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Jake Paul experienced a crystal clear message for his sceptics forward of his knockout acquire more than Tyron Woodley final week.

“My career is about shutting individuals the f*** up,” he said.

With 1 swift overhand ideal, Paul despatched the previous UFC champion crashing to the canvas alongside with the notion he is a YouTube sideshow and practically nothing additional.

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ESPN character Stephen A. Smith is not so certain however, contacting Paul out and exposing the incredibly criticism that proceeds to comply with the net feeling around.

Paul may boast an unblemished five- history in his qualified career but he is nonetheless to encounter a legitimate boxer, a person to test just how legit he definitely is.

The 24-12 months-outdated experienced only final week claimed he can ascend to the exact heights as Muhammad Ali.

“Jake Paul just can’t get away with lying anymore,” he said on ‘First Take’.

“He has been schooling with boxers and qualified boxing trainers for additional than four a long time, from my comprehending.

“You knocked out a basketball player, you knocked out a person in Ben Askren who was a UFC fighter. He was a wrestler.

“Tyron Woodley experienced the electrical power to knock you out certain, and he’s knocked individuals out ahead of. But he’s a wrestler.

“You’re not combating boxers. And somewhere alongside the way, individuals gotta quit going for walks around, laughing and performing like it’s alright for you to be beating up on cats that really don’t box, even though you are contacting on your own a boxer.”

Paul did phone out pound-for-pound No.one Canelo Alvarez just after the Woodley bout, crafting on Twitter: “I hope you are training”.

Smith however was even additional incensed by the actuality the YouTube star imagined he was at the stage in which he could problem a fighter of Alvarez’s calibre.

“That’s a joke,” he said.

“It’s an insult. Here’s the offer – Canelo’s the most effective in the environment. He’ll knock Jake Paul out in 1 round. He’ll get him out.

“But additional importantly, Jake Paul hasn’t attained the ideal to be in the ring with any person as serious, and as lethal, and as accomplished as Canelo.”

Paul was meant to struggle Tommy Fury as a substitute of Woodley, whilst the 50 percent-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson pulled out due to healthcare causes.

“Now, in fairness to him, he [Paul] was gonna struggle Tommy Fury… which is a boxer,” Smith added.

“All I’m indicating to Jake Paul is – you gotta struggle boxers. Fighting these individuals that really don’t box, that just get in the ring with you, which is a difficulty.”

Smith did go on to include that he does respect Paul for helping deal with a “problematic” portion of the boxing environment.

“On 1 hand, Jake Paul is a person we ought to applaud,” he said.

“I like Jake Paul. I think he’s a charismatic character. I like the actuality he has managed to get items away from boxing promoters and revealed the boxing environment that you really don’t have to be held hostage by promoters in get to get fights and make some dollars.

“I think that is a lovely matter for the sport of boxing. Promoters have messed up the sport of boxing, they maintain up fights… you’ve bought to wait around a long time for them.

“That’s problematic. Nearly anything that allows us to see the fights we want to see and see a boxer get fights, which is fantastic.”

His criticism of Paul even now stands however and it is not the initially time Smith has named out the 24-12 months-outdated, evaluating him to brother Logan in June this 12 months.

“I am not amazed, not 1 bit,” Smith said on an episode of Stephen A’s Planet at the time.

“While Logan Paul is using fights way more than his head, receiving in the ring with boxing royalty like Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather — jeopardizing a beat down for the ages, by the way — Jake Paul is heading the reverse path. The full reverse path. Fighting non-boxers.

“You have to ease into this, I get all of that, but at some level, you have to struggle a actual boxer, Jake.

“You have to struggle a person with some muscle memory in the sport. I really don’t give a damn if it’s an beginner, doesn’t even have to be a professional, just any person with muscle memory for truly boxing, not any person like Woodley.

“If Jake Paul is at any time heading to get the respect in boxing that I know he desires, he has to encounter actual opponents.“