Brothers Jake Paul and Logan Paul made social media bulletins Tuesday that instructed their subsequent struggle shall be towards one another and aired on HBO Max.
Calling it the “moment you’ve waited a decade for,” the posts featured a head-to-head shot of the brothers with a March 27 date and the HBO Max emblem. Additional particulars weren’t included within the posts.
Jake Paul, 28, and Logan Paul, 29, are each YouTube stars who know the way to create a buzz. Their exhibitions have drawn the curiosity of the largest names in fight sports activities. Jake Paul defeated Mike Tyson in November in an eight-round unanimous resolution. Logan Paul went the space in an exhibition towards Floyd Mayweather in 2021.
An HBO Max struggle can be a primary for the Pauls, who’ve had their bouts aired on platforms comparable to DAZN, Showtime, Fanmio, ESPN+ and Netflix.
Jake Paul and Tyson, the previous heavyweight champion, broke information. Promoters stated in November that the Tyson-Paul struggle was the highest-grossing fight sports activities occasion ever in Texas, pulling in $18.1 million. BetMGM stated the bout was by far its most-bet boxing or mixed-martial arts struggle, taking 3 times the variety of bets and 4 instances the cash of any fight sport in its historical past.
Logan Paul is a part-time performer for World Wrestling Leisure. He has been wildly profitable in WWE, having claimed america Championship and took part in a number of premium reside occasions. The struggle together with his brother can be simply weeks earlier than WrestleMania, the largest occasion on the professional wrestling calendar.
It’s unclear whether or not a struggle between Logan Paul and former UFC champion Conor McGregor will occur. McGregor stated in December that he was in “preliminary agreements” with the household of billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani to struggle Logan Paul in India.
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