JAKE PAUL has revealed his biggest boxing payday and laid out the plan for his next fight.
The YouTuber-turned boxer has reaped the financial rewards of his polarising prizefighting career since debuting in 2020.
Just a year later, he made £30million over three fights and featured in Forbes’ sporting rich list.
And incredibly, he made that same sum in just one night despite suffering his first ever defeat, at the hands of Tommy Fury in February.
Asked on NELK Boys podcast what his highest purse was, Paul replied: “It’s close to $30million. Tommy Fury (fight.)”
The celebrity boxing duo spent the best part of two years feuding before they finally settled the score in the ring.
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Fury, 24, was twice forced to pull out prior to his win due to a rib injury and US visa issue.
And Paul, 26, believes the dragged out rivalling helped contribute to the box office success with over 800,000 pay-per-views sold.
He said: “I think just the timing of everything in fights like that make the most sense.
“It was like two undefeated, young prospects putting it all on the line. His brother’s the heavyweight champion of the world.
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“Family versus family, the beef. There was two fights before it that were supposed to happen that we did all the promotion that he pulled out of.
“So there was all that built-in promo. Tons of legends attended the fight [Cristiano] Ronaldo being there. So it just turned into this massive event.”
Paul snubbed a rematch to instead return with a victory over Nate Diaz, 38, in August with Fury now fighting KSI, 30, on Saturday.
And the American revealed his next bout could come against another professional boxer even if the opposition is less known.
Paul revealed: “I’m looking at some pro boxers.
“Because I want to take this more traditional boxing route of moving up into the rankings, fighting professionals and taking the route to become world champion like a prospect of my calibre.
“So we’re looking at some pro boxers and they’re not going to be big names by any means.”
Asked if that comes with risk, Paul said: “I want to be world champion, though. And there’s risk, for sure.
“But, for me I want to challenge myself, continue to grow in this sport and get to the top of it, from a skill level, 100 per cent that’s my goal.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
