Jake Paul Claims He Got A Bigger Fight After Losing To Tommy Fury

Jake Paul says he got a bigger fight after losing to Tommy Fury.

Back in February, Paul suffered his first career loss as he dropped a split decision to Fury. After the loss, there were talks of a potential rematch but he decided to not take the fight and is now set to box Nate Diaz on Saturday.

Although it isn’t the rematch, Jake Paul believes he can still be a boxing world champion.

“My realistic ambition is becoming world champion. That hasn’t changed. I’ve only gained more conviction around it,” Paul said (h/t BoxingScene). “With how I’m progressing and the work I’m putting in and the experience I’m getting under my belt – going up to 10 rounds now. I’m slowly making my way deeper and deeper into the sport and getting more experience.

“I have all the tools; the punching power, strength, cardio, speed. Really it’s just about the thousands and thousands of repetitions that I need to become a world champion,” Paul continued. “But I’m sparring against them and working with them in the gym and that’s why I know I can do it. We’ll see what weight that will be at. It all really depends – I’ve only been doing it for three and a half years and at 26 years old. In three years from now, I’m 29 and in my athletic prime, I fully believe in my ability to win a world championship.”

Although Jake Paul is back to fighting non-boxers, he’s set to face Nate Diaz which he thinks is a bigger fight.

“I would like to think I would still have a flourishing boxing career even if I lost because after losing to Tommy, I landed myself a bigger name and a bigger fight. In terms of ticket sales, the commercial pay-per-view, everything is pointing towards this being the biggest event ever. I didn’t think that would happen after losing to Tommy. But if people want to see me fight then I’ll still have big fights. It’s the fan base that drives people. Like Deontay Wilder lost a couple of times to Tyson Fury but everyone still wants to see him fight. It all just depends, it’s really how you go out – if you get knocked out then that’s not good but if you lose a split decision, a war and a good fight it’s a lot easier to come back from that.”

Should Paul get his hand raised, he plans on going after boxers and proving he can be a world champion.

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