UFC bantamweight star Sean O'Malley only watches boxing when one of the Paul brothers; Jake or Logan, is involved.
The No.1-ranked 135lb fighter is considered one of the best strikers in MMA, but isn't a big fan of current boxing, aside from the YouTube brothers. He also enjoyed hearing about Floyd Mayweather dominate British social media sensation Deji in Dubai earlier this month in an exhibition bout, although he didn't watch.
O'Malley is a close friend of the Pauls, and has been ringside for a number of Jake's fights including his bouts with Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley and Anderson Silva. As a top MMA fighter, he prefers to watch his own sport, where he is now the top contender at 135lb after beating Petr Yan at UFC 280.
"I watched the one with Logan," O'Malley told Joe Rogan on his podcast while discussing the boxing legend's recent exhibitions. "I bet Logan was in there like 'what the f***, I didn't realise this motherf***er was that big. He's such a big guy and athletic - that one I was sitting on the edge of my seat.
"I like Jake's fights, too, I'll watch those, but that's probably the only boxing I watch, Logan or Jake's fighting - I was front row for [Jake's fight with Anderson Silva]. It was f***ing entertaining, too, great boxing match - I'm so curious what's next for Jake Paul, and I'm glad they're doing it.
"I love to wait for the anticipation, I know the Nate Diaz thing's looming - he's clearly improving fast, too. From his last fight to the Anderson Silva fight he improved a lot. He went through a whole fight camp, he was meant to fight [Hasim Rahman Jr], he was supposed to fight him.
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"He learned a lot from that fight camp, he was supposed to fight him and didn't, but you can tell the dude's in the gym, he's been training, he's doing big things and I'm excited to see what's next for him."
Logan is currently 0-1 as a professional, and has never won at any level in his three fights between exhibitions, fully sanctioned bouts and white collar. He drew with KSI in his 2018 debut at the AO Arena Manchester, and lost their rematch when they took off the head gear and turned professional. He went the distance with Mayweather last year, but there was no score for that bout.
Meanwhile, Jake is a legitimate 6-0 professional with four knockouts, who has at least scored a knockdown on every one of his opponents, only going the distance twice. He has beaten legendary MMA champions Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley and Anderson Silva thus far in his career, and also won his sole white collar bout by stoppage.
