There have been many instances in the past few years where many major UFC fighters have crossed over to boxing at the twilight of their careers. So did Ben Askren. Ben Askren had a reputation of being a phenomenal wrestler during his prime. He’s best known for being the victim of the fastest knockout in the UFC when he got caught by a flying knee by Jorge Masvidal.
As good of a grappler Askren is he was never considered a decent striker by the fight community. Askren took on the challenge of Jake Paul who is a famous social media star. One might expect a MMA veteran to take on any entertainer and put him aside in any realm of fighting. But as it turned out Jake Paul shocked the fighting community when he brutally knocked the former UFC star out in the very first round of their boxing matchup.
Ben Askren makes a bizarre claim
While appearing on the Jaxxon Podcast, Askren had some interesting insights to share on his bout against the internet personality. He reportedly praised Jake Paul, he said,
I wish I would have won obviously but training for the fight and buildup was a lot of fun. But unfortunately he was actually good at boxing.
Ben added,
I wanted Jake to suck more than anyone but unfortunately he doesn’t.
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The former One champion didn’t shy away from giving Jake his flowers. He made it clear that Jake definitely knows how t scrap and throw hands. Although he did praise Paul but again made a rather weird claim that he wasn’t able to “feel” the punch that knocked him out. Many might be taken aback by this statement.
Jake Paul has gone on to win every one of his fights barring the scrap against Tommy Fury. The fighting community went into a frenzy when Jake announced that he’s fighting against none other than the legendary Mike Tyson. There were few who made it clear that it is not a wise decision to scrap against an elderly boxing legend but as it turns out Tyson is still burning sweat in the boxing gym. It’ll be interesting to see if an almost sixty year old Mike Tyson will be the guy to beat the youtuber.
