{"id":399746,"date":"2021-11-16T16:50:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T00:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=399746"},"modified":"2021-11-16T16:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T00:50:51","slug":"jake-paul-says-hes-the-best-thing-thats-happened-to-boxing-in-a-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jake-paul-says-hes-the-best-thing-thats-happened-to-boxing-in-a-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul says he&#8217;s &#8216;the best thing that&#8217;s happened to boxing in a century&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul believes he is the best thing that&#8217;s happened to boxing in 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>Paul has created quite the stir in the combat sports world since he turned to boxing as he&#8217;s 4-0 and beat former UFC welterweight champion, Tyron Woodley last time out. He is a former Disney actor and YouTuber so he had a massive following before getting into boxing. With that, he has helped add eyes to the sport which is why he believes he is the best thing to happen to boxing. He also claims the legends of the sport agree with him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I&#39;m the best thing that&#39;s happened to boxing in a century&#8230; and the legends would agree.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Jake Paul is live with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylorRooks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@taylorrooks<\/a> in the B\/R app right now: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1VcDXSPomK\">https:\/\/t.co\/1VcDXSPomK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zVV2PjueaP\">pic.twitter.com\/zVV2PjueaP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1460386461757313024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the best thing that\u2019s happened to boxing in a century, period,\u201d Paul said to<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bleacherreport\/status\/1460386461757313024?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0Bleacher Report<\/a>. \u201cThe legends would agree. The Anthony Joshuas, the Mike Tysons, the Manny Pacquiaos, the Tyson Furys. They\u2019ve all said what I\u2019m doing for boxing is a breath of fresh air. I think that debate started about a year ago \u2013 is Jake Paul good for boxing? I have silenced that, and I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anybody on the other side of the equation who thinks I\u2019m bad for boxing. I have a foundation where we give boxing gloves to as many kids as possible. We\u2019re going around, renovating boxing gyms, getting the young kids inspired to box. I think this sport needed that revival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Paul claims he&#8217;s the best thing to happen to boxing, it is a far stretch from the truth. However, there is no question he has helped put eyes on the sport and add some hype to it.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Paul <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jake-paul-vs-tommy-fury-reportedly-agreed-to-for-december-in-miami\/\">is set to return to the ring on December 18 against Tommy Fury<\/a>. It&#8217;s a highly-anticipated fight as the two are undefeated boxers and social media stars. They have actually trash-talked one another which has only added to the appeal of the scrap.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Jake Paul saying he&#8217;s the best thing that&#8217;s happened to boxing in a century?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul believes he is the best thing that&#8217;s happened to boxing in 100 years. Paul has created quite the stir in the combat sports world since he turned to boxing as he&#8217;s 4-0 and beat former UFC welterweight champion, Tyron Woodley last time out. He is a former Disney actor and YouTuber so he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":387396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10107,65043,39610],"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>Jake Paul says he&#039;s &#039;the best thing that&#039;s happened to boxing in a century&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jake Paul believes he is the best thing that&#039;s happened to boxing in 100 years and he claims the legends of the sport agree with him on that.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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