Jake Paul wasand the rival of Mike Tyson in the return to the ring of the legendary ‘Kid Dynamite’, in the most media boxing match of 2024. Just as an entire generation saw a fight by the former world heavyweight champion for the first time, many boxing fans do not know Paul , one of the most relevant and controversial influencers in the world.
Jake Paul was born on January 17, 1997 in Cleveland, Ohio. He soon discovered, together with his brother Logan, a passion for uploading videos to the Internet, something he started doing when he was only ten years old. Both rose to fame on the defunct Vine platform, which was based on fleeting and mainly humorous content. After went to YouTubewhere he became, always below his family member, one of the most recognized personalities on social networks.
Again with his relative, Jake Paul participated in the series Bizaardvarkof Disney Channel. There he acted in two seasons, coinciding with other well-known faces of adolescent popular culture, such as Olivia Rodrigo and Madison Hu, but he was fired. Although Disney assured that it was a mutually agreed departure, Several media outlets attributed the movement to the large number of massive parties. celebrated by the ‘influencer’.
In the late 2010s, Paul began to diversify his content, with topics such as It’s Everyday Broone of the songs from ‘youtubers‘most popular, and also criticized, in history. In 2018, there was a boxing match between Logan Paul and fellow ‘influencer’ KSI. The second fight on the card in terms of importance was the first of Jake, who defeated fellow ‘influencer’ Deji Olatunji by technical knockout in the fifth round.
From that moment, Paul became hooked on boxing, and set out to have a true professional career. He chained several victories, although he was criticized by his chosen rivalslike former NBA player Nate Robinson or former NBA wrestler UFC Anderson Silva, both without extensive experience in this discipline.
Now you can add the having beaten one of the best boxers in history like Mike Tysonalthough, yes, with an age difference of more than 30 years.