{"id":206927,"date":"2025-06-23T05:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T05:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/206927\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T05:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T05:43:12","slug":"jake-paul-blames-dana-white-for-the-two-most-ludicrous-criticisms-aimed-at-his-boxing-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/206927\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul blames Dana White for the two most ‘ludicrous’ criticisms aimed at his boxing career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jake Paul has gone back-and-forth with UFC CEO Dana White since beginning his boxing journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The former Disney star is days away from his next outing in the ring, as Paul fights Julio Cesar Chavez Jr<\/a> at the Honda Center in Anaheim on June 28.<\/p>\n

While the bout will mark Paul\u2019s<\/a> 12th as a professional, he is still not fully accepted in the sport by many fans and fighters. And familiar criticisms are expected to return to the surface as \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 looks to make it six wins on the bounce since his sole loss.<\/p>\n

And the two leading unfounded claims used to take away from his boxing career, Paul says, are down to the efforts of White<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jake Paul says Dana White caused accusations of rigged fights and steroid use<\/p>\n

The UFC CEO has been a vocal critic of the Cleveland native\u2019s entry into combat sports, with White taking aim at Paul<\/a> in the lead-up to his past bouts.<\/p>\n

White has largely shared the same sentiment as many of Paul\u2019s detractors, accusing him of hand-picking past-their-prime MMA and boxing veterans whom he\u2019s likely to beat.<\/p>\n

But during an appearance on The Iced Coffee Hour, the 28-year-old highlighted some of White\u2019s more serious and \u201cludicrous\u201d claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cRigged fights and steroids I think is probably the most ludicrous ones,\u201d Paul said. \u201cDana White started both of those rumors.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I beat Mike Tyson, the amount of people saying, \u2018This is rigged.\u2019 \u2026 The average person doesn\u2019t understand boxing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s definitely the number one (least deserving criticism).\u201d<\/p>\n

White called for Paul to be drug tested<\/a> during the height of their heated war of words in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Jake Paul made it his goal to \u2019embarrass\u2019 Dana White\u2019s UFC fighters<\/p>\n

Though Paul\u2019s choice of opposition has often been a tool used by his detractors in their criticism, \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 has embraced his MMA fighter-heavy boxing r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n

To date, the Cleveland native has defeated five cage veterans, with Paul notably knocking out Tyron Woodley<\/a> and netting decisions over Anderson Silva and Nate Diaz.<\/p>\n

In December 2020, early on in his career as a pugilist, Paul hinted that he wouldn\u2019t be letting up in his pursuit of matches against UFC stars.<\/p>\n

Paul told ESPN that he wanted to \u201cembarrass\u201d as many of White\u2019s fighters as he could.<\/p>\n

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“We\u2019re already calling up Dana [White] and we\u2019re like, \u2018Yo, bring your UFC guys into the ring and let\u2019s make massive fights.\u2019\u201d@jakepaul<\/a> says he wants to “embarrass” MMA fighters in the boxing ring. (via @marc_raimondi) pic.twitter.com\/RG8dlkQ957<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ESPN MMA (@espnmma) December 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The most recent victim of that ambition was Mike Perry, who was stopped by TKO in round six of his July 2024 fight against Paul.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n