{"id":301431,"date":"2025-11-23T09:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T09:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301431\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T09:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T09:33:09","slug":"alex-pereira-says-jake-paul-boxing-match-would-be-challenging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301431\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Pereira Says Jake Paul Boxing Match Would Be ‘Challenging’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Pereira On Jake Paul
\n It’s A ‘Challenging’ Fight In Boxing
\n … But Pointless To Discuss, ‘Cause I’m Under Contract!<\/p>\n

\n Published November 23, 2025 12:15 AM PST\n <\/p>\n

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No frontin’ here from Alex Pereira<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The UFC champion openly admits Jake Paul<\/a> would be a challenging fight in a boxing ring, before adding it’s all pointless talk … ’cause the MMA superstar is under contract with Dana White<\/a>‘s organization!<\/p>\n

TMZ Sports was at Monster Energy’s<\/a> launch party for “Call of Duty: Black Ops 7” on the Intrepid aircraft carrier in NYC when we ran into Chama … and asked about his back-and-forth with The Problem Child, who has since officially signed on to fight Anthony Joshua<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“I have a contract with the UFC, and he knows it. He knows I can’t go and fight. I think he’s talking a lot more to promote himself than anything else. [Jake] knows it’s not possible,” Pereira told us through his translator.<\/p>\n

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Contract limitations aside, what’s the light heavyweight champ think of the hypothetical fight?<\/p>\n

“He’s been having some good fights. He’s training. He’s fighting good athletes. It’d be a good fight,” Pereira said.<\/p>\n

“I think it’d be a challenge for both of us. I do really well in boxing sparring. I have one pro boxing fight, so I think that when you do things that you enjoy doing, you do them well, so that’s how I feel about boxing for myself.”<\/p>\n

We’ll put a pin in that for now, ’cause it isn’t happening anytime soon. We asked Alex about a more realistic opp — Jon Jones<\/a>, a fight both men want.<\/p>\n

“We’ve made it clear what I want, what [Jones] wants. Now it’s just up to the organization.”<\/p>\n

Dana has stated he isn’t looking at Jon for the White House card in June, but Pereira and Jones could be on the table for another event in 2026.<\/p>\n

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