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There was a whole lot of weird within the lead as much as Ben Askren vs. Jake Paul, which is luckily virtually right here and achieved with. The 2 will battle this Saturday evening (April 17, 2021) from Mercedes-Benz Area in Atlanta, Georgia, and the outcome might have a significant impression on simply what number of future “celeb” boxing matches dominate the airwaves.
One of many extra uncommon occasions on this lead up has been Askren’s pairing with famed boxing coach Freddie Roach. Speaking with MMAFighting, Roach defined the way it all got here collectively and provided his evaluation on Askren and the match up.
“First let me share with you the way this took place. I obtained a name from my pal Dana White,” Freddie Roach mentioned. “He requested if I might work with Ben to organize for his battle in opposition to Jake Paul. I had hoped it might be a full camp, however Ben was solely capable of spend one week with me at Wild Card, in mid-March.
“Now to reply your query, it was nice working with Ben. He’s a real skilled and a category act. He got here to Wild Card in nice form and sparred the primary day and did 12 rounds of mitts with me, straight by, on the second day along with the same old roadwork and boxing drills. He’s fast examine and has an excellent work ethic. He places his punches collectively very properly and with lots of energy.”
On the entire, Roach was very complimentary in the direction of Askren, advising him to “Do what ” and shut the space with a view to earn the victory. Concerning Paul, Roach was decidedly much less impressed, although he did word that Paul seems to be taking boxing critically and coming in form.
“I seek advice from Jake Paul because the ‘YouTube boob,’” Roach continued. “I’ve seen video of him preventing and his press convention with Ben. It’s actually laborious for me to observe him too lengthy. So far as his boxing abilities, I feel he’s a product of excellent matchmaking. To me, he acts like a celeb making an attempt to be a boxer. I informed Ben that beating Jake Paul can be greater than a victory, it might be a public service.”
Lastly, Roach provided his prediction for the battle, “I do know one factor, when Ben knocks Jake Paul on his ass on Saturday evening, YouTube can have itself a brand new most-viewed video spotlight.”
Insomnia
Nobody is immune.
Bellator goes all in on proficient Russians and has signed Islam Mamedov (19-1-1), a PFL veteran who hasn’t misplaced since 2009 (!!!).
Darren Until has a strategic suggestion for Ben Askren. Didn’t these two discuss a bunch of trash to 1 one other a pair years again?
If @Benaskren shoots for a double leg Saturday evening & slams @jakepaul on his head.
He gained’t want to fret about his purse as a result of welle arrange a Go-Fund me for him.— D (@darrentill2) April 15, 2021
Ben Askren has mentioned that if individuals pay more cash than what he makes to battle Jake Paul in a go fund me that he’ll guillotine him within the battle pic.twitter.com/ub5PBbtlcd
— FFJ MMA (@fufujan1) April 15, 2021
This Welterweight match up is absolute FIRE! Santiago Ponzinibbio will not be being thrown any softballs following his layoff.
I genuinely would very very like to see One Championship succeed.
ONE Championship did considerably higher for its second week on TNT.
They averaged 337,000 viewers and a zero.11 within the 18-49 demo, per Showbuzz Day by day.
— John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock) April 15, 2021
Holy crap, MacLife is incorrect for this one.
Aljamain Sterling supplies some information on his upcoming neck surgical procedure:
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Turkmenistan’s Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov makes his Bellator debut reverse Corey Anderson tomorrow evening.
Two minutes and 20 seconds of Tommy Hearns destroying individuals.
Simply two dudes elbowing the crap out of one another:
Random Land
One of the best rock climber on the planet (Adam Ondra) takes on an city arete:
Midnight Music: By and huge, the songs I choose every evening are certainly tracks that popped up whereas writing or at the very least in some unspecified time in the future through the day. Nevertheless, typically I’m busy or listening to the identical album/band because the day earlier than. In that case, I’ll generally pull from my Discovered Weekly playlist, a hodgepodge of tracks that I assumed have been cool that — at one level or one other — Spotify really useful me.
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