While Wayne Rooney has distanced himself from participating in a boxing match in the near future, that has not stopped those within the sport to speculate who he could face.
Promoter Eddie Hearn has mentioned Jake Paul as a potential opponent and even offered a prediction as to how this particular contest would play out .
Now boxing analyst Paulie Malignaggi has named an opponent for Rooney, but it is not a professional boxer, instead it's someone from the world of football in a contest which he believes would break pay per view records.
“Rooney should go down the Jake Paul route, you've got to fight another footballer or NBA guy, or a rugby guy. Start with that," Malignaggi told Lord Ping .
"Jake Paul started with retired NBA guys, so I don't think Wayne goes right into a fight with a real fighter. Go with another well-known athlete.
"If we're going to do another footballer, make Rooney versus Ibrahimovic. That fight would break all pay-per-view records, that would easily do a million buys. Easy.
"Think about the promotion, the video clips of the two being physical on the football field, you could sell them as fighters in that way. Wayne and Zlatan is the one I want to see."
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