On December 15, 2020, The professional boxer, Youtuber, and social media personality Jake Paul uploaded a video on youtube, Offering $50 million to former UFC superstar Conor McGregor to accept a fight under boxing rules against him.
Jake said: “You’re ducking me because you don’t wanna lose to a f–king YouTuber,” he also said “You’re 0-1 as a boxer. I’m 2-0 as a boxer.”
With a possible fight between Jake Paul and Conor McGregor who do you think will win the fight? This question is what we will answer in detail in this article, so keep reading.
If you are looking for a quick answer, in a fight you cannot know won will win until the fight is ended, but we strongly believe that Conor McGregor will defeat Jake paul in the first 3 rounds of the fight because of his big experience in combat sport, especially the mixed martial arts.
To know who will win the fight, we should first compare the two fighters’ records and fighting history.
Conor McGregor Vs Jake Paul Fighting History
Jake Paul Fighting History
Jake Paul started boxing in 2017 his first amateur match was in August 2018 against the British YouTuber Deji Olatunji, Paul won the match via TKO in the fifth round. Paul then fought 5 professional fights against Tyron Woodley, Ben Askren, Nate Robinson, and AnEsonGib.
Conor McGregor’s Fighting History
Conor McGregor started boxing at the age of 12 a couple of months later he started training in mixed martial arts (MMA). At 18 years old he had his first fight. Later on, he became a UFC superstar and the first fighter to win two weight classes simultaneously, The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight double-champion.
Conor McGregor has a Professional record of 22 matches under MMA rules in which he has 22 wins and 6 losses.
Why do we think that Conor McGregor will win the fight against Jake Paul?
On Aug 26, 2017, McGregor’s first professional boxing match was with the boxing legend, Floyd Mayweather.
McGregor lost the fight but after analyzing all the rounds of the fight we will notice that McGregor’s counterattack, footwork, and slipping punches technique are very good which makes him a tough opponent.
The only reason McGregor lost the fight is that he is not used to the number of rounds in boxing, MMA has 5 rounds with a 5-minute duration Boxing has a max of 12 rounds with 3 minutes duration which exhausted him and gave Mayweather the chance to win the fight.
Jake Paul is not as experienced and fast as Mayweather. He will not be able to slip all McGregor’s punches or be a good counterattacker like Mayweather.
Can Jake Paul win the fight against Conor McGregor?
The only way for Jake paul to survive and win the fight is by using his reach to keep McGregor away and to exhaust him, if he does not use this strategy he will lose the fight against McGregor with a possible knockout.
Summary
The fight between Jake Paul and Conor will be entertaining. We strongly believe that McGregor will win the fight if he learned from his mistake in his previous fight with Floyd Mayweather and worked hard to finish the fight against Jake Paul with a knockout in the first 3 rounds before being exhausted.