YouTuber Jake Paul will step back inside the ring for an eight-round boxing match with UFC’s Ben Askren on April 17, as Triller’s Ryan Kavanaugh confirmed with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani on Tuesday. Paul holds a 2-0 record as a boxer, defeating fellow Internet personality AnEsonGib in January 2020 and former NBA basketball player Nate Robinson last November. Askren, an accomplished collegiate wrestler, two-time NCAA Division 1 Champion, US Olympic Team member in freestyle wrestling and former welterweight champion in both Bellator and ONE Championship, made the jump to the UFC in November 2018.
Breaking: Internet personality turned pro boxer Jake Paul will fight former UFC fighter Ben Askren in an eight-round pro boxing match on April 17, Triller Founder Ryan Kavanaugh told @arielhelwani.
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