UFC star Kamaru Usman laughs off boxing match with Jake Paul Kamaru Usman\/Jake PaulUFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has laughed off the idea of fighting Jake Paul during a fan Q&A at UFC 272, saying: \u201cIf we\u2019re gonna fight [someone], we\u2019re gonna fight a real fighter.\u201d Kamaru Usman and Jake Paul have teased a potential fight multiple times now over the last year. The YouTuber-turned-fighter initiated the talks originally claiming Usman would, \u201cmake more money than you ever have\u201d if he stepped into the boxing ring with Jake. Although a fight has never been agreed to, Jake continued to fan the flames saying a fight with Usman would be, \u201clight work.\u201d Now, Usman was asked directly his thoughts on fighting the YouTube star. Usman shoots down Jake Paul fight Usman was at a Q&A for UFC 272 when a fan asked him about his thoughts on boxing one day, and potentially squaring up against Jake Paul. The welterweight champ commanded the crowd to boo the question, \u201cWhat? Boo this man one time!\u201d Then, he scoffed at the thought of actually fighting Jake, \u201cListen, if we\u2019re gonna fight, we\u2019re gonna fight a real fighter. I\u2019m gonna answer your question, if we\u2019re gonna fight, we\u2019ll fight a real fighter.\u201d Time starts at 28:48 for mobile users Although the showdown could score a big payday for the UFC star, Usman doesn\u2019t see Jake as a formidable fighter, despite his 5-0 record in the boxing world. Usman also has other fights on his mind, as he\u2019s set to take on Leon Edwards in a defense of his title, as well as a showdown with Canelo Alvarez scheduled for September 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UFC star Kamaru Usman laughs off boxing match with Jake Paul Kamaru Usman\/Jake PaulUFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has laughed off the idea of fighting Jake Paul during a fan Q&A at UFC 272, saying: \u201cIf we\u2019re gonna fight [someone], we\u2019re gonna fight a real fighter.\u201d Kamaru Usman and Jake Paul have teased a potential […]<\/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-63117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63117","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=63117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}