YouTuber-tured boxer has been teasing an MMA switch
JAKE PAUL has been called out to a never-before-seen mixed-rules fight by MMA star Antonio Carlos Junior.
The YouTuber-turned boxer is signed to the Professional Fighters League and talking up an anticipated cage debut.
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Jake Paul has been called out to a mixed-rules fight by MMA star Antonio Carlos JuniorCredit: CELSIUS/Alex Subers
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Antonio Carlos Junior won the PFL title in 2021
And former PFL champion Junior is ready to meet Paul halfway by proposing the first ever boxing fight in an MMA cage.
He told SunSport: “We can do boxing in MMA gloves, or regular boxing, MMA. I’m a martial artist. So whatever it is, I’m in.
“But it will not end good for him, at all.”
Junior – who starred on Brazilian Big Brother last year – returns to this year’s PFL season after coming back from an ACL injury.
The Brazilian scooped the light-heavyweight title and $1million cash prize in 2021.
But he had to pull out injured just two bouts into the 2022 campaign, missing last year’s as a result.
Meanwhile Paul, 27, faces boxing icon Mike Tyson, 57, on July 20 in a controversial clash scrutinised over the 30-year age gap.
And Junior, 34, raged: “He never really fights a guy in their prime.