{"id":45050,"date":"2025-08-04T17:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/45050\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:20:11","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-vs-jake-paul-could-take-place-but-not-in-the-boxing-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/45050\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk vs Jake Paul could take place, but not in the boxing ring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oleksandr Usyk vs Jake Paul is a genuine possibility, but not in the sport we expected it to be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportreview.com\/topics\/oleksandr-usyk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Usyk<\/a> is still celebrating becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion in the space of a year, after wins against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportreview.com\/topics\/tyson-fury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyson Fury<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportreview.com\/topics\/daniel-dubois\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Dubois<\/a> respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportreview.com\/topics\/jake-paul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul<\/a> is forging a reputation of his own and is even ranked 14th in the cruiserweight division by the World Boxing Association, which could make him eligible for a world title fight.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Problem Child\u2019 has other sports he wants to delve into and one of those is where he would like to fight the Ukrainian.<\/p>\n<p>Talks over Oleksandr Usyk vs Jake Paul MMA fight have been held <\/p>\n<p>Daniel Lapin, Usyk\u2019s director has revealed to <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3207118\/oleksandr-usyk-jake-paul-mma-debut-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TalkSPORT<\/a> that talks over an MMA fight between \u2018The Cat\u2019 and Paul have been held.<\/p>\n<p>Boxing may take priority as Usyk was ordered by the WBO to face Joseph Parker.<\/p>\n<p>But, during an interview with Plejmo via <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3441684\/oleksandr-usyk-jake-paul-mma-sergey-lapin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TalkSPORT<\/a>, it sounded like Lapin was confident that the two could meet in the Octagon one day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2226039045-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Oleksandr Usyk becomes undisputed champion after beating Daniel Dubois\" class=\"wp-image-540443\" \/>Photo by Richard Pelham\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost every fighter has called out\u00a0Jake Paul. But our story is different. For us, it\u2019s about MMA, something non-standard, and that\u2019s where its power lies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not talking about a boxing match with\u00a0Oleksandr Usyk. No disrespect to Jake, but in MMA, the chances are more even. Jake has some experience, while Oleksandr would have to adapt quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could become a massive show with a huge global audience. Talks are already underway, and if everything lines up, the fight could happen early next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When would Usyk vs Paul be?<\/p>\n<p>Both fighters have recently been in action and therefore need time to rest and recover.<\/p>\n<p>As Usyk\u2019s camp have pointed out, the Ukrainian would need more time to adapt to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportreview.com\/mma\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA<\/a>, given Paul\u2019s previous exposure to the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Any fight date would be in 2026 the earliest, and if the fight against Parker is agreed, then the American may have to wait until mid-2026 or later to face one of boxing\u2019s all-time greats in a new sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk vs Jake Paul is a genuine possibility, but not in the sport we expected it to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,5277,5384,82],"class_list":["post-45050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jake-paul","tag-oleksandr-usyk","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}