UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping thinks Jake Paul wouldn’t be able to control the narrative if boxed in the Olympics.
After Team USA obtained only one medal in boxing, Paul announced that he plans on taking part in the 2028 Olympics. “The Problem Child” is 10-1 as a professional boxer, most recently stopping Mike Perry in Round 6 of their cruiserweight fight in July.
Bisping finds Paul’s decision intriguing, considering that he won’t be able to get involved in the making of the fights.
“Fair enough, the man wants to go and compete in the Olympics. And you know what? I’ve actually got a lot of respect for him,” Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “Jake Paul is kind of doing it the opposite way around because he’s very famous, he’s had a lot of professional boxing fights, and he’s going to go to the amateurs. But the guy that just won the Olympic gold medal has actually had four professional boxing bouts, as well. Now, if Jake Paul were to win the Olympics, I mean, that would be incredible.
“And he would join the likes of the great Muhammad Ali, the GOAT George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Oscar De La Hoya, Lennox Lewis, Pernell Whitaker, Mark Breland, the list goes on and on. For Jake Paul, if you did go and fight in the Olympics, well, first of all, it wouldn’t be his promotion, would it? So he wouldn’t be able to cherry-pick opponents. He wouldn’t be able to take people that are way past their sell-by date, like Mike Tyson who’s 58 years old. … The last time Jake Paul fought somebody his own size and weight, we know that he lost.”
Paul returns to the ring Nov. 15 when he takes on boxing legend Mike Tyson at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, a fight that he’s been chastised for.
“If he goes to the Olympics, a lot of things will change, that’s for sure,” Bisping said. “No. 1, he wouldn’t be able to cut weight because in the Olympics, you’re going to have to box every few days. It wouldn’t be his promotion, so everything’s not going to be centered around him. There wouldn’t be a massive payday on display. He will be doing it literally to represent his country and to test himself and potentially to become an Olympic gold medalist.”
