Daniel Dubois doubles down on world title offer to Jake Paul

The IBF heavyweight satellite champion shocked boxing fans earlier this week erstwhile helium opted to telephone retired the YouTube prima pursuing his triumph implicit Mike Tyson

Heavyweight satellite champion Daniel Dubois has refused to ruled retired a blockbuster showdown with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.

Earlier this week, the boxing assemblage were near stunned aft 'Dynamite' called retired 'The Problem Child' - who defeated Mike Tyson past Friday. Dubois isn't the lone existent world champion who has called retired the young American. Undisputed light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev besides fancies his chances against Paul - who turned nonrecreational lone 4 years ago.

However, Dubois - who knocked retired Anthony Joshua successful September - has offered the societal media prima a changeable astatine his heavyweight title. "Hi Jake," helium wrote successful a connection connected Instagram. "Good concern connected the play but however would you consciousness warring for the morganatic heavyweight title of the world. This is Daniel Dubois calling you out, let's get it on."

The 27-year-old astatine archetypal lone needed conscionable 3 words to respond, telling Dubois to "get successful line," but aboriginal said: "Man been boxing for 12 years, has implicit 100 fights betwixt amateur and pro and fought connected my undercard…hahaha. But f*** it…I’m going to person Nakisa speech to Frankie Warren and get you successful enactment for the throne. Unlike Artur, astatine slightest you person a fewer 1000 fans."

Just days aft calling retired Paul, Dubois has doubled down connected his claims and has revealed that helium is superior astir warring the YouTuber. Speaking connected the Bricks to Riches podcast, helium said: "If Jake wants it with me, helium tin get it We messaged him, my dada and everyone decided, 'Yeah, let's telephone him out'. Even though it's conscionable publicity, you ne'er cognize what tin hap successful this sport. It's unusual times."

The interviewer, Nabeel Mussarat, concisely touched connected the combat purse betwixt Tyson and Paul - who reportedly earned $20 cardinal and $40 cardinal respectively. Speaking connected the purse, Dubois said: “To gain $20 cardinal astatine his property and conscionable due to the fact that of his sanction and what helium did successful the past. Credit to him. He is simply a fable successful the sport.“ The Brit went connected to hold that helium expects to gain $40 cardinal if a combat with Paul ever comes to fruition.

When Mussarat stated that 'Dynamite' would sound the societal media prima wrong the archetypal round, Dubois was speedy to motion his caput and agree. That said, should the combat ever instrumentality place, the 27-year-old revealed he'd instrumentality the clash seriously. "I won't instrumentality nary 1 lightly," helium added. "If a antheral got the accidental to go a satellite champion, if he's smart, he'll spell to town, spell to enactment and effort and beryllium the champion mentation of himself. So, you ne'er instrumentality anyone lightly."

Dubois looks acceptable to instrumentality to the ringing connected February 22. While a rematch with Joshua seems precise overmuch improbable now, erstwhile satellite champion Joseph Parker's sanction has been mentioned among his imaginable opponents. As for Paul, regarding his aboriginal plans successful the sport, helium said: "My boxing way forward: Building MVP (the institution volition beryllium focused connected women & prospects and taste events successful immoderate sport), becoming a satellite champion, and doing monolithic events on the way."

Speaking aft the caller triumph against Tyson, 'The Problem Child' admitted helium took it casual connected the 58-year-old erstwhile helium realised helium wasn't firing immoderate brutal shots back. “Mike Tyson, this is specified an honour,” helium said. “He’s the top to ever bash it; helium is an icon. It was an honour to combat him. He was precisely what I thought helium would be.

“I wanted to springiness the fans a show, but I didn’t privation to wounded idiosyncratic that didn’t request to beryllium hurt. I couldn’t truly get him to prosecute maine oregon gaffe shots and bash thing ace chill oregon whatever, but I don’t attraction astir what radical person to say. They’re ever going to person thing to accidental and that it is what it is."