After preliminary rumors, TMZ has adopted up and reported that Jake Paul’s subsequent opponent will actually be UFC legend Anderson Silva.
Whereas teasing the subsequent match up, Paul’s boxing promotion, Most Precious Promotions tweeted out that the YouTuber will “nearly actually” be the underdog this time, saying “he is aware of that and he needs that.”
Nope! Nicely a minimum of initially.
For some purpose, the betting odds opened with Paul because the slight favourite. Shops opened up their traces and initially had the YouTuber as excessive as a -180 favourite. Odds on Silva, opened up having him as a slight underdog at +150.
In the event you suppose that’s bizarre, so did different early bettors. In a matter of hours, the chances have already began to shift with some huge cash coming in on the UFC nice.
Professional Boxing Odds has tracked the betting traces with Paul going from a -180 favourite to a +130 underdog in just some hours. As of this writing, Silva is now a -160 favourite, and it may shift much more if individuals nonetheless suppose that’s a superb worth wager.
Paul is 5-0 in his younger boxing profession. Silva, who retired as one of many all-time greats in MMA, impressed in his return to professional boxing final yr. He had two bouts in 2021, beating former WBC champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and swiftly knocking out fellow MMA star Tito Ortiz.
Silva represents an enormous step up in competitors for Paul, each in dimension and talent, however he may also be over twenty years older. Silva is 47, Paul is 25.
