Jake Paul vs Cedric Doumbe December 24

[tiCeR]

I actually saw this match on social media and I thought that it was a joke, Jake Paul vs doumbe seems a little bit like a content to me or you can say scripted because I have seen both athletes fight and there's noway that Jake is on doumbe's level. They both practice different fighting styles but Jake's opponent is skilled in all round combat techniques, who knows, he might not recover from this if it's real.

Well, he recovered from the fight against Joshua, which could perhaps imply that it can't get much worse for him. They may be fighting different styles, but since they are limited to boxing only, I think the possibilities for Jake Paul to get severely injured are in of limited as well. It is not like he is going for a martial arts match. That would indeed be much more dangerous. But in this case, maybe it ends with a broken jaw again.

Hats off though when you know you are the underdog and just got your face smashed by Joshua and then go for another fight. Money is making it possible. I guess I know a lot of people who would be willing to get smashed in exchange for a $30 million purse. At the end of the day that's what people really want to see. Jake Paul is supposed to survive as long as he can in that fight, but they want to see him get smashed for sure.

At least in terms of size and height Doumbe makes more sense as an opponent than Joshua. It was literally ridiculous how huge difference was between Jake Paul and Joshua. This looks more even.

[TopTort777]

But the thing is, whether he has a chance or not, it doesn't matter. All that matters is the purse. And for some stupid reasons, people like Jake Paul make money on one evening than ordinary people can ever dream of in their lives. In my opinion, this is the real problem. But I guess we all contributed to this sensational living. Can it be stopped? No, it will be the same day in and day out. I admit, I would probably watch this fight.

If we think about following, then are other boxers different that much from him? If Jake does that for money only and is cherry picking his opponents, then why for a lot professional boxers money also is on first place, why so many strong boxers have 0 in loss record? Should not they meet each other to find out who is better? Instead they fight such opponents that will allow to keep that 0 longer. They pick opponents who allow to earn more. If they do it like this, why Jake is worse than them? If those big boxing names were allowed to pick weak opponents and earn millions, they would not reject that offer.

Are you talking about Mayweather? if you compare it to him, then yes I agree that situation is the same. Because both of them cherry picks their opponent, so aside for big purse. He also have big chance to win.

Everyone truly wants to earn, but the problem here with Paul's fight. We don't see much real action, all pure lousy attacks and this is maybe the reason. Why he gets criticized, then people think all his fight is scripted.

I am talking about anyone who is somewhere in top5 of the world and still has 0 in his loss record. It cant be that there are so many undefeated boxers in top, they have belts, but never meet each other. So many prefer to fight someone instead of belt unification.

Because Jake Paul is not just picking "weak" fighters, he is picking fighters that barely have any experience in boxing, retired, or an old man. Anyway, regarding the oldman. Mike Tyson might have agreed to the fight, but it doesn't change the fact that Jake Paul fought an old man in a sanctioned fight just to get a +1 to his "professional" record.

Show me a professional fighter, whos career is managed by smart manager and his first 5-10 fights were not cherry picked to build a record. Jake is cherry picking fighters, but they themselves agree to fight him. He could have fought anyone from top (and lose), but they refuse to fight Jake. So who should he fight then when he both needs to earn, promote himself and gain experience? A skilled no-name who is from his division? Nobody would pay to watch that.

[eaLiTy]

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Show me a professional fighter, whos career is managed by smart manager and his first 5-10 fights were not cherry picked to build a record. Jake is cherry picking fighters, but they themselves agree to fight him. He could have fought anyone from top (and lose), but they refuse to fight Jake. So who should he fight then when he both needs to earn, promote himself and gain experience? A skilled no-name who is from his division? Nobody would pay to watch that.

If you are looking for a legit boxer with a ruthless trainer who is actually his own dad, it is Vasiliy Lomachenko, who fought for a title in his second professional fight.

There is a major difference between Jake Paul and other legit professional fighters. Everyone who enters the pro league usually has an extensive amateur career, and Jake does not have that. But he understands how to promote fights and make millions, unlike other pro boxers who will be on the undercard during their initial career days.

[acroman08]

Show me a professional fighter, whos career is managed by smart manager and his first 5-10 fights were not cherry picked to build a record. Jake is cherry picking fighters, but they themselves agree to fight him. He could have fought anyone from top (and lose), but they refuse to fight Jake. So who should he fight then when he both needs to earn, promote himself and gain experience? A skilled no-name who is from his division? Nobody would pay to watch that.

I'm not saying other boxers are not cherry-picking to build up their record(it's very common), I'm just saying that, cherry picking fighters who aren't boxers or an old man to build up your record is worse than what other boxers usually do when cherry picking a fight.

[hedgeh0g]

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Show me a professional fighter, whos career is managed by smart manager and his first 5-10 fights were not cherry picked to build a record. Jake is cherry picking fighters, but they themselves agree to fight him. He could have fought anyone from top (and lose), but they refuse to fight Jake. So who should he fight then when he both needs to earn, promote himself and gain experience? A skilled no-name who is from his division? Nobody would pay to watch that.

If you are looking for a legit boxer with a ruthless trainer who is actually his own dad, it is Vasiliy Lomachenko, who fought for a title in his second professional fight.

There is a major difference between Jake Paul and other legit professional fighters. Everyone who enters the pro league usually has an extensive amateur career, and Jake does not have that. But he understands how to promote fights and make millions, unlike other pro boxers who will be on the undercard during their initial career days.

Given that money plays such a significant role in modern life, many people would likely dream of doing what Jake does and earning such vast sums. Yes, he might occasionally come across as absurd or ridiculous, but that hasn’t stopped his follower count from growing, brought him fame, and allowed him to afford practically anything he desires. Even though I’m not a fan of his fights, I’ll sometimes watch the highlights out of curiosity or perhaps even a full recorded match, provided I don’t come across any spoilers first.

[Churchillvv]

Show me a professional fighter, whos career is managed by smart manager and his first 5-10 fights were not cherry picked to build a record. Jake is cherry picking fighters, but they themselves agree to fight him. He could have fought anyone from top (and lose), but they refuse to fight Jake. So who should he fight then when he both needs to earn, promote himself and gain experience? A skilled no-name who is from his division? Nobody would pay to watch that.

Truth remains that Jake is one of the best market, so whoever he chooses to fight or agrees to fight knows what’s coming and perhaps he might not stand a lot of the top boxers which of course he understands so well so he needs to keep counting scores but with who exactly? That’s why when he goes for boxers who are in a position where they need revival into the system again they usually accept not because he offered them money but his strategies on promotion brings everyone into limelight. That alone is a very huge bargaining power for Jake, he may not really rig as people assume but he could use his consistent participation to stand a chance of winning always.

But what pisses me off is the fact that he used the retirement plan as a tool to push the views to come in, because any time anyone can come back to fighting so anyone believing him to quit if he loses is just not grounded in the game.

[Dave1]

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Show me a professional fighter, whos career is managed by smart manager and his first 5-10 fights were not cherry picked to build a record. Jake is cherry picking fighters, but they themselves agree to fight him. He could have fought anyone from top (and lose), but they refuse to fight Jake. So who should he fight then when he both needs to earn, promote himself and gain experience? A skilled no-name who is from his division? Nobody would pay to watch that.

If you are looking for a legit boxer with a ruthless trainer who is actually his own dad, it is Vasiliy Lomachenko, who fought for a title in his second professional fight.

It's because there were a lot of hype on Loma before and that time Bob Arum still has that influence and very powerful that's why he was able to get Loma a chance for a belt in his second fight, although he lost to Salido who has so much experience.

There is a major difference between Jake Paul and other legit professional fighters. Everyone who enters the pro league usually has an extensive amateur career, and Jake does not have that. But he understands how to promote fights and make millions, unlike other pro boxers who will be on the undercard during their initial career days.

Right, Jake Paul wanted to be a boxer, but he doesn't have any experience at all. And the timing though, it was pandemic, people are looking for something to entertain themselves. And then comes Jake with all of his exhibition fights against ex-MMA fighter and it boom and make him a lot of money.

That's why he still continue with this kind of strategy and like he is printing money with it even if his jaw is broken already.

[tread93]

Show me a professional fighter, whos career is managed by smart manager and his first 5-10 fights were not cherry picked to build a record. Jake is cherry picking fighters, but they themselves agree to fight him. He could have fought anyone from top (and lose), but they refuse to fight Jake. So who should he fight then when he both needs to earn, promote himself and gain experience? A skilled no-name who is from his division? Nobody would pay to watch that.

Truth remains that Jake is one of the best market, so whoever he chooses to fight or agrees to fight knows what’s coming and perhaps he might not stand a lot of the top boxers which of course he understands so well so he needs to keep counting scores but with who exactly? That’s why when he goes for boxers who are in a position where they need revival into the system again they usually accept not because he offered them money but his strategies on promotion brings everyone into limelight. That alone is a very huge bargaining power for Jake, he may not really rig as people assume but he could use his consistent participation to stand a chance of winning always.

But what pisses me off is the fact that he used the retirement plan as a tool to push the views to come in, because any time anyone can come back to fighting so anyone believing him to quit if he loses is just not grounded in the game.

Yes Jake is incredibly strategic about this and it’s kind of a fun thing to watch honestly I have to say that I think that Jake’s character has grown so much in the past 3 or 4 years and its just so impressive what we are seeing with him and his major success on mulitiple fronts.

[TopTort777]

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Show me a professional fighter, whos career is managed by smart manager and his first 5-10 fights were not cherry picked to build a record. Jake is cherry picking fighters, but they themselves agree to fight him. He could have fought anyone from top (and lose), but they refuse to fight Jake. So who should he fight then when he both needs to earn, promote himself and gain experience? A skilled no-name who is from his division? Nobody would pay to watch that.

If you are looking for a legit boxer with a ruthless trainer who is actually his own dad, it is Vasiliy Lomachenko, who fought for a title in his second professional fight.

There is a major difference between Jake Paul and other legit professional fighters. Everyone who enters the pro league usually has an extensive amateur career, and Jake does not have that. But he understands how to promote fights and make millions, unlike other pro boxers who will be on the undercard during their initial career days.

That is what also make Jake unique. He has skipped amateur career and started pro from the start. His opponents were not same newbies in pro boxing. Even though not all of them were boxers, all of them knew how to punch and hurt people. In his career, Jake has skipped a huge gap that everyone pass, and has started with fighting big names and earning big. I cant blame him for that. I can only blame him or his management (or person who stand behind him) for making fights very controversial (with a smell of being fake )

[Churchillvv]

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Yes Jake is incredibly strategic about this and it’s kind of a fun thing to watch honestly I have to say that I think that Jake’s character has grown so much in the past 3 or 4 years and its just so impressive what we are seeing with him and his major success on mulitiple fronts.

What I expect people to know is the fact that he was just a youtuber who saw the chance of making bigger money receiving a one time pain for a day than post or study the algorithm and coupled with the algorithm knowledge he already has and a fair advantage if his brother being another media player, they know what to say, when to say and how to say it to get the audience they want to pull for a specific fight. That is the most valuable skill he has outside outsmarting his opponent in the ring.
His fight skills are not obvious incredibly but his marketing skills are so he is a bigger market for the industry than what people merely perceive of him.

[Makus]

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Yes Jake is incredibly strategic about this and it’s kind of a fun thing to watch honestly I have to say that I think that Jake’s character has grown so much in the past 3 or 4 years and its just so impressive what we are seeing with him and his major success on mulitiple fronts.

What I expect people to know is the fact that he was just a youtuber who saw the chance of making bigger money receiving a one time pain for a day than post or study the algorithm and coupled with the algorithm knowledge he already has and a fair advantage if his brother being another media player, they know what to say, when to say and how to say it to get the audience they want to pull for a specific fight. That is the most valuable skill he has outside outsmarting his opponent in the ring.
His fight skills are not obvious incredibly but his marketing skills are so he is a bigger market for the industry than what people merely perceive of him.

Jake Paul is a strategist, this is how he makes his money, for someone that has been on social for years and able to gain so much audience, he definitely knows what he is doing when it comes to marketing and gaining attention. In the ring I don't think he can last up to five minutes with his opponent if only that's a real fight but I don't think that this match is going to be a real one, let's just wait to see how it goes.

[Churchillvv]

Jake Paul is a strategist, this is how he makes his money, for someone that has been on social for years and able to gain so much audience, he definitely knows what he is doing when it comes to marketing and gaining attention. In the ring I don't think he can last up to five minutes with his opponent if only that's a real fight but I don't think that this match is going to be a real one, let's just wait to see how it goes.

The bold part!!

I don’t really seem to understand why people think Jake doesn’t have a real fight, of course he has allegations of fake or acting fights but that doesn’t cancel the fact that he is a boxer and has real fights all the time. And for your information he has real fights that he has lasted 5 minutes in the ring which are already predetermined fights. He could be faking hut not to all boxers. We can’t say Jake VS Anthony wasn’t real! When he lost his jaw and that kept him way for almost a year now. But for the fact; he is good with marketing. I call him king of ragebait

[suzanne5223]

Jake Paul is a strategist, this is how he makes his money, for someone that has been on social for years and able to gain so much audience, he definitely knows what he is doing when it comes to marketing and gaining attention. In the ring I don't think he can last up to five minutes with his opponent if only that's a real fight but I don't think that this match is going to be a real one, let's just wait to see how it goes.

The bold part!!

I don’t really seem to understand why people think Jake doesn’t have a real fight, of course he has allegations of fake or acting fights but that doesn’t cancel the fact that he is a boxer and has real fights all the time. And for your information he has real fights that he has lasted 5 minutes in the ring which are already predetermined fights. He could be faking hut not to all boxers. We can’t say Jake VS Anthony wasn’t real! When he lost his jaw and that kept him way for almost a year now. But for the fact; he is good with marketing. I call him king of ragebait

The AJ fight is a fair point.
Getting jaw broken and needing titanium plates with the time off is hard to fake. That one was clearly real and it showed the gap when he steps up against actual elite boxers.

I believe people's skepticism comes from the overall pattern of his fights, though. I mean, most of his victories come against opponents who have minimal or no legitimate boxing experience (such as former MMA fighters, YouTubers, or older/retired athletes). When faced with an opponent who actually knows how to box, the outcomes become significantly less impressive.
This leads people to question how many of the easier opponents were genuinely competitive versus how many were essentially mismatches presented as professional fights.

[TopTort777]

Some of his fights were controversial, that is true, but why people think that retired MMA fighter, whos age is lets say 35-45, is not a threat ? Retired pro athlete is not the same as retired +65 grandpa. A question is that why people think that if a former fighter has been training for years, punching and kicking punching bags and people is not able to throw a punch or combination? A guy might not have experience in fighting in the boxing ring, but that guy knows how to knockout people. Anyway, people watch WWE and believe in it for years, but call all Jake fights as rigged

[Mate2237]

Last time I checked Jake Paul had a jaw injury and there was no update given about his recovery then all of a sudden he is having a fight with Cedric, that's actually insane. The reason why I want to assume that this game is staged is because both competitors are not of equal categories, Jake has a little bit of fighting experience but nothing compared to Cedric.


If you are betting on this game for fun then you can go with Jake Paul to win, the reason for that is because if it's an exhibition match then there's a high chance that Paul might win because most games that are scripted or fixed. I'm not really expecting much from Cedric because everything is starting to look quite manipulative to me.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Some of his fights were controversial, that is true, but why people think that retired MMA fighter, whos age is lets say 35-45, is not a threat ? Retired pro athlete is not the same as retired +65 grandpa. A question is that why people think that if a former fighter has been training for years, punching and kicking punching bags and people is not able to throw a punch or combination? A guy might not have experience in fighting in the boxing ring, but that guy knows how to knockout people. Anyway, people watch WWE and believe in it for years, but call all Jake fights as rigged

It's because Paul never lost against aged and non actual boxer. This is why i think i have same opinion like others. I tell you the fact Paul never lost against non actual boxer, which is older than him meanwhile when he gets paired against actual boxer that was younger than him like Tommy Fury, he lost it.
He's always picking aged fighter instead of telling his promotor to bring someone who is at his age and in the same weight class.

However, i'd prefer to watch him when he fight someone else who is actual boxer, same age like him and same class. It's gonna be interesting because he may lost it like he against Fury in the past.

[sompitonov]

Some of his fights were controversial, that is true, but why people think that retired MMA fighter, whos age is lets say 35-45, is not a threat ? Retired pro athlete is not the same as retired +65 grandpa. A question is that why people think that if a former fighter has been training for years, punching and kicking punching bags and people is not able to throw a punch or combination? A guy might not have experience in fighting in the boxing ring, but that guy knows how to knockout people. Anyway, people watch WWE and believe in it for years, but call all Jake fights as rigged

It's because Paul never lost against aged and non actual boxer. This is why i think i have same opinion like others. I tell you the fact Paul never lost against non actual boxer, which is older than him meanwhile when he gets paired against actual boxer that was younger than him like Tommy Fury, he lost it.
He's always picking aged fighter instead of telling his promotor to bring someone who is at his age and in the same weight class.

However, i'd prefer to watch him when he fight someone else who is actual boxer, same age like him and same class. It's gonna be interesting because he may lost it like he against Fury in the past.

It’s an interesting point, but I suspect Paul’s promoters are well aware that if he starts losing to active boxers or anyone genuinely better than him he’ll lose his appeal. That’s why they have to strike a balance: they might occasionally include a tougher opponent, but the vast majority of his opponents are either well past their prime or simply not as skilled, despite being well-known names. I imagine the payouts are substantial, which is why everyone agrees to these bouts, they generate a lot of hype, and that means advertisers are willing to pay huge sums. In any case, as long as there’s public interest, they’ll try to squeeze as much money out of this as possible all while ensuring Paul doesn’t get seriously beaten, because if that were to happen, there would be no point in staging any further fights.