One former UFC champion thinks there's a major roadblock that will keep a boxing match between Jake Paul and Alex Pereira from coming together.
Paul commanded the attention of much of the combat sports world last weekend when he met UFC veteran and BKFC starThe 27-year-old ultimately stopped the noticeably-smaller Perry in the sixth round to collect his tenth professional boxing win before calling for a matchup with UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Pereira, but former welterweight titleholder
Jake Paul defeated Mike Perry in a boxing match last Saturday. / with Henry Cejudo. “ I just don’t think it’s – Jake Paul, in the name of promoting, nowadays has done a lot of things and said a lot of things about Dana White that I feel are Colby Covington-esque. In that case, you put yourself off to where I don’t think Mr. Dana White ever wants to do business with you.
Jun 29, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Alex Pereira fights Jiri Prochazka during UFC 303 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports / Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports “I never say never, that’s a motto that I live by. Never say never. But I think there’s a strong chance that Dana White will choose not to do business with them…I do believe Alex Pereira can win that fight…I do but I don’t think it’s an unwinnable fight for Jake Paul. I don’t think so.”
Arguably the biggest star in the UFC at the moment, Pereira is coming off his second successful light heavyweight title defense after he stoppedMcGregor’s boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2017 is the only time White has let one of the UFC’s active fighters take on that sort of crossover matchup, and while the Paul vs.
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