Jake Paul’s next fight is just a few weeks away, but the YouTuber-turned-boxer is still trying to make a high-profile addition to the card.
The 5-0 (4 KOs) YouTuber-turned-boxer will meet MMA icon Anderson Silva in an eight-round, 187lbs catchweight fight in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 29 as he looks to silence the doubters of his fighting credentials.
Former UFC fighter Uriah Hall, who holds a win over ‘The Spider’, is set to square off against former NFL running back Le’Veon Bell in the co-main event of the evening later this month.
Also on the card is undefeated knockout artist Ashton Sylve who puts his perfect 7-0 record on the line against Braulio Rodriguez who has a respectable 20 wins from 24 fights.
Chris Alvia, an MMA fighter and teammate of Nate Diaz, will also appear on the card. He’ll square off against ‘Dr. Mike’ – real name Mikhail Varshavski – a family physician and social media influencer with nearly 23 million followers.
On Friday, Paul looked to add another big name to his undercard after NBA star Draymond Green went viral for knocking out his Golden State Warriors teammate, Jordan Poole, during a training session.
In footage leaked by TMZ, the two basketball ball stars appear to be bickering about something when Green approaches Poole and all hell breaks loose.
Poole pushes his teammate away before eating a monstrous right hand that drops him to the floor and seemingly puts him out cold, prompting people to step in to separate the two men.
After watching the viral video of Green, ‘The Problem Child’ took to social media to offer him $10million (£9m) to fight on his upcoming card.
“Gotta get Draymond Green in the boxing ring,” Paul tweeted. “Draymond, I got $10 million for you to get in the ring on the next Most Valuable Promotions pay-per-view. Who do you want?”
It seems unlikely that the 32-year-old will take Paul up on his offer as he is intent on rectifying the situation with his team according to Golden State General manager Bob Myers.
“Everybody’s fine. Jordan practiced. Draymond didn’t,” Myers said at a press conference on Thursday.
“Look, it’s the NBA. Professional sports, these things happen. Nobody likes it, we don’t condone it, but it happened.
“Draymond apologised to the team. Jordan was there in the room, I was in the room, the team, the coaches, players and we heard that.”
“As far as any suspension, punishment, fine, we’re going handle that internally. I understand you might have questions on that, but that’s going to be an internal process.”
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