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Ben Askren has no regrets about taking the boxing fight against Jake Paul, but says the loss is still embarrassing.<\/p>\n

Askren was far from a boxer and admitted if Paul was actually good he would lose<\/a>. However, he didn’t get to show much as the YouTuber turned boxer landed an overhand right that connected and dropped him and the ref waived the fight off<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After the loss, the clip of the KO went viral, and for Askren, he says that loss is equally embarrassing as the flying knee KO loss to Jorge Masvidal.<\/p>\n

“I would say they are equally embarrassing, the Masvidal fight obviously meant a lot more to me. This was a fight that had little significance in my life, the Masvidal fight had giant significance,” Askren said to ESPN<\/a>. “The Masvidal fight, if I won that I was going to fight for the UFC title which was the only belt at that point that I hadn’t held. If I go on to win it, then I’m the first person to kind of, I don’t know if you want to say unify, but collect all three of those major belts and the first person to do it. The Masvidal match mattered a lot more to me. If we are talking about an embarrassing standpoint, they are equally embarrassing.”<\/p>\n

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Although Ben Askren says the result was embarrassing, he has no regrets taking the fight as he knows he is far from a good boxer.<\/p>\n

“No, not at all. I actually figured you were going to ask that question. The only reason, the one and the only reason I wouldn’t take the fight actually happened. The reason is the ability to have an embarrassing moment,” Askren said. “That’s a terrible reason not to do it, in my opinion. The main two reasons I took it was I was getting paid well and I thought it was a fun opportunity, and I still think it was both of those things. There were certain things in the 11 weeks leading up that stressed me out because somethings weren’t really organized, but overall I really enjoyed myself. I made a lot of money and unfortunately I didn’t get the result I wanted, but Monday afterward, I’m just going to go back to my regular everyday life.”<\/p>\n

Were you surprised to see Ben Askren get knocked out by Jake Paul?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben Askren has no regrets about taking the boxing fight against Jake Paul, but says the loss is still embarrassing. Askren was far from a boxer and admitted if Paul was actually good he would lose. 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