The latest star to call out Jake Paul may be the biggest surprise so far.
Paul has been criticized by boxing fans and experts around the world after fighting Mike Tyson, who is 31 years older than him.
As expected, the former YouTuber was victorious, winning the contest via unanimous decision.
Some boxing fans claim that Paul vs Tyson was ‘rigged’ however as the stats showed, there was only ever one person in the bout as ‘Iron Mike’ landed just 18 shots across the eight rounds.
Despite the defeat, Tyson still walked away with $20m, a prize pot that nobody could ignore and unsurprisingly, since his victory, Paul has been called out by many in the boxing community.
Many believe now is the time for him to face a boxer in their prime but to everybody’s surprise, one of the biggest stars in the sport has put himself forward to face the ‘Problem Child’.
Artur Beterbiev calls out Jake Paul
Jake Paul may have fought Tyson at heavyweight but he has also competed at cruiserweight and light heavyweight, opening up the possibility to face anyone from those divisions.
The current king of the light-heavyweight division is Artur Beterbiev, who rules supreme after defeating Dmitry Bivol in Saudi Arabia in October.
Beterbiev is the undisputed champion of the division and looks set to face Bivol in a rematch, however, he shockingly opted to call out Paul.
Posting to his Instagram story, the Russian-Canadian said: “Jake Paul what can you do in a ring against the current undisputed champion? Just know that I’m open to any suggestions.”
At 39, it’s unlikely that we will see Beterbiev around at the top for much longer and with a rematch against Bivol likely to be the priority, it remains to be seen how likely this prospect.
Paul meanwhile did respond, saying: “Just seen this….top five pound for pound fighter in the world calling me out. Hahahahahaha. Four years in and I run this sport.”
Daniel Dubois also calls out Jake Paul
There’s no doubting that Paul’s presence in boxing has elevated the sport. Like him or not, think he is good at boxing or not, the 27-year-old shattered records for his fight against Tyson.
Not only are stars getting more exposure, they’re also getting a pay day too.
Beterbiev is one of the stars who has called out Paul but there is also another name in the shape of Daniel Dubois.
After beating Anthony Joshua in September, Dubois is awaiting the result of the rematch of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury before having a shot at becoming the undisputed champion of the heavyweight division.
It could be some time before the undisputed bout takes place and Dubois may want to fight before to keep in shape and it appears that Paul could be a target.
Paul shared a DM from ‘Dynamite’ Dubois himself, which said: “Hi Jake, good business on the weekend but how would you feel fighting for the legitimate heavyweight championship of the world this is Daniel Dubois calling you out. Let’s get it on.”
The ‘Problem Child’ initially responded with a picture of a tape measure and told the British star to ‘get in line’ before seemingly accepting the offer on X.
He wrote: “Man been boxing for 12 years, has over 100 fights between amateur and pro and fought on my undercard…hahaha But f*** it…I’m going to have Nakisa talk to Frankie Warren and get you in line for the throne. Unlike Artur, at least you have a few thousand fans.”