YouTube boxer AnEsonGib has emerged as a surprising ally to Jake Paul amid criticism over his big win last yr.
The social media stars fought one another of their skilled boxing debuts in 2020, with Paul winning by TKO in the primary round. Since then, they’ve gone on to have successful fight careers of their very own, with ‘Gib’ now set to compete within the fundamental event of a Misfits Boxing super card in Qatar.
Last week in Dallas, Paul had the most important night of his profession thus far when he faced legendary former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson live to tell the tale Netflix. And despite widespread criticism, his old rival was impressed with some points of the show.
AnEsonGib was impressed with Netflix presentation for Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson
One key aspect of influencer boxing that has all the time captured the imagination of AnEsonGib, whose real name is Ali Al-Fakkri, is the storytelling. He’s famed for his ability to construct a narrative heading right into a fight, arguably most famously when he fought Paul in 2020.
And while he admits that the fight itself wasn’t an ideal spectacle, he did have some good things to say about last week’s big Netflix show. Speaking exclusively with Bloody Elbow ahead of his fight with Slim Albaher, he explained: “It was an ideal exhibition.
“It was platform to be on [with Netflix], nobody got seriously hurt but yeah you felt sorry for Mike a couple of times. He didn’t look sharp or good… Mike didn’t get hit too hard, right? From the clips that I saw it didn’t look too bad.
“I like his journey to date, he’s done good. I’m unsure where he’s going to go now from this, but I’m sure him and his team are going to make an ideal plan. The event was successful so I’m sure they’ve a plan.”
AnEsonGib reflects on Jake Paul fight five years on
Back in 2020, ‘Gib’ managed to speak his way right into a showdown with Paul in Miami that got here despite almost every metric going against him. The American, despite drawing fewer viewers on YouTube on the time, was a much larger name and in addition required his rival to maneuver as much as cruiserweight.
Nevertheless, the Saudi Arabian-born Brit moved forward and never stopped pressing Paul, ultimately losing to the three knockdown rule of their Super Bowl week bout. Since that loss, he has turn into the one one in every of Paul’s victims to proceed fighting, not losing once since their showdown.
“I keep in mind that I used to be in YouTuber mode,” he explained. “I used to be making a great deal of videos trying to advertise the fight and I used to be doing job. So once I lost I used to be like ‘s***, I didn’t take boxing as serious as I should’.
“When it got announced there was 4 week of camp and I trained hard then but I wasn’t training as hard as I should through the off-season. So I dedicated my time into the amateur gyms and what a redemption story I’ve had since.
“I’ve been taking down promotions, Social Gloves, Kingpyn, so I’ve liked my story; from the highs to the lows, they’ve all meant something.”
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