Jake Paul Wants Boxing Purists To Start Embracing Him

Jake Paul wants to win over the entire boxing world.

Paul will look to go 4-0 in boxing when he takes on former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley at their upcoming Showtime pay-per-view event taking place Sunday in Cleveland, Ohio.

Although the YouTuber is yet to face a boxer and has faced criticism for his past words and actions, he has done some positive things such as bringing attention to fighter pay in the UFC while bringing more eyes to the sport of boxing.

While some may appreciate what Paul is doing in boxing, he wants everyone to eventually embrace him — even the boxing purists.

“Yeah, look, I would love the boxing community to fully embrace me,” Paul said (via Boxing Scene). “I think a lot of people have already. But now it’s that, it’s the boxing purists, who maybe fully don’t understand exactly what I’m doing. So, I would love that respect. And like I said, all I’m trying to do is have boxing become one of the top two sports. I wanna take over the NBA, I wanna take over the NFL, I wanna take over MMA, because MMA took over boxing for a long period of time.

“And I believe with the lightweight division – you know, the [Ryan] Garcias, [Devin] Haney, Gervonta [Davis] – the heavyweight division, all the fights that are about to happen, and then add in me and my brother and some of the YouTube creators that are boxing, we can make this sport go number one. And that’s all I’m here to do.”

Boxing certainly has the personnel and enticing fights to reach the top of the mountain again.

Do you think Paul can help boxing regain its place as the top sport?