Oleksandr Usyk makes fun of the MMA Match-up shock with Jake Paul
Oleksandr Usyk has made fun of a potential mix of mixed martial arts Jake PaulAS boxingThe unified heavyweight champion observes the final struggles of his career.
Usyk recently said Will compete two more times before retiringsuggesting that his ideal matches-ups would come against Daniel Dubois and Alex Pereira.
Dubois is the IBF champion in office, having obtained this status after Usyk left his belt last spring, while Pereira has held the UFC title with light weights until recently.
It was believed that Usyk, 38 years old, wanted to box Pereira rather than to face him under MMA Rules, but the Ukrainian has now made fun of such a competition with Paul.
Usyk has published a sharing of Instagram stories A post from Ready to Fightwho showed a Mock-up poster by Usyk and Paul. The former Olympic champion also tagged Paul.
Ready to fight he wrote: “@usykaa in the cage Mma?! @Usykaa (‘s) has just made fun of a wild idea:’ It could be nice to enter the cage with @jakepaul. ‘
“Wait … someone said Usyk against Jake Paul … Mma rules? Yes. The Usyk team (it was.
The YouTube Star Paul went 11-1 as a professional boxer, recently highlighted the legend of the Mike Tyson maximum weights in November, and has long been in line for a debut with MMA. At the beginning of 2023, the American became a commercial partner of the Professional Fighters League, an MMA promotion, in order to compete in the cage.
However, that debut with MMA was rejected when Paul, 28 years old, continued to boxing. A month after signing with the PFL, Paul has stuck Tommy Fury, losing against Tyson Fury’s half -brother on the points. Since then he has rebounded with five consecutive victories, including his victory over Mike Tyson.
Meanwhile, Usyk – an undisputed former Cruiserweight champion – became the first owner of the title of the undisputed heavyweight in 24 years last May, when he passed Fury. Usyk replied the result in December, keeping the belts unified after leaving the IBF strap.
While Usyk was connected to the Ibf Dubois champion, who stopped in 2023, Ukraino was ordered to defend his titles against Joseph Parker. Furthermore, Dubois ‘mandatory challenging is Derek Chisora, according to Dubois’ promoter Frank Warren.
