“Most Ridiculous” Muhammad Ali Comparison Triggers MMA & Boxing Worlds: “Jake [Paul] Is the Best…”

Jake Paul shocked the MMA world after signing a multi-fight deal with Professional Fighters League (PFL) earlier this year. Part of his deal includes helping to promote other fighters in the promotion. PFL founder Donn Davis claims that ‘The Problem Child’ is as massive a deal as Muhammad Ali was during his boxing days. Donn Davis is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur who launched the PFL in 2017. He decided to present MMA in a sports-season format. PFL is broadcasted in over 160 countries worldwide.

He was recently interviewed by TSN and spoke about the impact Jake Paul has had on PFL after signing with the promotion.

PFL founder compares Jake Paul to Muhammad Ali

Donn Davis believes that the social media sensation Jake Paul is the greatest marketer he has ever seen. He even compared him to boxing great Muhammad Ali. Davis said, “If you look at each of them individually, Jake is the best marketer and promoter we’ve seen in combat sports ever. Ever. Maybe since Muhammad Ali.”

He added, “The bigger part of the deal is Jake Paul being a marketer, creator, and promoter of the fights that he is not in for PFL.”

Donn Davis also mentioned Paul’s role in elevating other fighters on the roster. He said, “He is exclusively on our platform to raise the profile of other fighters in other fights in the Superfight division and in the league.” 

The PFL founder further talked about how Jake Paul‘s social media influence can come can help boost the promotion. “Jake has more followers and more engagements than the UFC himself,” said Donn Davis.

Fans blast PFL founder for his Paul-Ali comparison

Many people have shown their dissension on social media towards the PFL boss over comments of Paul being as big as Muhammad Ali. Let us look at some of the reactions from users on Instagram.

• Respectfully dont put Jake Paul and Ali in the same sentence
• Respectfully jakes not at the McGregor and ali level where if the opponent was a janitor it’d still do 1 mil ppv buys, he still needs a good dance partner in order to get good buys
• Lol the delusions these other promotions will tell themselves to seem relevant
• Y’all just be posting anything at this point
• Non of this is true at all stop giving that guy attention
• Is this the most ridiculous statement in combat sport’s history?
• He is using his platform to give fighters better paychecks, which I think we all appreciate, but he is not a good promoter because of it.

Fans are angry over Donn Davis’s statement and have urged the PFL boss, not to mention Jake Paul and Muhammad Ali along the same lines. The claim is that UFC megastar Conor McGregor has a bigger status as a fighter and a marketer than ‘The Problem Child’. They also mentioned that Jake Paul can only draw a big audience if he fights a high-level fighter.

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However, Jake Paul has clearly stated that he wants to be successful in mixed martial arts, just as he did in boxing. He also issued a call-out to Nate Diaz and has proposed a two-fight deal. But there has been no official announcement for the match yet. We will have to wait and see what follows in Jake Paul’s MMA career.

What are your thoughts? Drop your comments down below.

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