Jake Joseph Paul vs. Anderson da Silva & Antonio Nieves vs. Alexandro Santiago II RBR.

Tommy Furys 6th pro fight had a record of 2-26.

Perfectly normal for a "real pro boxer" to line their records with debutes and sheer unadulterated record padders.

This has been status quo boxing since... forever.

All of a sudden it's a problem when Jake with no boxing experience does it lol. Ok...

People that have a problem with Jake's opposition up til now, makes me think they're not real well acquainted with how fight careers are built, and have been built, since the dawn of the sport.

Nothing Jake is doing is out of the ordinary.

Silva would whoop many touted boxing prospects 6th professional opponents.

 

I think youre objectively wrong there.

Majority of prospects 6th professional opponents aren't even there to actually win, let alone have the pedigree, experience and acumen even this faded but motivated Silva has.

'Boxers' that are 0-1, 1-3, 2-11 or debute record padders arent better than Silva just because they're not old or because they have 10 times more boxing losses.

And the kicker here is, even if I'm wrong (I'm not) and Silva isn't better than most prospects early opposition, he certainly isn't worse, and if he's only on par, my point stands that what Paul is doing is entirely normal for boxing and even more so when you factor in the other people doing what he's doing are amature boxing standouts, not youtubers with no long term fight experience.

 

Wladimir Klitschko, Olympic Gold medalist, fought a guy who was 4-14, in his 15th professional fight.

Floyd Mayweather, Olympic medalist, fought an 0-1 fighter in his 4th professional fight, and a guy who was 1-14 in his 9th professional fight.

Olympic medalist Roy Jones Jr fought an 0-3 fighter in his 9th professional fight.

Ect

Ect

Ect

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The idea these opponents are better than Silva because they are 'boxers' and 'not old' is ridiculous.

And this is the norm.
For Olympians.


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Could you imagine Paul choosing a 1-14 record boxer as his next opponent? Let alone his 9th opponent, like boxing phenom Roy Jones Jr did... he would get mocked out of the sport.

Double standards.

 

I was surprised a bit by how good Silva looked. I don't normally say this but I think he really would have been a real talent in boxing had he chosen it instead of mma.

I was also surprised a bit with how mentally sharp he looked in there, and his chin. I'd have thought with the KO's he's suffered, the wear n tear, the age, expected him to look older, be less sharp and be hurt by the big shots more.

Respect to Silva.