Even Canelo Alvarez has entertained the prospect of facing the 11-1 prospect, who has named the pound-for-pound superstar at the top of his hit list.
If that fight doesn’t come off, Jake Paul could end up clashing with another faded legend after recently being challenged by a 55-year-old former four-weight world champion.
The divisive YouTuber-turned-boxer has been called out by Daniel Dubois, Artur Beterbiev, Carl Froch, and a bunch of other fighters since beating Mike Tyson on November 15.
At the peak of his powers, ‘Superman’ was the best fighter on the planet and proved that fact by picking up world championships at middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight.
In 2020, he fought Mike Tyson to a split draw in an exhibition bout. On the undercard, Paul KO’d NBA star Nate Robinson to improve his professional record to 2-0 before setting up much tougher fights with faded UFC legends.
Four years later, Jones Jr. believes he is the man to derail Paul’s hype train once and for all.
“The fight really did not live up to the hype,” Jones told BoxingScene about Paul vs Tyson.
You have a 58-year-old man against a 27-year-old man. We expected more because Mike was a former great and still is a great. Jake is just a guy learning the game. We expected more fireworks from Mike, and Jake, really.
“To be honest, you got your money’s worth in the two fights before that in Mario Barrios vs. Abel Ramos and Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano. To me, you didn’t get cheated out of anything.
“I haven’t had any conversations about fighting Jake Paul. I am not really a full-fledged heavyweight, but I weigh probably what he weighs right now. It wouldn’t be hard to match his weight, I guess. They do catch weights, so I’m sure we could figure out the right weight.
“We can make it happen. The only thing different though is he will probably have to take me out because I’m coming to knock him out. I’m going to get him, or he’s going to get me.
Jake Paul vs Roy Jones Jr?
Roy Jones Jr. is open to the idea of getting in the ring with Jake Paul.
It would be very difficult to pick him apart because he is so powerful and big. He has power and is a dangerous puncher. I would beat him, I’m sure, but you would have to be on your A-game all night, especially at my age.”