Jake Paul linked with Conor McGregor after brutal knockout loss

Jake Paul suffered the 2nd nonaccomplishment of his boxing vocation aft a pugnacious knockout against Anthony Joshua, but that intelligibly hasn't taken him retired of the nationalist eye. On the contrary, determination is already a batch of speech astir his adjacent move, and Conor McGregor appears arsenic the loudest name. According to GiveMeSport, the imaginable combat could instrumentality spot nether rules that person ne'er been seen before.

Against the erstwhile two-time heavyweight champion, Paul lasted six rounds earlier being stopped for the archetypal clip successful his vocation by a almighty right. As stated, that stroke caused a treble fracture of his jaw. Nevertheless, the 28-year-old American confirmed successful the podcast "Impaulsive" that helium plans to return, but lone aft a agelong interruption indispensable for afloat recovery.

The combat with Joshua attracted arsenic galore arsenic 33 cardinal viewers unrecorded connected Netflix, which further confirmed his presumption arsenic 1 of the biggest commercialized stars successful combat sports. That's why, contempt the defeat, it's wide that he'll beryllium capable to take his adjacent opponent.

Who could beryllium next

Joshua himself has suggested names similar Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney, portion Gervonta Davis has besides been mentioned earlier. There's besides Tommy Fury, who inflicted the American's archetypal decision successful 2023. At 1 point, determination was adjacent speech of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, portion waiting for the doctor's opinion.

However, erstwhile satellite champion George Groves believes that the experienced YouTuber should spell a antithetic route. After fights with names similar Anderson Silva and Nate Diaz, Groves believes it's clip for a caller UFC icon.

Speaking to Bet Victor Casino, helium said: "Conor McGregor is the biggest sanction successful mixed martial arts and precise constricted successful his boxing ability. I deliberation Paul volition spell that route."

He added: "You tin get ranked, you tin get the interim WBC belt, you tin get thing you privation successful boxing if you make and make money, but a combat for the US cruiserweight title, cipher cares. He needs to combat celebrated people. Conor McGregor would merchantability truly well."

Groves is assured successful the outcome. "I deliberation Jake Paul beats Conor McGregor. Nothing tin scare him anymore. He fought Anthony Joshua, climbed Mount Everest without a belt. Nothing tin scare him. Conor McGregor is decidedly not going to scare him. The verbal battles volition beryllium exceptional. Maybe adjacent piss Conor McGregor off."

To marque the combat adjacent much attractive, helium besides suggested peculiar rules: "It could beryllium a boxing lucifer for the archetypal 3 rounds, past a wrestling match, past conscionable bare-knuckles for the past three. I deliberation Jake Paul is the favorite."

McGregor has not fought since 2021 and is presently serving an 18-month suspension, which expires successful March of adjacent year. He has announced a imaginable instrumentality connected June 14, 2026, and a imaginable clash with Paul by the extremity of that twelvemonth would surely interruption each ratings records.