Logan Paul is not done with his combat sports career just yet. He may even be looking to branch out.
Paul, a YouTube star and YouTube celebrity, first got into boxing in 2018 in which he fought fellow YouTuber KSI. The result was a draw in an amateur bout. Given the finish, the two rematched in a professional bout in 2019, with Paul losing by split decision. That failure did little to stunt his boxing career though, as Paul ended up securing an exhibition bout against Floyd Mayweather in 2021, where he managed to survive eight rounds against the all-time great. Paul now wants to win his first ever real victory in non-exhibition boxing.
Speaking with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Paul said that he is looking to compete in boxing again this year, hopefully against Brazilian YouTuber Whindersson Nunes, who recently fought to a draw in an exhibition boxing match against Acelino Freitas, a 46-year old former WBO super featherweight champion.
“That’s who I would love to fight, to be honest with you,” Paul said. We’ve had a lot of back and forth for several years. “Whindersson is huge. I think, similarly to myself, he’s pivoted multiple careers and the kid obviously works hard and is disciplined, and I think it would be an amazing match with two massive entertainers. He’s got 60 million or so followers on Instagram. His popularity rivals that of some the most famous celebrities around the globe, with more than a million followers on Instagram. The same as when I boxed KSI for the first time, there was an international bloodbath: U.K. vs. U.S.A. It would be great to have the United States vs. Brazil
Logan Paul’s interest in boxing Nunes continues him down a path that diverges greatly from his brother Jake’s boxing career. Jake Paul began his boxing career as the co-main event for Logan’s first fight with KSI, but has since gone on to make waves in the sport by fighting other professional athletes and knocking out former MMA champions Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley. In fact, that success in the boxing realm has led Jake to openly talk about fight Canelo Alvarez some day, which is a far cry from what Logan Paul is interested in.
” I’m going to leave that up for Jake,” Paul stated. “He wants to be a real, live boxer — he wants to go 10-0. A) I don’t care. B) I’m already professionally 0-1, so I’ve ruined my chances. I’m 0-1-1. You’re a lame dude. Like, f*ck it. I’ll just go on an put on some big shows, and hopefully we’ll see what happens with this Whindersson situation. The next opponent I will fight is going to be knocked out. “
I am certain that my fight with Floyd Mayweather, the greatest fighter in the world, will be the last.
As it stands, boxing Whindersson is not the sum of Logan Paul’s combat sports ambitions.
A standout wrestler in high school, Paul has said that his grappling skills exceed his boxing ability, and as more opportunities become available for him, the elder Paul brother says that a foray into MMA is inevitable — and could potentially happen sooner than expected.
“Probably. I get bored. I get f*cking bored,” Paul said. Paul said, “I’m so interested in so many different things that it seems like why not?” Who the f*ck else is doing it? Or can? It would be fun, and I believe it would be amazing. A few [people have offered]. One was actually in Japan, which I might still end up doing. It excites me.”
If Paul decides to jump into MMA, he’ll have plenty of potential suitors. Bellator CEO Scott Coker has already said he would welcome the opportunity to work with him.
