Look, I know as well as you do that Jake Paul’s boxing record has not always been against opponents in the prime of their careers.
His first fight against YouTuber AnEsonGib was awkward and ugly, while ex-basketball player Nate Robinson and MMA fighters Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley (twice) and veteran Anderson Silva, almost 50, did not provide much resistance.
Paul then lost against the first ‘real’ boxer he faced in Brit Tommy Fury, undefeated but himself with a padded record with no real opponents of serious calibre.
Since then, he beat Nate Diaz by unanimous decision, Iron Mike Tyson in November 2024 and then Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in June.
Sure, the usual caveats apply: Tyson was clearly past it at almost 60, Chavez Jr is not his father. But those are some big names for Paul to have got past.