Former WBC Champion Says Jake Paul Needs to Prove Himself Against Anderson Silva First

Jake Paul is one of the most famous personalities in the combat sports world right now. The former YouTuber is now a professional boxer and is undefeated in his career. He is currently 5-0 in his professional boxing career and has defeated every opponent he’s faced.

‘The Problem Child’ is coming off a brutal KO win over the former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Both met in a rematch on December 18, 2021. Paul landed a clean right hook to Woodley’s temple, which sent him crashing to the canvas. Paul fought three times in 2021 and considers himself as one of the biggest things in boxing right now.

However, the former WBC cruiserweight champion, Tony Bellew, doesn’t believe Paul has proven himself yet. Bellew had a piece of advice for Jake Paul if he wants to be considered a legitimate boxer. He said, “If he really wants to fight a boxer, I’ll tell you someone who he could face – Anderson Silva. He’s an MMA guy, not a traditional boxer, but Silva has feet of a boxer. And he’s beaten former world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.” 

Anderson Silva is a former UFC middleweight champion and is considered one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time. ‘The Spider‘ is 3-1 in his professional boxing career, with his only loss coming way back in 1998. He recently fought and defeated former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. via a split decision.

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Tony Bellew didn’t hold back on taking shots on Paul as well.

He hasn’t even fought a boxer yet – Tony Bellew on Jake Paul

Ever since Paul has blown up in the boxing world, he has credited himself with carrying the sport of boxing. In a recent tweet about his goals for 2022, one of the things he mentioned was, “Go 2 chiropractor 2 heal back from carrying the sport of boxing.”

‘Bomber’ didn’t take lightly to his comments and in an interview, he said, “First of all, I’ve got no hate or malice towards Jake Paul, crack on, do what you’re doing, it’s great. But in no way, shape or form can you claim to carry my sport you absolute f**king muppet, he hasn’t even fought a boxer yet.”

“So how can you claim to be carrying the sport when you haven’t fought someone who comes from my sport, it’s unbelievable!”

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This is a claim that a lot of Paul’s critics have been making. He has not defeated a professional boxer in his career yet, hence can’t really be called a boxer. What do you think of a fight between Anderson Silva and Jake Paul? Is Tony Bellew right in saying what he did about Paul? Let us know in the comments!