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Jake Paul has lit up the boxing world by taking on a series of famous names in each of his outings. His last match against Tyron Woodley paid off big time when he scored a huge knockout.
Jake Paul has called for a number of UFC fighters for his next boxing match. Chris Weidman recently spoke about it on his podcast and has offered up an interesting name for his next fight.
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“I think he’s alright, but I don’t think a guy around his own size he has any chance with. When I watch his boxing; even the first four rounds I did think Tyron was winning. I thought it was terribly boring. I think it was one punch, clinch, one punch, clinch. But at least they were kind of going after each other. I would love to see him fight Anderson Silva,” Weidman said on his Won’t Back Down podcast. “He’s calling out all these fighters with UFC contracts. None of those are really going to happen at this point.
“Unless you’re drawing in $500 million like the [Floyd] Mayweather and Conor McGregor fights were doing, the UFC’s not doing that because they want to split it. So [we’re] wasting our time even talking about Diaz, Masvidal, and Usman. Just a waste of time talking about it, but that’s how he’s amping himself up making himself sound like he’ll fight anybody,” he added. “But he’s calling out all smaller guys. Anderson Silva is not under contract. He’s a professional boxer. He’s been looking great. He beat a former world champion in his [debut] fight. And they’re right around the same weight, same size. Why aren’t we hearing him call Anderson Silva out? I would love to see that.”
Anderson Silva would make a lot of sense for Jake Paul's next boxing match. It would be a tough fight due to Silva's size and boxing experience. Paul doesn't plan on returning until mid-2022.
