Cruiserweight prospect wants big Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua clash next, ‘forget two fights time’
The cruiserweight division has been heating up since the arrival of Jake Paul.
Boxing fans have been fixated on the journey of #14-ranked Paul, who could face Zurdo Ramirez in a title showdown in the near future.
But the ‘Problem Child’ isn’t only calling out the champions in his division; he wants to punch above his weight and fight British heavyweight Anthony Joshua next year.
Of course, the callout itself sent boxing fans into a frenzy, with many dismissing the fight but former UFC star Darren Till believes Jake has nothing to lose.
Prospect Viddal Riley wants Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua to be agreed now
An interested onlooker in the career of Paul is none other than Viddal Riley, who is under Joshua’s 258 Management banner.
The future cruiserweight champion, surprisingly, doesn’t hate the fight, which would see the influencer face a former unified champion.
Speaking on The Fight Card, he said: “It needs to be done now. I don’t want two or three fights for AJ I don’t want two more fights for Jake.
“If it’s going to happen, we want it next, a Christmas special.”
Set-up fights in boxing recently have gone south quite quickly, and AJ knows all too well after losing to Daniel Dubois by knockout, which ended the chances of an Oleksandr Usyk trilogy.
The ‘Rilist’ suggested a rematch against Tommy Fury should happen but explained the reason it won’t transpire is the fault of ‘TNT’.
“He should fight Tommy again, but Tommy’s out here fighting in Budapest. Tommy hasn’t kept his end of the deal, which is to continue to grow in separation,” he said.
“If you continue to grow in separation, if you continue to grow in separation, Jake will fight him, but the way Jake is looking at him, ‘I’m doing you a favour’.”
Fury has won his last two fights against KSI and Kenan Hanjalic; however, he has failed to have a statement win on his resume.
Jake Paul can land a monumental WBC world title shot under one condition
All talk of a clash with Watford’s own Joshua has taken away from ‘El Gallo’s’ world title ambitions.
After beating former world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, the Ohio boxer called out two cruiserweight kings in Ramirez and WBC champion Badou Jack for a title belt fight.
Although, according to WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman via BoxingScene, the only way he would sanction a title shot for the 28-year-old is if he faced a top 15-ranked contender.
Funnily enough, current British cruiserweight champion Viddal sits at #13 in the list, and a fight with these two would dig up old feuds from Riley’s past training KSI.
No one knows what the YouTuber-turned-professional boxer will do next, but with money on his mind, it’s not likely he’ll take a tough test against any of these talented fighters.
