Jake Paul Mocks Ilia Topuria: “It would be like playing with a little toy”
Jake Paul respects Ilia Topuria, but in a boxing match, he believes the UFC lightweight champion will be easy game for him.
Paul and Topuria agreed to spar earlier this year after the latter appeared on Adin Ross’ livestream, where he and “The Problem Child” traded barbs over a phone call and even agreed to throw down sometime down the line.
During a recent interview with Complex, Paul, while discussing a potential boxing match against “El Matador,” opined that boxing Topuria would be like a sparring session for the YouTuber-turned-boxer.
Paul added that although Topuria is a really amazing striker, against him, the size difference would be massive, and it would be in no way a favorable matchup for the Georgian-Spaniard. However, in an MMA fight between the two, things will play out very differently.
“It would be like playing with a little toy. He’s like 5’5”… he can’t even ride a roller coaster. The guy is tiny.”
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During the same interview, “The Problem Child” also said that he wants to face Conor McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov under the unified rules of MMA sometime down the line, if possible.
“It would be massive. We need to get Khabib out of retirement.”
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Jake Paul is currently on the sidelines after he was dismantled by Anthony Joshua last year in a heavyweight boxing match during which the 29-year-old had his jaw busted up and was dropped multiple times en route to a TKO loss.
UFC lightweight kingpin Topuria, on the other hand, is gearing up for a lightweight title unification bout against interim champion Justin Gaethje on June 14.
