Tommy Fury agrees fight as Conor McGregor accepts huge offer – Jake Paul’s dream scenario

Jake Paul's triumph implicit Mike Tyson has erstwhile again thrust the YouTuber-turned-boxer into the nationalist eye, with a fig of imaginable adjacent opponents waiting successful the wings

A decisive triumph implicit Mike Tyson has opened up Jake Paul's options immensely successful regards to wherever his vocation moves next.

Despite 'The Problem Child' not yet defeating a top-tier, progressive boxer, speculation is rife astir his adjacent opponent. Paul, 27, seemed to person small trouble successful outclassing 'Iron Mike' implicit 8 two-minute rounds, but fans and critics alike are hoping for a much formidable situation adjacent time.

There are respective imaginable paths Paul could instrumentality successful 2025 to fulfill his instrumentality base. The Ohio-born combatant has been savvy successful choosing opponents that connection him the astir vantage truthful far, but taking connected a riskier situation could wage disconnected adjacent year.

It volition beryllium up to the Ohio autochthonal which way helium takes, with satellite champions adjacent reaching retired to get a portion of the pie. We research wherever the divisive ex-Disney histrion could crook next.

McGregor accepts the challenge

Given Paul's strategy of focusing connected prizefights, a lucifer with Conor McGregor could beryllium his champion move. It wouldn't beryllium his archetypal clip defeating a UFC fighter, adjacent though 'Notorious' hasn't stepped into the ringing successful much than three-and-a-half years.

Paul's database of defeated MMA stars includes the fable Anderson Silva, Nate Diaz, Tyron Woodley (twice), Ben Askren, and Mike Perry. However, a face-off with arguably the astir celebrated UFC combatant ever would eclipse the estimation and imaginable net of each his erstwhile victories.

Back successful December 2020, Paul made headlines erstwhile helium publically challenged McGregor, waving a $50million (£40m) cheque. At the time, the YouTuber boasted a 2-0 grounds and took a jab astatine McGregor for his sole boxing venture, which ended with a TKO nonaccomplishment to Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Fresh from his triumph against Tyson, Paul jumped onto societal media level X with an altered situation to the 36-year-old McGregor: "Dear Conor, I cognize you told my squad you would combat maine astatine 170 pounds. 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."

McGregor didn't clasp backmost connected his sentiment of Paul earlier his scrap with Tyson this summer, openly rooting for Mike and expressed his tendency to spot him "rattle the small dope." Despite the nine-year property gap, there's nary denying wealth talks, and the tempting jangle of currency mightiness conscionable lure McGregor backmost into the fray.

Tommy Fury rematch

Paul's astir cleanable 11-1 grounds was tainted by nary different than Tommy Fury, who narrowly defeated him via divided determination successful February 2023. Time whitethorn person passed with some fighters' careers evolving, yet their communal animosity seems to person stood the trial of time.

The boxing world is buzzing with speculation implicit Paul perchance facing Tyson Fury's half-brother erstwhile more. Despite questions astir the fight's wide appeal, Fury – who volition combat erstwhile UFC welterweight Darren Till successful January – considers a rematch with Paul "inevitable."

"In a heartbeat, yeah. I mean astatine the extremity of the time I deliberation maine and him, we're acceptable successful stone," helium said during a caller interrogation with ESPN. "He's lone got 1 decision and that's to me, truthful it's inevitable that we are going to get backmost successful the ring."

Previous negotiations had stalled, with Paul's ex-trainer, BJ Flores, labelling Fury "unreasonable" implicit outgo terms. However, Paul volition apt presumption the accidental to flooded his solitary nonaccomplishment arsenic an indispensable extremity if the prize wealth tin beryllium agreed upon.

World championship

Switching gears from fights with fading stars and erstwhile hoops players, Paul mightiness see a acold loftier aspiration successful a heavyweight satellite title. One specified accidental has already knocked via Instagram, wherever IBF champ Daniel Dubois threw down the gauntlet.

"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," wrote the Briton. "Let's get it on."

Paul broadcasted the call-out by posting a screenshot of Dubois' bold challenge, but the Englishman – who precocious floored Anthony Joshua – was told to "get successful line." He seemed much receptive to this than a erstwhile connection from undefeated airy heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, who besides dangled his belts successful beforehand of Paul.

"@JakePaul what tin you bash successful the ringing against the existent undisputed champion. Just cognize I'm ever unfastened to immoderate suggestions," wrote the Russian-Canadian. In response, Paul claimed helium "runs this sport" but has yet to judge oregon diminution the challenge.

If Paul is superior astir leaving a lasting bequest successful boxing, past pursuing successful Mayweather's footsteps by defeating McGregor, avenging his sole vocation nonaccomplishment against Fury, and past squaring disconnected with a reigning satellite champion would marque 2025 a banner twelvemonth for him.

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