Johnny Nelson sends message to Daniel Dubois after ‘delusional’ Jake Paul challenge

Former satellite champion Johnny Nelson is convinced Daniel Dubois’ situation to Jake Paul is simply a ‘publicity’ stunt but believes the heavyweight satellite champion has each close to effort and currency in.

Paul eased to a comfy triumph implicit ringing fable Mike Tyson, a antheral 31 years older than him, successful Dallas connected Friday night, claiming to person banked €40million (£31.5m) for what was a comfortably night’s work.

Paul’s 11-1 boxing grounds is mostly made up of erstwhile MMA fighters with 1 of his fewer fights against ‘legitimate’ and progressive boxers against Tommy Fury resulting successful defeat.

Paul has present received invitations from immoderate of the sport’s biggest hitters with undisputed light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev offering the American a fight pursuing his triumph implicit Tyson.

On Tuesday morning, Paul shared a nonstop connection speech with IBF heavyweight champion Dubois, who defended his rubric with a destructive triumph implicit Anthony Joshua successful September.

Dubois wrote: “Hi Jake, bully concern connected the play but however would you consciousness warring for the morganatic heavyweight title of the satellite this is Daniel Dubois calling you out. Let’s get it on.

Paul responded: ‘I’m going to person [promoter] Nakisa [Bidarian] speech to [Frank] Warren and get you successful enactment for the throne. Unlike Artur [Beterbiev] astatine slightest you person a fewer 1000 fans.’

Former cruiserweight king Nelson isn’t convinced thing volition travel of today’s speech but does recognition Paul for putting himself successful a presumption wherever helium cannot beryllium ignored.

‘It’s a large publicity stunt’ Nelson told Metro. ‘Remember erstwhile Chris Eubank Jr archetypal came connected the country and Chris Snr was utilizing his sanction successful the aforesaid condemnation arsenic Gennady Golovkin? Once you commencement to bash that radical commencement to talk. That’s however things get rolling. It doesn’t mean it is ever going to happen.

‘Canelo Alvarez, Artur Beterbiev, Daniel Dubois… it’s each hype. For Jake Paul it is concern and helium has done a large job.

‘I’m a boxing snob, I don’t similar the information that helium is buying scalps, I don’t similar the information helium bought this Mike Tyson scalp. But it was bully business. Old boys similar myself volition person hoped helium had 1 changeable near successful him to sound Paul out. but helium didn’t.’

Asked if a morganatic satellite champion successful Dubois straight calling retired Paul was a worrying sign, Nelson continued: I don’t deliberation so. Everyone is entitled to leap connected the gravy train. We person seen it with Tony Bellew and Carl Froch this week.

‘There volition beryllium galore thinking, “this is huffy wealth for warring a kid who is home level astatine the best”. Daniel Dubois is conscionable connected the aforesaid gravy bid hoping Paul is delusional capable to person a go. Everyone is astatine it and I get it.’

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