JAKE PAUL has made a $30million offer to stage a boxing match between Chris Rock and Will Smith following the clash at The Oscars between the Hollywood stars.
The world watched in shock last night after comedian Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, shaving her head due to her struggles with alopecia.
Will Smith and Chris Rock shockingly clashed on stage at The OscarsCredit: GettyJake Paul has offered to put up $30m for the two to fight inside the ringCredit: Instagram @mostvaluablepromotions
That sparked Smith, 53, to take the stage and strike Rock, 57, before telling him: “Keep my wife’s name out your mouth.”
Paul responded after Impractical Jokers star Sal Vulcano tweeted to ask what the likelihood was that he would make a fight offer.
Now the 5-0 YouTuber turned boxer has offered them both $15m each, albeit tongue-in-cheek, to sort out their issues inside the boxing ring this summer with a reply to Vulcano.
He wrote: “Over/under on how much Jake Paul is gonna offer Chris Rock and Will Smith for a boxing PPV?”
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Paul responded: “I got $15m for Will Smith and $15m for Chris Rock ready to go. Let’s do it in August on my undercard.”
He would later add: “Someone get me on the phone with Will Smith’s boxing representative asap.”
UFC president Dana White also took to social media, tweeting: “FINALLY! There’s an #Oscars show worth watching. AND Chris Rock has a chin.”
Smith does have some small experience of boxing training after playing Muhammad Ali in the 2001 biopic about his life.
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He was trained for the movie by former Sugar Ray Leonard coach Darrell Foster in a professional boxing-style training camp.
This is not the first time that Paul has offered to put up the money for a celebrity showdown.
He previously claimed that he wants Kanye West and Pete Davidson to settle their bitter feud in the ring and offered to guarantee the two men $30m each through his promotional company Most Valuable Promotions.