Jake Paul, 27 years old, beat Myke Tyson, 58, in a fight held last Saturday (11/16) and already has a new proposal to return to the ring. This time, however, the confrontation would be for the world title: Paul’s challenger was Daniel Dubois, also 27 years old, world heavyweight champion by the International Boxing Federation (FIB).
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In a post revealed on social media, Paul showed that Dubois called Jake Paul on a social network and wrote calling the influencer to a confrontation.
— Hi Jake, good business this weekend, but what do you think about fighting for the legitimate world heavyweight title? This is Daniel Dubois calling you. Let’s make it happen — he wrote.
Jake Paul responded with a photo of a ticket booth and wrote “get in line.” Paul, in a post on social media, took the opportunity to provoke Dubois.
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— The guy (Dubois) has been boxing for 12 years, has more than 100 fights between amateur and professional and had an opening fight before mine, hahaha. But f*** it… I’m going to have Nakisa (promoter of some of Paul’s fights) talk to Frank Warren (fight producer) and put you in line for the throne. Unlike Artur (Beterbiev), you at least have a few thousand fans,” he said, also provoking Artur Beterbiev, light heavyweight boxing champion who also challenged Paul to a fight.
Who is Daniel Dubois?
English boxer Daniel Dubois was born on September 6, 1997 and is 27 years old. Dubois began training in boxing at the age of nine, when he was first taken by his father to a gym to get him away from the streets.
Dubois’ first professional fight was in April 2017, against Marcus Kelly, winning by knockout 35 seconds into the fight. In his eighth fight, against Tom Little, he won the English heavyweight title.
The fighter accumulated belts, such as those from the Commonwealth and the World Boxing Organization (WBO). Dubois lost the titles against Joe Joyce on November 28, 2020, his first loss as a professional.
The following year, he won the World Bose Association (WBA) heavyweight title. He fought in August 2023 against Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk for the unified WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring heavyweight titles, but ended up defeated.
In June 2024, he became world champion again, beating Croatian Filip Hrgović for the International Boxing Federation (FIB) belt.
Dubois has a professional record of 24 fights, with 22 wins – 21 of them by knockout – and only two defeats. The fighter is 1.96cm tall with a wingspan of 1.98cm.
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Who is Jake Paul and why is he famous?
Jake Joseph Paul, known as Jake Paul, was born in Cleveland (USA). On the internet, he began to gain fame after recording videos for YouTube with his brother, Logan. Today, it has almost 21 million subscribers.
His most popular video is the music video for “It’s Everyday Bro”, with over 300 million views. The influencer also made some appearances on television. One of the programs even belongs to Disney, called “Bizaardvark”.
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In 2017, he left the program after being accused of having noisy parties and dangerous pranks. Neighbors even threatened a petition to expel Jake Paul from his home.
In 2018, he began participating in boxing ring challenges. In 2021, he began facing MMA athletes, such as former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley.
In 2022, he caught attention when facing Anderson Silva. On that occasion, he defeated the Brazilian in a unanimous jury decision.
His social media numbers also attract a lot of attention. It has around 76 million followers across all platforms on which it is present.
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Mike Tyson x Jake Paul: how the fight went
The fight started intensely, with both fighters letting go of their arms but unable to connect. Jake Paul, using his greater reach, managed to impose his rhythm, making Mike land the blows.
More solid in the fight, Jake Paul used combinations of punches to continue scoring, while Mike Tyson, starting to tire, had difficulty maintaining a rhythm.
From the fifth round onwards, Jake Paul, more confident, tried some moments of low guard, while using combinations of crosses and jabs against Tyson.
After more “studied” rounds, the fight gained in intensity and “exchange” in the last two rounds. Jake Paul managed to land hard blows on Iron Mike, who, despite being 58 years old, managed to resist.
In the last round, Jake Paul went for the knockout, attacking his opponent, but leaving his guard open for counterattacks.
In the end, because he attacked more and connected more blows, Jake Paul was declared the winner by unanimous decision.
