We all want to see Ben Askren just beat the absolute s**t out of Jake Paul this weekend. I put it on my Christmas list. I sent a letter to Santa Claus and prayed to Jesus and Muhammad and Moses and the Easter Bunny and whoever Scientology has for it to come true.
See, Askren is an actual fighter and we’re all hoping an actual fighter gives Jake a reality check that beating a YouTuber and a retired basketball player doesn’t make you a pro boxer.
There is, of course, a chance that Jake a Paul actually wins, because Ben Askren isn’t actually a boxer and he’s ten years older than Jake Paul and his career as a fighter was on the downturn when he retired, having lost two fights in a row, one after just five seconds, the only two losses of his career.
Ben Askren doesn’t even sound like he wants to win, because he doesn’t want to be known as the guy who beat up Jake Paul, he told TMZ Sports.
“I think most fans are more invested in the results of this bout than I am,” Askren said at the Triller Fight Club media day. “For me, I think, actually, the biggest negative comes from winning.”
“‘Cause if I beat Jake Paul’s ass, I’m gonna be like, world-famous … and I ain’t really trying to be world-famous.”
He does clarify that he’d like to win, but he doesn’t seem to care because it’s Jake Paul.
Ben Askren could actually end Jake Paul’s life, though. Paul claimed that he had “early signs of CTE” from his previous fights but was going to fight anyway. It’s weird because it usually takes 16 years for CTE to develop after a head injury, but I really want to believe him because it’s too funny to imagine Jake Paul being punch drunk after two exhibition matches with non-boxers.