If Jake Paul needs to show he’s legit, Turki Alalshikh is able to discover a problem for him.
Following his lopsided win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., the previous YouTuber turned boxer ended up being ranked within the high 15 by the WBA within the cruiserweight division. That transfer upset plenty of boxing purists contemplating Paul nonetheless hasn’t defeated an opponent with actual boxing credentials, though others have identified that many fighters ranked by among the main organizations within the sport aren’t precisely dealing with killers early of their careers both.
That stated, Alalshikh revealed he’s able to e book Paul in opposition to former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a struggle he’ll promote so the world can discover out if the 28-year-old Ohio native is for actual or a fraud.
“I’m not in opposition to him,” Alalshikh stated when addressing Paul on The Boxing Voice podcast. “I’m in opposition to some sorts of fights he [does]. I wish to inform you an instance and a shock. I’m considering me and him to doing him in opposition to Joshua now. I wish to inform you one thing, Joshua if he destroys him, will probably be good for me. The headache of Jake Paul is completed.
“Let me clarify it to you. Joshua in opposition to Jake Paul, if Joshua destroys him, the headache of Jake Paul will go from my thoughts. If Jake Paul win, I’ll know that Joshua is completed and Jake Paul deserves to be ranked and deserves to have a future in boxing. Proper? Jake Paul accepted. Now subsequent week I’ll speak with Joshua about it.”
Paul has talked about Joshua as one in all his supreme opponents for the longer term and now it seems Alalshikh is severe about reserving that struggle.
Joshua’s longtime promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed previous to the Ring III card this previous weekend that he’s spoken to Alalshikh about reserving the struggle and so they’re open to it.
The true struggle Hearn needs to make is Joshua in opposition to Tyson Fury, however he is aware of that matchup most likely gained’t come collectively straight away so he’s open to the Paul struggle within the interim.
“Our focus is to struggle Tyson Fury, however [Joshua] wants a struggle earlier than then,” Hearn informed Boxing Information. “If that’s Jake Paul, and when you guys need that struggle, I do know the numbers could be huge, the world would wish to see it.”
Paul responded to the information on X.
I’ll do what I need, with who I need, once I need, within the boxing ring.
Anybody, anytime, anyplace.
You rodents speak a lot shit however once I wish to tackle the largest challenges you begin having panic assaults and deciding my demise.
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) July 17, 2025
