New Jake Paul rival emerges from unlikely source as money questioned

Conor Daly, who competes successful some NASCAR and IndyCar, has joined the increasing database of fighters who person called retired Jake Paul successful the aftermath of his triumph implicit Mike Tyson

Conor Daly, the NASCAR and IndyCar hotshot, has joined the queue of imaginable contenders anxious to instrumentality connected Jake Paul.

Following Paul's boxing triumph implicit Mike Tyson, 58, successful an eight-round dust-up astatine the AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, Daly seems to fancy his chances for a lucrative punch-up. Post-fight, Paul, 27, acceptable his sights connected snagging a brawl with ex-UFC champion Conor McGregor nether mixed martial arts regulations, throwing down the gauntlet to McGregor.

"I cognize you told my squad you would combat maine astatine 170 pounds," said Paul connected X. "That's ne'er happening. But let's tally it successful MMA. No value class. Just similar however it utilized to beryllium done. But you won't."

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Quick to leap into the fray, Daly hinted he'd beryllium crippled if the prize wealth could bankroll his racing pursuits. "Will it wage capable to money my IndyCar season, Jake?" helium joked online. "Because, if so..."

Racer mag clocks the IndyCar operational outgo betwixt a chill $6 cardinal to $8 cardinal annually - a fig not extracurricular the fiscal firepower of Paul's Most Valuable Promotions, known to handsomely compensate some marquee and undercard fighters. Paul nabbed $40 cardinal for his latest ringing endeavor, with Tyson bagging a neat $20 million.

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano some pocketed seven-figure sums for their information successful a bout that's being called a Fight of the Year contender, which saw Taylor triumph with a unanimous decision. Following the fight, Serrano hinted connected societal media that her paycheck was adjacent "bigger" than the estimated $6.1 cardinal that Taylor reportedly bagged.

A connection from Most Valuable Promotions revealed a staggering 50 cardinal households watched the Serrano vs Taylor rematch, peaking astatine a monolithic 65 cardinal concurrent viewers during the Tyson vs Paul match-up. The lawsuit raked successful $18 cardinal successful gross receipts arsenic a whopping assemblage of 72,300 filled the stands.

Yet Paul was wide criticised for warring a antheral much than 3 decades older than him. "I don’t attraction what radical person to say," said Paul aft the fight. "They’re ever going to person thing to say. It is what it is."

Paul besides admitted to taking his ft disconnected the state against Tyson, who struggled passim the fight. He added: "Definitely (took my ft disconnected the gas) a bit. I wanted to springiness the fans a show, but I didn’t privation to wounded idiosyncratic that didn’t request to beryllium hurt."

Paul's adjacent hostile remains a mystery, but he's getting nods from the boxing world, with the WBA expressing willingness to fto Paul vie for a title and floating the sanction of ex-middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr arsenic a imaginable adversary.

Paul boasts an awesome vocation grounds of 11 victories, including 7 knockouts, with his lone nonaccomplishment coming via determination to Tommy Fury.