• coolusername [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    all of his fights vs pro or ex pro fighters are fixed. Joshua def went off script. Anderson Silva is a clever counterstriker, what he did against whatever Paul brother in that ring, that wasn’t him. Neither Paul brothers would be considered good amateur fighters much-less pro fighters.

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      1 month ago

      I agree that Paul is not a real pro fighter, but this fixing stuff is genuinely just cope. He was just exploiting people who could be used to hype up the match without being serious opponents (at that time, in boxing specifically)

      Paul has unlimited money and time for fitness, personal trainers, coaches, facilities, medical care, etc. He has no talent but he has the brute force of wealth and youth and that’s enough to crush surgically selected opponents even if he could never be a pro (and he could never be a pro).

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      1 month ago

      Anderson Silva was past his physical prime when he won the UFC title, he then kept it for over 5 years, fought another 5, retired, moved onto boxing, and fought Jake Paul at nearly 50 years old.

      Jake isn’t an actual world class pro, but he didn’t need to fix fights to win against his cherry picked opposition of retired, much lighter fighters from an entirely different sport.