Jake Paul’s business partner and co-founder of MVP Promotions, Nakisa Bidarian, has highlighted three possible options for the internet star’s next outing.
The 29-year-old comes off a sixth-round stoppage defeat to Anthony Joshua in December, when a crushing right hand caused his jaw to break in two places.
Prior to the finish, Paul had spent most of their fight in survival mode, doing his best to evade each of Joshua’s attacks while repeatedly throwing himself to the canvas.
Given the terrific size difference between them, though, Paul could perhaps be forgiven for not wishing to engage with his hard-hitting opponent.
He is, after all, far from a natural heavyweight, and with such limited professional boxing experience, too, it seems that he has now made the wise decision to move back down to 200lbs.
Paul weighed just under 184lbs, in fact, when he suffered his only other defeat, via a split decision against Tommy Fury, in 2023.
Since then, the pair have expressed varying degrees of interest in a potential rematch, which MVP promoter Bidarian has named as a fight that ‘should be made.’
Speaking with Boxing Social, Bidarian discussed the likelihood of Fury-Paul 2 while, at the same time, mentioning Viddal Riley and Darren Till as possible opponents.
“The most obvious [opponent] is Tommy Fury – that’s a fight that should be made if Tommy is reasonable, in terms of what the terms are of the fight.
“But I think Viddal Riley’s an interesting fight; I think Darren Till’s an interesting fight. Those three names come to mind as interesting fights.”
British champion Riley and would be considered an almighty favourite against Paul, with his most notable wins having come against Cheavon Clarke and Mikael Lawal.
Former UFC fighter Till, meanwhile, is perhaps a more favourable option for Paul, given that their levels of boxing experience are not exactly worlds apart.