KSI Believes Jake Paul Has Regressed Over His Last Couple Of Fights
KSI thinks Jake Paul is beginning to regress in his boxing career.
Paul returned to the win column a week ago with a one-sided decision win over Nate Diaz. It was his first bout since he lost to Tommy Fury back in February by split decision which was his first career loss.
Although Jake Paul dominated Nate Diaz and really wasn’t in my trouble, KSI didn’t think the American boxed all that well. Instead, he believes if Diaz had any sort of power he could have put Jake out.
“I feel like he’s regressed, if anything,” KSI said to The MMA Hour. “I don’t think he did very well against an opponent who hardly jabbed. Watching the fight, I was like, ‘Nate isn’t jabbing at all. He’s not setting anything up.’ Jake wasn’t setting anything up. He was just surviving the 10 rounds. Low output, low I.Q. I don’t really understand what Jake was trying to do. I think he tried going ham in the first round, realized he didn’t want to gas out because he had nine more rounds, and then just decided to go at this really slow pace and just survive the 10 rounds while jabbing and moving. That was kind of it.
“I don’t feel like Nate posed a threat. He has pillow hands, especially in the boxing ring. When it comes to MMA, he might be able to knock down someone because of how small the gloves are, but in boxing he doesn’t throw anything from the hip,” KSI added. “It’s like he’s slapping. And the amount of shots Jake took was tremendous but it hardly did anything, so that’s why I felt Jake was able to weather the storm and won unanimously, but obviously Nate didn’t jab.
“I think he regressed. I just felt like the shot selection was poor. I felt like he did well to punch a punching bag, I guess. All Nate was trying to do was the old classic tactic of double guarding, trying to tire his opponent out, taking all the damage, trying to parry stuff, just literally walking down, but Nate doesn’t have any power to be able to do anything with that, and Jake didn’t capitalize. There were hardly any left foot turns, Jake didn’t do enough to the body, he was holding a lot. I just thought it was quite poor, personally,” KSI concluded.
The hope for many fans is KSI and Jake Paul will eventually fight, and hopefully soon. KSI is set to take on Tommy Fury in October but has said if he wins, that could be his final fight.
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