Eddie Hean Picks Jake Paul To Beat Anderson Silva

Eddie Hearn believes Jake Paul will pull off the upset and defeat Anderson Silva on October 29.

Paul is set to face the former UFC middleweight champion and one of the best strikers in MMA history. However, Silva is 47-years-old, but he still beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in 2021 showing he still has what it takes to compete in boxing.

Yet, for Hearn, he thinks Paul doesn’t get the respect he deserves and is better than many think.

“I don’t know enough about Anderson Silva – Anderson is [47], but he can box a bit by the sound of things,” Hearn said of the Oct. 29 boxing match on The MMA Hour. “I just think that Jake’s been a bit unlucky, because he was trying to fight Tommy Fury, he was trying to fight Hasim Rahman Jr., and that would have actually given him the ability to say, ‘Actually, you have to respect me now as a boxer.

“To defeat Anderson Silva, while boxing is still a very impressive part of his repertoire, he’s still not a boxer, and he’s 47 years of age. But he’s a tough guy, he has a huge profile, he can box, and I think he’ll be competitive. I don’t think he beats Jake, because I think Jake is young, and I think he can punch a bit, and I’m intrigued to watch, and I like what Jake’s doing. It’s kind of him against the world.”

Eddie Hearn, meanwhile, thinks Jake Paul doesn’t get the respect because he is a former YouTuber, but the Matchroom exec believes Paul could be a lot of pro boxers.

“No one’s trying to do him any favors in boxing,” Hearn said. “It’s not ‘YouTube boxing’ any more, as far as I’m concerned. … Good luck to Jake. I would like to see him come through after this to actually fight some boxers, because I think he can beat some boxers, and his credibility would definitely rise in the sport.”

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