Jake Paul, brother of fellow YouTube celebrity Logan Paul, has polarised the boxing community just three fights into his crossover from online streaming, much like his sibling who recently went eight non-competitive rounds with all-time great Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Jake is 3-0 unlike Logan, and after beating fellow internet personality AnEsonGib, basketball player Nate Robinson and MMA grappler Ben Askren, faces a bigger challenge in his next outing on August 28 — albeit another where his opponent is making their boxing debut.
It will be Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley, a former UFC welterweight champion who is far more adept at striking than Askren. But when asked by TMZ where he sees the whole boxing project taking him in the next five years, the 24-year-old's response was interesting, to say the least.
"I just want to continue to be the most disruptive boxer in the history of the sport," he explained.
"That means taking this on a fight-by-fight basis and continuing to get even bigger and take on more and more serious opponents. If you told me where I was gonna be at three years ago, I wouldn’t believe you.
"So I don’t even wanna think about, or ‘cap’ myself, with the possibilities. I’m open minded and I think anything is possible.
"I think I could be fighting against Canelo Alvarez for the WBC or the WBO championship belt. Why not, baby?
"A lot of people are afraid to try, they’re afraid to get up out of their seats, they’re afraid to do something different. But that’s them, that’s not me. I know I can accomplish anything I set my mind to, and that’s why there’s a difference between successful and non-successful people in this world.
"So really, the sky is the limit. It’s just about how seriously I take it, and I do take it seriously. More seriously than 99% of these ‘professional’ boxers that are out there."
As if the straight-faced suggestion that he could competitively challenge the current unified super-middleweight champion and concensus pound-for-pound king of boxing wasn't enough, the shade thrown at other boxers — and even other people in general — for not being ambitious or 'professional' enough is unlikely to win the brash star any more fans.