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Jake Paul is one of the most famous personalities in the world. The former YouTuber turned professional boxer in 2020 and has been on a tear. However, there are still several fighters he would like to fight in his career, and in a recent interview, he revealed some of them.

‘The Problem Child’ is undefeated since turning professional and is 5-0 in his career. His last win was against the former UFC welterweight champion, Tyron Woodley, in December 2021. After five close rounds, he landed a huge right hook to Woodley’s temple, which sent him crashing to the canvas. Since then, Paul has taken some time off but has a few people in mind he would like to fight in the future.

While talking to Rob Moore, he was given a few names of fighters asking if he’ll fight them. Paul would be ready to fight Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, Canelo Alvarez, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Conor McGregor.

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However, he didn’t believe Mayweather would want to fight him. He even said that he’ll be ready to fight his brother Logan Paul and so would he.

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The YouTuber-turned-boxer during his time off from the sport has been very vocal on social media. Paul has been vocal about the fighter pay issue in the sport of MMA and has targeted Dana White on multiple occasions. Since his last fight, he released a Dana White diss track, turned promoter, called himself modern-day Robin Hood, and even took multiple shots at the UFC.

In a recent tweet, he replied to a tweet by Conor McGregor and called him out.

Jake Paul calls out Conor McGregor over fighter pay

Jake Paul has been in the headlines for some time now. He is very vocal about the fighter pay in the UFC mostly and has major beef with Dana White.

He issued a challenge to White on the issue, and both men had a back-and-forth. While White has decided not to respond to Paul or even talk about him. The professional boxer is not backing down. In a recent tweet, he even took a shot at Conor McGregor.

The combat sports world recently reacted to UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, getting a new contract. The new deal made him one of the highest-paid MMA fighters of all time and McGregor, who shares the sports agency with him, congratulated him.

However, Paul couldn’t hold himself back and replied, “Indeed, well deserved for Izzy but unfortunately Tyson Fury still makes more than both of you combined for fighting. Conor when you gonna start playing your part to get ALL fighters better pay and healthcare?”

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This debate about the fighter’s pay is not going away anytime soon. Paul is relentless, and the UFC is going to do things in their own way without listening to outside noise.

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What do you think of Paul’s dig at McGregor? Let us know in the comments!

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