{"id":174895,"date":"2025-06-11T06:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T06:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/174895\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T06:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T06:01:12","slug":"jake-paul-broke-the-internet-with-scary-faceplant-ko-win-over-former-ufc-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/174895\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul broke the internet with scary faceplant KO win over former UFC champion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jake Paul silenced his doubters with a spectacular Knockout of the Year in December 2021. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The YouTuber-turned-boxer faced heavy criticism when he entered the combat sports world five years ago.<\/p>\n

Some thought Jake Paul<\/a> was lucky to edge out a split decision win over former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley<\/a> in his fourth professional fight.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Problem Child\u2019 left no doubt when they rematched on short notice a few months later. <\/p>\n

\"JakePhoto by CHANDAN KHANNA\/AFP via Getty ImagesJake Paul broke the internet with Tyron Woodley KO<\/p>\n

Jake Paul was supposed to follow up his first win over Tyron Woodley<\/a> by facing a proper boxer for the first time. <\/p>\n

Tommy Fury<\/a>, the man who eventually gave Paul his first taste of defeat, withdrew due to a medical issue. <\/p>\n

Woodley stepped in on two weeks\u2019 notice hoping for revenge, but things went badly wrong for \u2018The Chosen One\u2019.<\/p>\n

The rematch was a scrappy, rarely eventful affair until one perfect shot changed everything. <\/p>\n

In round six, Paul landed a monstrous overhand right that sent Woodley crashing to the canvas.<\/p>\n

The fight was immediately waved off as Woodley was face-down and motionless on the ring floor. <\/p>\n

Footage of the shocking one-shot knockout quickly racked up millions of views on social media.<\/p>\n

A few weeks later, boxing\u2019s most controversial star was awarded \u2018Knockout of the Year\u2019 for his devastating win over an MMA fighter. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for Jake Paul?<\/p>\n

Jake Paul improved his record to 11-1 with a lopsided decision win over Mike Tyson<\/a> in November. <\/p>\n

Next up, he\u2019ll return to the ring against a man slightly closer to his prime than the 58-year-old heavyweight legend. <\/p>\n

Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be Paul\u2019s opponent<\/a> on June 28. <\/p>\n

The son of one of boxing\u2019s biggest legends, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., boasted a 46-0-1 record at the peaks of his powers \u2013 but he\u2019s suffered big defeats to Canelo Alvarez<\/a> and Anderson Silva<\/a> in recent years. <\/p>\n

Last July, Chavez Jr. outpointed ex-UFC star Uriah Hall on the undercard of Paul\u2019s fight with Mike Perry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Only time will tell if he\u2019ll be able to roll back the years and snap Paul\u2019s five-fight winning streak. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul silenced his doubters with a spectacular Knockout of the Year in December 2021. The YouTuber-turned-boxer faced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,17819,5705,79,72348,5706,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-174895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-jake-paul","10":"tag-mma","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tyron-woodley","13":"tag-ufc","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114663213289034523","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}