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Cruiserweight Jake Paul predicted a first-round knockout win during fight week and he cashed, laying out Andre August with a clean right uppercut on Friday night in the main event of a card put on by his company, Most Valuable Promotions, on DAZN at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Paul was fighting a boxer for only the second time in his ninth career fight after having faced a social media influencer, a retired NBA player and big-name MMA fighters such as Anderson Silva, Tyron Woodley and Nate Diaz, who were crossing over to boxing.
But having lost an eight-round split decision to boxer Tommy Fury, the half brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, in February and rebounding with a wide decision over former UFC star Nate Diaz in August — and then being unable to get Diaz to agree to a rematch under MMA rules — Paul elected to take a step back.
Instead of facing big-name MMA opponents on pay-per-view in big arenas, he reasoned that after having made nine figures in boxing, not to mention millions more in other businesses thanks to his fame as a YouTube and social media influencer, it was the right time to become more serious about developing as a boxer.
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