Daniel Cormier thinks Mike Perry will shock Jake Paul within the boxing ring.
Perry (0-1) faces Paul (9-1) in an eight-round cruiserweight boxing match July 20 in Tampa, Fla. The occasion airs on DAZN pay-per-view.
Perry has had great success as a bare-knuckle boxer. “Platinum” is 5-0 beneath the BKFC banner, together with stoppages of former UFC champions Luke Rockhold and Eddie Alvarez. He managed to out-brawl all of his opponents in bare-knuckle boxing, and Cormier thinks he can do the identical to Paul., regardless of the larger gloves and completely different ruleset.
“Can Mike Perry stalk him in the best way that he stalks these guys in naked knuckle? And does the injury make Jake Paul begin to query himself like he did to Luke Rockhold, like he did to Thiago Alves?” Cormier mentioned on his YouTube channel. “I imply, he damage Eddie Alvarez dangerous. These are powerful guys. What we’ve realized about Jake is that he possesses sufficient abilities to trigger issues for a lot of within the boxing ring.
“He’s going to be greater than Perry, he’s going to have extra boxing expertise than Perry, however does that equate (a win)? If I’m being sincere with you, I consider that Mike Perry wins this struggle. I feel he’s going to make this struggle simply ugly sufficient to beat Jake. But when he doesn’t, and if his recreation plan isn’t ideally suited, he’ll discover himself placing himself in harmful areas, and Jake Paul can crack.”
Paul, 27, will tackle Perry, 32, lower than 4 months earlier than dealing with Mike Tyson on Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Paul was initially scheduled to face Tyson on July 20 earlier than a medical difficulty pressured the boxing legend out. “The Downside Little one” is coming off back-to-back first-round knockouts of Andre August and Ryan Bourland.
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