Jake Paul and Logan Paul teased a possible combat between them a number of months in the past however in actuality the faceoffs and posts made on social media had been all simply advertising and marketing instruments to launch their ongoing actuality collection Paul American on HBO Max.
However the siblings have teased the opportunity of really preventing prior to now, particularly contemplating how they each bought began competing on the identical time whereas successfully launching the influencer boxing scene. Nowadays, Logan has devoted virtually all of his time to knowledgeable wrestling profession whereas Jake caught round boxing and now holds an 11-1 report with a combat booked towards Julio Caesar Chavez Jr. in June.
Whereas the dialog about preventing one another by no means appears to go away, Logan admits that boxing his brother might be by no means going to occur however he would possibly think about one other sport as an alternative.
“Not until it’s MMA,” Paul mentioned on his podcast about probably preventing Jake. “He’d undoubtedly win [in boxing] at this level. He’s bought a heavy hand. We would want an insane amount of cash.”
Jake really signed with the PFL to ultimately make his transition into MMA, though it appears much less and fewer probably that occurs as time passes and he stays devoted to his boxing profession.
As for Logan, he really revealed in a earlier episode of his podcast that he reached out to UFC CEO Dana White about presumably preventing within the octagon however by no means bought a lot of a response, which just about advised him the promotion wasn’t taken with his thought.
So it feels like a Paul vs. Paul combat is unlikely to ever occur however Logan did strive his greatest to guide his brother in a boxing match towards his former foe turned enterprise companion KSI.
Logan really bought his begin in boxing with a pair of fights towards KSI and the 31-year-old British influencer went onto launch his personal promotion with Misfits Boxing.
Whereas Logan and KSI have lengthy since settled their beef — and teamed as much as launch a vastly profitable vitality drink firm collectively — talks a couple of potential showdown with Jake Paul have by no means stopped.
In reality, Logan admits he desperately tried to coordinate a combat between Jake and KSI however there was one main issue that prevented it from occurring.
“I attempted,” Logan mentioned. “I gave it 110 % effort. In my very, very laborious try to attempt to make it occur, it has come right down to a weight disagreement.
“KSI will go as much as 190 [pounds], Jake will go right down to 192.5 [pounds]. It’s a two and a half pound distinction. [Jake is] a heavyweight fighter and also you’ve by no means lower weight and I’m telling you once you lower weight, it f*cks up your efficiency. For Jake now who’s strolling round at 225 — 30 kilos is a big deal and reverse for KSI, who’s strolling round at 180, 185 to return up and acquire weight.”
Logan says the burden discrepancy successfully doomed Jake preventing KSI and he’s undecided both of them are taken with revisiting these conversations once more.
“So [KSI is] gaining weight so he’s going to be slower as a reactive after which Jake’s going to be drained,” Paul mentioned. “I see each side. It simply feels tremendous unlucky. I don’t know if it’s going to ever occur.”