Retired boxer Tony Bellew slams Jake Paul\u2019s 2022 goals as a \u201cdisgrace\u201d IG: TonyBellew \/ JakePaulFormer professional boxer Tony Bellew roasted YouTuber Jake Paul for his 2022 goals, which included some thinly-veiled digs at the sport of boxing. Since KSI and Joe Weller stepped into the ring to fight one another back in 2018, YouTube boxing has exploded in popularity. Jake Paul has been a big part of that, fighting Nate Robinson, Ben Askren, and, most recently, Tyron Woodley. In typically confident fashion, Jake ushered in the new year by laying a series of challenges at the feet of Dana White, the President of the UFC. He followed up his audacious remarks with an equally bold list of his 2022 goals which, amongst others, included \u201cgoing to [a] chiropractor to heal back from carrying the sport of boxing\u201d. Some people are asking about my 2022 goals Here they are 1. Buy Mayweather Promotions and save them from bankruptcy 2. Hire stylist for Floyd Mayweather 3. Take selfie with Oprah 4. Go 2 chiropractor 2 heal back from carrying the sport of boxing \u2014 Jake Paul (@jakepaul) December 31, 2021 Naturally, his comments attracted some high-profile responses, not least from retired English boxer Tony Bellew, who once held the WBC Cruiserweight title. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t carry the jockstrap of a proper BOXER son.. please rephrase point 4!\u201d, Bellew said. The former fighter is amongst those who have been most critical of YouTube\u2019s tendency towards the sport, suggesting it is dangerous. You couldn\u2019t carry the jockstrap of a proper BOXER son.. please rephrase point 4! \ud83d\udc4d \u2014 Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) January 1, 2022 Following up his tweet, Bellew noted that he\u2019s not \u201chating\u201d on Paul, but also that he hasn\u2019t fought one \u201cactual boxer\u201d yet. \u201cIt\u2019s not hate.. I don\u2019t have time for that,\u201d he said. \u201cHowever to say he\u2019s carrying our amazing sport and hasn\u2019t boxed 1 actual boxer yet is a disgrace! He\u2019s not a boxer until he beats a registered\/ranked boxer.. You obviously don\u2019t watch DAZN cos it\u2019s just upset after upset lad.\u201d It\u2019s not hate.. I don\u2019t have time for that.. However to say he\u2019s carrying our amazing sport and hasn\u2019t boxed 1 actual boxer yet is a disgrace! He\u2019s not a boxer until he beats a registered\/ranked boxer.. You obviously don\u2019t watch DAZN cos it\u2019s just upset after upset lad. \ud83e\udd23\ud83d\udc4d \u2014 Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) January 1, 2022 Many echoed Bellew\u2019s comments, and some even suggested the former pro comes out of retirement to fight Jake Paul. We doubt it\u2019ll happen but, knowing Jake\u2019s track record, he probably wouldn\u2019t turn it down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Retired boxer Tony Bellew slams Jake Paul\u2019s 2022 goals as a \u201cdisgrace\u201d IG: TonyBellew \/ JakePaulFormer professional boxer Tony Bellew roasted YouTuber Jake Paul for his 2022 goals, which included some thinly-veiled digs at the sport of boxing. Since KSI and Joe Weller stepped into the ring to fight one another back in 2018, YouTube […]<\/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-58411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58411","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=58411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}