{"id":389358,"date":"2021-07-02T09:57:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T16:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=389358"},"modified":"2021-07-02T09:57:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T16:57:05","slug":"rashad-evans-explains-why-he-is-the-perfect-opponent-for-logan-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/rashad-evans-explains-why-he-is-the-perfect-opponent-for-logan-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashad Evans explains why he is the perfect opponent for Logan Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans explained why he is the perfect opponent for YouTuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Evans recently announced that he is returning to combat sports after spending the last several years away in retirement. &#8220;Suga&#8221; is planning on making his comeback in the boxing ring, and he has already zeroed in on Paul as a potential opponent. Paul is coming off of an exhibition bout with Floyd Mayweather and Evans would represent another big name on his resume if he is interested in the fight. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/7\/1\/22558606\/rashad-evans-says-i-think-i-am-the-fight-for-logan-paul-former-ufc-champion-returns-from-retirement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>, Evans explained why he is the ideal opponent for Paul and why his opponent should sign on to fight him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"XLf1fi\">\u201cI think I am the fight for Logan Paul. If Logan Paul is serious about fighting then he\u2019ll fight me. If he wants to play around he can fight somebody else. But if he really wants to fight, he wants to really grow himself, then he\u2019ll fight me,&#8221; Paul said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"PIRya7\">\u201cHe\u2019s a young guy, he\u2019s got a lot of physical tools and I want to see how I match up with that. I think it would be a fight that fans would want to see. They\u2019ve seen him with Floyd Mayweather. They\u2019ve seen he\u2019s got a little bit of squabble, he can hang in there. He hung in there with the champ. The champ wasn\u2019t able to get him out of there,&#8221; continued Evans.<\/p>\n<p id=\"212hQt\">\u201cLet\u2019s see what he\u2019s really about. I think his next fight has to be what he\u2019s about. It can\u2019t just be about surviving. He\u2019s really got to go out there and try to put it on somebody. He doesn\u2019t want to keep fighting all these guys, all these legit boxers who\u2019s got all these skills. He might as well try his hand with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see a boxing match between <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/rashad-evans-cant-see-tyron-woodley-losing-but-expects-jake-paul-to-put-up-a-tough-fight\/\">Rashad Evans<\/a> and Logan Paul?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans explained why he is the perfect opponent for YouTuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul. Evans recently announced that he is returning to combat sports after spending the last several years away in retirement. &#8220;Suga&#8221; is planning on making his comeback in the boxing ring, and he has already zeroed in on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":272324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10107,59948,10226],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rashad Evans explains why he is the perfect opponent for Logan Paul | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans explained why he is the perfect opponent for YouTuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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