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By Michael Gallagher
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When Jake Paul first took up professional boxing, there were many who doubted him.
And with Paul fighting mostly retired MMA fighters like Anderson Silva, Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley, and Nate Diaz, plus a 58-year-old Mike Tyson, those people were right to be skeptical.
Paul holds a 12-2 record as a boxer, but of the three legitimate pro boxers he fought, he lost to both Anthony Joshua and Tommy Fury and his lone win was against a 39-year-old Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. via decision.
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The Joshua defeat was particularly brutal as Paul suffered a broken jaw during the fight — and injury that seemingly has him considering a new career.
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The 29-year-old YouTuber turned wannabe athlete believes he can carve out a career for himself in the NFL, and he claims he’s even spoken to multiple teams who have interest in signing him.
“I have a couple teams and coaches that I’ve already talked to that are interested in bringing me onto the team,” Paul told Front Office Sports. “It’s really going to be quite easy.”
The last time Paul played competitive football was over a decade ago when he was at Westlake High School. He played varsity for two years as a freshman and sophomore before stopping to pursue an entertainment career.
But Paul has convinced himself there are so many bad NFL wide receivers that he can step right in and show most of them up from Day 1.
“I think there’s a lot of super mediocrity in the NFL,” Paul said. “A lot of not good athletes. A lot of people dropping passes on a consistent basis. I have better hands than them, I’m faster than them, I’m stronger than them, I work harder than them — really all it’s going to take after boxing is me practicing some routes.”
As for which team he’d want to play for, Paul admitted playing for the Cleveland Browns would be a dream come true given he grew up a fan of the team and his mom is a proclaimed diehard fan.
According to NFL insider Benjamin Allbright, Paul's camp reached out to the Denver Broncos but were told the team wasn't interested in him.
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