Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Grigori Drozd in a conversation with , he admitted that American blogger Jake Paul could go four rounds in a fight with the WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol .
Paul has long been known as a YouTuber, but the 27-year-old American now fights under boxing rules with former MMA fighters. Earlier, in an interview with , the Russian Bivol had said that he was not yet considering a possible fight against Paul, even under good financial conditions.
– Dmitry Bivol admitted that blogger Jake Paul could stand up to him for four rounds. Do you agree?
“Maybe he could do it. Dima knows this for sure. Why not? Paul is a big guy, quite tall, strong. So maybe he would have lasted four rounds if Dima hadn’t hit him hard.
“Paul said he had a similar style to Bivol…
– I don’t think so (laughs). I would say he flatters himself.
– Do you think Bivol himself would need such a fight?
– At the current stage of his career, probably not. Now he faces a number of big challenges. But if you take into account the financial aspect, it will certainly be very impressive. Capital, financial prosperity is also one of the reasons people play sports. So if there was a good cachet, this fight would be interesting. But I wouldn’t because of the risk of injury, Drozd told .
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