4/17 Triller: Jake Paul vs Ben Askren

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I know win or lose Paul gonna start reconsidering fighting a pro fighter even one without boxing experience and go back to fighting scrubs. The mentality is different
The mental part is Askren's best chance to win. He's not a good boxer at all but is durable and with an iron will. Wrestlers are some of the most mentally strong athletes you'll find and he's used to get getting fukked up in MMA fights without folding. Paul is going to be sharper but I can also see him easily not being ready to go to that dark place because he didn't come up through the fire the way boxers traditionally do.
 

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Assuming Askren's chin is still good, even with his lackluster striking he should be able to pick Paul apart after letting him throw his best hits early.
 

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Ben looks so flabby.

Jake knocking him out.
 

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Assuming Askren's chin is still good, even with his lackluster striking he should be able to pick Paul apart after letting him throw his best hits early.
Ben is not picking no one apart.
 

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Just saw Askren's new video.

Punching on his toes, chin tucked, hands up, semi-decent lateral movement, crisp punching. Still looks a bit square; more of an mma stance. I think it's a possibility he could have playing possum in his previous videos.
He 100% leaves himself open to an easy counter uppercut anytime he throws a cross. He's leaning forward too much.
 

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Jake Paul-Ben Askren Triller Pay-Per-View Weigh-In Report From Atlanta
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BY JAKE DONOVAN
Published Fri Apr 16, 2021, 06:25 PM EDT


Jake Paul aims to further prove himself as a rising prospect.

The YouTube star and aspiring cruiserweight faces former mixed martial artist Ben Askren in their headline-grabbing grudge match. Both boxers made weight for their scheduled eight-round bout tops a Triller Fight Club Pay-Per-View event, airing live from Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Paul (2-0, 2KOs) tipped the scale at 191.5 pounds, while Askren checked in at a fleshy but fight-ready 191 pounds for his pro debut.

The event marks Paul’s first as a PPV headliner after serving as the chief support for Triller’s initial foray into the boxing world last November. Paul—originally from Ohio but who now fights out of Miami, Florida—saw his result go viral, flattening former NBA star Nate Robinson inside of two rounds. The bout came ten months after Paul made a successful pro debut with a 1st round knockout of fellow YouTube personality AnEson Gib last January in Miami.

Prior to the main event, Regis Prograis (25-1, 21KOs) fights for the second time since the pandemic as he takes on veteran fringe contender Ivan Redkach (23-5-1, 21KOs) in a scheduled 10-round bout above the junior welterweight limit.

Both boxers made weight for the chief support. Prograis weighed 143 pounds; Redkach—who hails from Los Angeles by way of Shostka, Ukraine—weighed 142 pounds.

Prograis previously held the WBA junior lightweight title, which he conceded to Josh Taylor via 12-round majority decision in the final round of the World Boxing Super Series tournament in October 2019. A year-long layoff followed before Prograis returned to the ring with a 3rd round knockout of Juan Heraldez last Halloween in San Antonio.

Redkach has not fought since a 12-round loss to Danny Garcia last January.

Below are the weights for the rest of the undercard.

Steve Cunningham (29-9-1, 13KOs), Philadelphia, 206 pounds vs. Frank Mir (debut), Las Vegas, 276 pounds—6 rounds, heavyweight

Joe Fournier (8-0, 8KOs), London, 187 pounds vs. Reykon (debut), Medellin, Colombia, 178 ½ pounds—6 rounds, light heavyweight

Junior Younan (15-0-1, KOs), Brooklyn, 171 ½ pounds vs. Jeyson Minda (14-4-1, 8KOs), Quito, Ecuador, 171 pounds—8 rounds, super middleweight

Quinton Randall (7-0, 2 KOS), Houston, 149 pounds vs. William Jackson (13-2-2, 5KOs), Cincinnati, 144 pounds—8 rounds, welterweight
 
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