Jake Paul faced Mike Perry in an eight-round boxing match on July 20 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Paul defeated Perry by TKO in the sixth round to pick up his 10th boxing win.
After the fight, Jake Paul called out UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira to a potential boxing match. Paul said on his podcast that he wants to beat a tougher opponent like Pereira.
In an interview with TNT Sports, Dana White was asked about Jake Paul calling out Alex Pereira to a potential boxing fight. White blamed the media for giving Paul the fame. White also said he stopped paying attention to Paul after losing to Tommy Fury.
“Let me tell you something about the Jake Paul thing. The media just eats all his bullish-t and they actually print it; it’s the weirdest thing ever. I didn’t even know Jake Paul was fighting; I was on vacation in Italy, [and] I had no idea. I stopped paying attention to Jake Paul when he lost to [Tommy] Fury. When he fought someone that was his age and actually boxed, he lost.
I’m not sh-tting on the kid, I don’t even think about him anymore. It doesn’t even cross my mind. I have no beef with him. ‘They’re trying to get me assassinated!’ Nobody’s trying to get you assassinated, especially me. [He’s] fighting older, smaller guys. I literally don’t ever think about him anymore. It’s all bullish-t.”