At some point we’re going to have to consider the possibility that Jake Paul might be a genuinely good boxer. We don’t have to like it, but we do need to be honest with ourselves about it.
That beating he put on Mike Perry on Saturday night? That’s not something just anyone off the street can do. Even with the advantage of being a weight class or two bigger come fight night, you still have to have some legit skill to piece up and put away an experienced fighter like Perry. It’s not easy to come to terms with the fact that some Disney kid YouTuber salted Perry away in six rounds and made it look easy, but we can’t run from reality forever.