Instagram\/floydmayweather\/ShowtimeA potential fight between boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and YouTuber Jake Paul could be closer than ever, according to a new report detailing how The Problem Child is getting under Money\u2019s skin. Ever since Jake Paul scored a split-decision victory over former UFC champion Tyron Woodley, he\u2019s been searching for his next opponent and making plenty of offers. Despite sending challenges to Jorge Masvidal and making a last-ditch challenge to Tommy Fury, the YouTuber has been denied at every turn. This may all be for the best, however, as Mayweather is reportedly down to duke it out with the \u2018Problem Child.\u2019 Mayweather and Paul\u2019s history goes back to when older brother Logan fought the boxing icon to a draw under exhibition rules. In the build-up to the match, Jake stole Mayweather\u2019s hat in a stunt that he clams caused the boxer to hire \u201cgangsters\u201d to have him killed. “”Got your hat!”” Floyd Mayweather & Jake Paul got into a scuffle at the #MayweatherPaul press conference \ud83e\udd2fpic.twitter.com\/uFEueh6FWk \u2014 Dexerto (@Dexerto) May 6, 2021 Jake Paul reportedly DMed Mayweather\u2019s girlfriend Now, it seems like the rivalry between Money and Paul has only just begun to heat up. According to The Sun, Mayweather is not just down to fight Jake \u2013 he\u2019s actually training for the bout after Paul allegedly slid into his girlfriend\u2019s DMs. A source at The Sun claims that Jake Paul sent Floyd\u2019s girlfriend Anna Monroe a private message, telling her that she needed a \u201creal man.\u201d Additionally, Paul supposedly said that Floyd was afraid of fighting him after his bout with Logan. \u201cFloyd has been telling pals he\u2019s had enough of Jake Paul,\u201d a source said. \u201cHe thinks he\u2019s destroying the sport of boxing by being disrespectful about great boxers and saying he wants to be world champion. Then when he saw Jake had private messaged Anna \u2013 that was the final straw.\u201d Floyd Mayweather \u201ctraining\u201d for Jake Paul fight According to the source, Floyd isn\u2019t letting it go and wants to settle things in the ring once and for all. \u201cFloyd wants to get the fight sorted now, he\u2019s in training and in talks over contracts. He knows the only way to shut Jake up is in the ring,\u201d they revealed. As Dexerto previously reported, The Problem Child sent Mayweather a legitimate pro fight offer, but expected the boxing great to retire with his perfect 50-0 record. Whether or not the two decide to exchange fists remains to be seen, but if this report is to be believed, Jake Paul could be in for the fight of his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Report: Floyd Mayweather wants to fight Jake Paul after \u201cdisrespectful\u201d DM to girlfriend Instagram\/floydmayweather\/ShowtimeA potential fight between boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and YouTuber Jake Paul could be closer than ever, according to a new report detailing how The Problem Child is getting under Money\u2019s skin. Ever since Jake Paul scored a split-decision victory over former […]<\/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-58399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58399","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=58399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}