All right, we got a Fight Night on Saturday evening
where Jake Paul returns to the ring to battle Mike
Perry.
Let's break down the fight.
We're going to do it with the host of the
mandatory boxing show, Chantal Shan and Brian Fonseca, who joined
me.
Now, guys, how is it going?
It's going good.
Dex, happy to be back on talking some boxing.
Yeah, it's been a while.
Brian, you doing good.
I know you're always ready for some violence.
How are you doing, man?
Yeah, I'll, I'll be more ready for Terence Crawford in
two weeks.
But this will do.
This will do for now.
This will think.
So do for now.
OK, Well, it has to do for now 'cause we're
going to talk about it.
And I'm going to start with you, Chantelle, because there
was initial skepticism regarding this bout considering Perry's limited boxing
experience here.
But what aspects of Paul versus Perry in your eyes
are genuinely interesting?
Well, I think the number one thing is the fact
that Mike Perry is 32 years old, So he's the
youngest fighter that Jake Paul has actually fought.
So if you think about it, they're closer in age
and that's good because Mike Perry will have better conditioning
as well.
Perry has UFC experience.
He's 14 and 811 of those wins by knockout.
He has power.
He's also five and O and bare knuckle fighting.
He just knocked out Tiago Alves.
And listen, bare knuckle fighting is a little bit different,
right?
It's a six round.
Those are two-minute rounds.
Jake Paul and Mike Perry are going to be fighting
an 8 round bout and they're going to be 3
minute rounds.
So the pace is going to be entirely different.
But I think for the most part, Mike Perry is
gritty.
We know Nate Diaz, we know that he is tough
as nails, but he hasn't faced a guy like Perry
before in my opinion.
And I think Mike Perry is going to make this
a fight.
He's going to come forward, you know he's going to
try to be the aggressor in this fight.
So I think it's going to be extremely interesting and
he's not going to give up.
So that's why it makes it a great.
OK, So Chantelle has Mike Perry making this a fight,
Brian, which brings me to you because this is just
Perry's second boxing match.
Chantelle just talked about his UFC experience, MMA background.
And Perry said this.
He promised to give Jake Paul quote, hell in the
ring.
So Brian, what do you think Perry's game plan will
be to achieve this into this meaning hell in the
ring?
What's his game plan here?
He's probably going to try to smother him.
He's probably going to try to get on the inside.
He's probably going to try to do, you know, tough
guy BS and just like, bulldoze his way on the
interior in order to make Jake Paul uncomfortable.
But Jake Paul actually, I mean, look, we got to
give him credit.
He's improved as a boxer.
He kind of knows how to use his range.
And he's going to have to use it again tonight
because he is taller, he's longer, he's younger, He has
all the physical advantages.
And, oh, this is going to be a cruiserweight boxing
match.
Jake Paul had been fighting between like 183 and 100
91 lbs leading up to his last couple of fights
where he fought actual boxers, air quotes boxers because their
resumes were not very good.
But he weighed in for his last two fights at
199 lbs each, right at the cruiserweight limit.
Mike Perry hasn't fought above 185 in, I believe either
the UFC or in BKFC.
So this is going to be a stark difference in
terms of the size.
We'll see what actually happens in the ring, but Jake
Paul's going to have all the physical advantages.
So I'm not sure what Mike Perry's going to do.
That's going to be super creative and different.
I mean, you know, Jake Paul's fought Anderson Silva, who
was super crafty.
He fought Tommy Fury, who's at least better than Mike
Perry.
We'll see what Mike Perry actually does.
But BKFC, while he's had success in there and his
five and O, it's not really it's not the same
as box, you know, gloves versus no gloves, time limits,
as Chantelle mentioned.
And also the lack of defense just perpetually in BKFC
is not something that's going to translate very well in
the ring.
So we'll see what he does and hopefully he makes
his fight, but I'm not sure that I'm convinced he's
going to do that.
All right, BS bare knuckle fighting just for people.
Once again, very different game, very different fighting in terms
of what we will see in with boxing comparatively.
Chantelle, back to you considering for Jake Paul Paul there
are still future plans to fight Mike Tyson.
What are the stakes for Paul in this fight?
How could he win or loss in this bout impact
Jake Paul's boxing career and credibility in the sport?
I don't think his credibility is going to change.
I mean, you heard Brian say it right there.
He's fought, quote, UN quote, you know, real boxers that
didn't have the best records, Andre August, Ryan Borland.
And I think his credibility will always be questioned until
he's fighting in the cruiserweight division, fighting guys that are
real boxers, not former MMA guys, not guys that are
58 years old like Mike Tyson.
So I think his credibility will always kind of be
questioned For boxing purists.
However, there are some some pros to what Jake Paul
does.
I mean, how he's promoted the sport, how he's uplifted
women's boxing, and at the same time he's also bringing
in different viewers.
A lot of these Jake Paul viewers are not diehard
boxing fans.
They might be casual boxing fans, but he brings in
an entire different viewership.
And I think we got to give him some props
for that.
I don't think his credibility is going to change.
And I do think that people will still look forward
to him fighting Mike Tyson whether he wins or loses,
because let's keep in mind, Mike Perry has UFC experience.
He's a fighter.
We know that he's gritty and we also know that
he's five and oh, and bare knuckle fighting.
So he has fight experience.
If he was able to get it get done against
Jake Paul, I think people would be surprised.
But at the same time, he's a fighter.
And as I was saying, they would still look forward
to Mike Tyson because I think the older people know
that Mike Tyson is one of the greatest knockout artists
of all time and they want to see him knockout
Jake Paul and then Jake Paul fans want to see
him beat Mike Tyson.
So I think there will still be an interest there
whether he wins or loses against Mike Perry.
All right, so win or loss, you still feel like
there will be interest in the Jake Paul Tyson fight.
I tend to agree with you.
People will be excited to see that.
Brian, back to you.
This fight.
Let's just say it's being marketed heavily on entertainment value.
Do you think it bounces well with the sporting aspect
here or does one over shadow the other?
I hope it's entertaining.
Mike Perry will certainly try to make it entertaining.
And I think I think he will because he's he's
again again going to come forward has sort of an
all action style that I at least think he's going
to bring.
Jake Paul, if nothing else, understands the entertainment value of
what he's doing.
You know, there are some questionable things of sort of
circulating around him, but you actually know what you're going
to get from him in the ring at this point,
which I cannot believe that sentence that I'm saying out
loud.
But when Jake Paul steps into a boxing ring, you
kind of know what you're going to get.
So I do think this is going to be entertaining
from that standpoint.
I don't know how much the fight has in terms
of large ramifications.
I would just say that if my Perry does win
that, yeah, Jake Paul, some of the shine in that
is going to be lost and what he's trying to
do as a quote, UN quote, actual boxer, which he
is continuing to profess.
That's what he actually is at this point.
But I don't think that if he loses that the
Mike Tyson fight becomes much less interesting.
Think if you could argue it becomes more interesting because
there are people who think Mike Tyson's going to lose
that because, well, we had a medical issue that postponed
the fight for four months.
So why would people think that this is going to
be something that's super easy for Mike Tyson anyway?
So if Jake Paul is out here losing to Mike
Perry, I think that that fight with Mike Tyson becomes
potentially more interesting.
But, you know, ultimately, I do think that, you know,
where we are is this could be entertaining.
This is kind of a stay busy fight at this
point for Jake Paul and we've seen what he's done
to former MMA fighters before.
So we'll see if this is any different.
All right, fans of the sport hope that this one
is an entertaining one.
And considering we've gone through all the entertainment, we've broke
everything down.
Last thing for me, guys, what are your predictions for
the fight?
Who do you see coming out on top and why?
Chantelle, start with you first.
Jake Paul trains all year round in boxing.
He has the boxing experience.
He's going to have the height advantage, He's going to
have the reach advantage.
And Mike Perry, despite the fact of having that UFC
experience, despite the fact of being 5 and O and
bare knuckle fighting, that's just a whole entire different sport.
If it was bare knuckle fighting, I would definitely lean
towards Mike Perry.
But because it's boxing and we know what Jake Paul
does in the ring, he's going to be able to
use that right hand.
I believe he's going to be able to control the
distance.
Mike Perry is going to be trying to come forward,
be the aggressor and close the gap, and I think
Jake Paul is going to have success against him.
The only thing is I was looking towards betting on
the knockout, and I think a lot of people are
because Mike Perry kind of leaves his chin exposed and
he doesn't have the boxing experience.
Plus we've seen Jake Paul layout former MMA guys.
But I think Mike Perry is so gritty.
As I mentioned, I know Nate Diaz, he's tough too,
and Jake Paul was able to get it done against
him.
But Mike Perry is of a different breed.
You hear the term, he's an absolute dog.
That's what Mike Perry is.
So I actually switched my bet decks.
I'm going to go Jake Paul by decision at +200
and some value there.
All right, really leaning into the grittiness here with Mike
Perry.
Jake Paul by decision.
Brian, are you on the same wavelength or you going
with a Jake Paul knockout here?
No, when the odds dropped on Tuesday, I immediately bet
Jake Paul by knockout and they've actually since gotten a
little better.
So I'm I might hit it again before this fight
starts.
I think that you know, Mike Perry, yes, he's tough.
He's very accomplished in not just MMA and BKFCI would
say combat sports in general.
He's boxed before he's been knocked out in boxing, He's
been knocked out in MMA and I think he gets
knocked out by Jake Paul.
Who nine and one six knockouts, a bunch of them
against former MMA fighters.
We're at the point now where Jake Paul's fighting his
11th pro fights.
We've been doing this for a while.
The experience factors there and you know, it's only 8
rounds, but I do think that Mike Perry's defense is
going to be an issue.
The hands are low when he has exchanges and Jake
Paul's going to be looking to counter.
He has a 76 inch reach, so he has a
long right hand.
That's going to be coming at Mike Perry.
Yeah, I think he's going to flatline him and stop
him.
And I don't know when in the fight.
It could be early, could be late, whatever the case
may be.
But the odds from a betting perspective are good enough
for me to just take the knockout straight up.
But you don't always get in boxing with guys who
are kind of heavy favorites.
All right, here we go.
Interesting predictions from you both.
Chantelle going with Jake Paul on the decision.
Brian going for the knockout will be an interesting one.
Jake Paul versus Mike Perry going down on Saturday night
in Tampa, FL.
That is Brian Fonseca and Chantelle Shan, check out their
show, the mandatory boxing show, live show after the fight
guys, live show after the fight.
Make sure you check that out as well.
Good to talk boxing with you both.
We will do it again down the road for Terence
Crawford, which we know that Brian is excited for.
He can't wait for some more violence.
Thanks guys.
Appreciate it.