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The Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva pay-per-view (PPV) event “tanked.”
That’s according to “The Problem Child,” who blamed the collapse of their Oct. 29 boxing match on a pre-fight appearance that Silva was subjected to during sparring. The Brazilian later retracted those comments after the sport’s governing body got involved, but Paul believes the damage has been done.
“The pre-orders are crazy,” Paul told IMPAULSIVE (written by Fara Hannoun). “Together, up, up. And on Wednesday, when the news came out about Anderson saying that he had been beaten either way, and that the fight was in danger, and all this newspaper came out, the buyers who had already walked away . People see that and they’re like, ‘Oh, it’s not happening.’ Tommy (Fury) pulled up, Hasim (Rahman Jr.) pulled back, ‘Oh, Jake fucking Paul can’t get another meeting together. We’re done.’ It killed ticket sales. Boom, boom, boom, we were still selling tickets that day. Everything went to zero.”
Another turd to dispose of?
Paul previously tried to box Tommy Fury and Hasim Rahman Jr. but those fights fell apart at the eleventh hour and sent the YouTube star to the drawing board. This may (or may not) explain why buyers got cold feet after the 47-year-old Silva started talking about his recent tragedy.
And he feels like the time has not done them any favors.
“Halloween, World Series, Sunday football, this is the worst time of the year to fight,” Paul continued. “But guess what: I have to fight. All my fights from now on will be in the spring. No games. There is this perfect gap in July, early August where there are no games. And by the way, all my other fights were during the COVID when nobody had anything to do and watch. I have to fight this year. I just had to mess with him. I’m sick and tired of waiting around.”
Paul defeated Silva by decision and is now on the Nate Diaz fight for 2023.
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