YouTuber and podcast host, turned skilled wrestler and boxer, Logan Paul, has claimed he turned down a suggestion to face former eight-division world boxing champion, Manny Pacquaio in a return to the squared circle – as he prefers to give attention to his skilled wrestling profession.
Paul, who competed in opposition to former world champion and previous foe of Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition boxing match final 12 months, has featured simply as soon as professionally – struggling a choice loss in opposition to latest winner, KSI.
The Ohio native, the elder brother of outspoken skilled boxer, Jake Paul, has been linked with quite a few fights to return him to lively competitors, significantly, a 2023 showdown in opposition to Bellator MMA welterweight and grappling expertise, Dillion Danis.
Logan Paul rejects provide to combat Manny Pacquiao in boxing return
Nonetheless, Logan Paul, who has additionally been linked to a combat in opposition to controversial former kickboxing champion, Andrew Tate, claimed he had obtained a suggestion to field the veteran, Pacquiao – which he finally determined to show down.
“It was on the desk,” Logan Paul mentioned of a combat with Manny Pacquiao throughout an interview with Fight Hub TV. “On the desk, like, ‘Would you like this combat (with Manny Pacquiao)?’ I mentioned, ‘No’, as a result of I cannot be the man that simply fights retired boxers. I did that when, now I’m going to combat a wrestler in his prime, let’s see what occurs.”
That includes underneath the WWE (World Wrestling Leisure) banner since final 12 months, Paul is predicted to face champion, Roman Reigns at a WWE Crown Jewel pay-per-view occasion on November 5. from the Mrsool Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
As for Pacquaio, the previous eight-division world champion final featured atop an August card in opposition to Cuban puncher, Yordenis Ugas, struggling a unanimous resolution loss in a WBA tremendous welterweight title offing over the course of 12 rounds in Las Vegas, Nevada.
