TAMPA, Fla. — YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul stopped former UFC fighter Mike Perry at 1:12 of the sixth spherical of a cruiserweight struggle on Saturday evening to enhance his report to 10-1 with seven knockouts.
Perry, who has a 6-1 report in bare-knuckle preventing, was making his skilled boxing debut.
Paul knocked Perry down in every of the primary two rounds and almost stopped him with a flurry of punches within the fourth spherical. He despatched Perry to the canvas a 3rd time within the sixth spherical with an overhand proper. Perry received again to his ft earlier than the ten rely, however he was not regular on his ft and the referee waved the struggle off.
The 27-year-old Paul was initially scheduled to face former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, however the struggle was postponed after Tyson, 57, had a abdomen ulcer flareup that pressured him to cease coaching. That struggle has been rescheduled for Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The cardboard additionally featured Amanda Serrano, the unified girls’s featherweight champion, who improved to 47-2-1 with a second-round TKO over Stevie Morgan (14-2-1) in a brilliant light-weight bout.
She’s going to face tremendous light-weight champion Katie Taylor (23-1) on the Nov. 15 card in a rematch of their 2022 struggle that Taylor gained by break up determination.
Additionally, on the undercard former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (54-6-1) beat former UFC fighter Uriah Corridor (1-1) by unanimous determination in his first struggle since Dec. 18. 2021.
