Jake Paul rejects heavyweight world title fight after Mike Tyson win

'The Problem Child' secured 1 of the biggest wins of his vocation against Mike Tyson past week, with respective boxing stars present wanting to measurement successful the ringing with the YouTuber

Jake Paul has turned down the accidental to combat Daniel Dubois but the YouTuber-turned-boxer is unfastened to the clash successful the future.

Soon aft defeating Mike Tyson past Friday, respective stars were speedy to telephone retired the 27-year-old, including Dubois. "Hi Jake," 'Dynamite' 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."

The Brit's callout came conscionable days aft the undisputed light-heavyweight satellite champion, Artur Beterbiev, had a connection for 'The Problem Child'. “@jakepaul what tin you bash successful ringing against the existent undisputed champion?" Beterbiev wrote connected Instagram connected Saturday. "Just cognize that I’m ever unfastened to immoderate suggestions.” Paul was speedy to respond, saying: "Just seen this….top 5 lb for lb combatant successful the satellite calling maine out. Hahahahahaha. 4 years successful and I tally this sport."

Following the callout from Dubois, Most Valuable Promotions co-promoter Nakisa Bidarian has revealed the combat betwixt the Brit and Paul won't beryllium happening immoderate clip soon. “When Jake got that DM, helium sent it to maine and said: ‘How comic is this, however the satellite has turned,'" he told Sky Sports. “Jake’s feedback to maine was I privation to bash that fight. Not now. But I privation to bash that fight.

“To beryllium a satellite champion astatine cruiserweight, helium wants to bash that. The different is to trial the limits of expectations. Test the limits of what’s possible. It isn’t astir the money. He’s made tons of wealth from the clip helium was 18 years old. It’s truly astir disruption. It’s truly astir doing things that marque you say: ‘Wow, that truly happened.’ That’s what excites us.”

While respective stars person been speedy to notation Paul's sanction since the heavyweight dust-up, it appears arsenic if the American's adjacent combat has been confirmed. Social media sensation IShowSpeed has provided an update connected a imaginable boxing clash against the 27-year-old after helium called retired 'The Problem Child.'

"If I person six months, each I request is six months [to bid for a fight]. If I person six months of training, I'm beating immoderate monster successful this world," said IShowSpeed. "I consciousness similar I tin bushed Jake Paul successful a fight. Look, I respect his enactment ethic, but erstwhile I ticker him box, helium doesn't look fluent. I consciousness similar I could truly get him. When you ticker it, you spot flaws successful his game."

He has precocious doubled down connected his situation to Paul, saying: "I volition combat Jake Paul successful 2025. It volition astir apt beryllium adjacent similar GTA 6. I consciousness similar I could beryllium Jake Paul though. We volition fight." Paul responded to the YouTuber's archetypal statement, saying: "Speed knows better. My feline was conscionable playing for sure."

Soon aft Speed's archetypal comments emerged online, Bidarian made Speed a life-changing eight-figure connection to get successful the ringing with 'The Problem Child'. "Cool. Tell him I person $10million for him close now," Bidarian said. "Sign this week. If helium beats Jake helium gets a $10million bonus. Put your signature wherever you're clout is."