I cant believe there are people out there that think jake paul is going to beat ben askren.
Jake paul is just learning how to box, has fought absolute bums, and has literally never boxed another human that knows how to box.
Askren on the other hand has eaten shots from koreshkov, lawler, and lima. And for people who think askren doesnt know how to box, just lol. The guy has an mma style that doesnt include striking. To think that he will go into this fight not knowing how to box is laughable. Its a boxing match. Thats literally the only thing he is training right now. Not to mention the fact that he will have a massive cardio advantage.
Why waste your money on jake fucking paul?
I have no skin in this fight, and I absolutely despise Jake Paul. I think he's a narcissistic sociopath. I absolutely cannot stand him.
But allow me to play devil's advocate.
Askren, in his prime, had good cardio and a good chin. But he's far removed from his prime.
He's coming off of hip REPLACEMENT surgery. He had the procedure done just 4 and a half months ago.
You're a professional fighter, so please, show me any moments in Ben's career where he utilized any form of correct boxing. Head movement/any type of jabs or crosses with correct form. You'll be hard pressed to find ANY tape of him doing so.
His wrestling was so elite that he never needed to learn any form of decent stand-up technique, so he never did.
Jake Paul has millions of dollars to spend on a training camp, and is young and improving rapidly. He is indeed surrounded by "yes men", but is also surrounded by a lot of good fighters that he overpays to teach him how to do things correctly. He's devoted to boxing, and when you're as young as he is, you develop quite quickly.
I don't want to say Ben has shit cardio now, but it's NO WHERE near as good as it used to be. He was gassed in the second round of his last MMA fight versus Maia.
However, with all of that being said, Askren is a natural fighter. He's used to taking a shot, and moving forward. He has grit that Jake Paul doesn't have, and never will have.
So despite him being fundamentally inferior to Paul when it comes to boxing, I think Askren wins this fight on sheer toughness. I think it's going to be a sloppy fight, with Jake landing the crisper shots in the first few rounds, but Askren is going to keep plodding forward. And Jake will gas, Ben will slow down as well -- but his relentlessness will be something Jake has never had to deal with.
So, tldr, gun to my head, Askren wins an incredibly sloppy fight. I'm not putting a dime on this shit show though. Best of luck to anyone betting on it.