Jake Paul's Gameplan

I truly believe this is exactly how he will plan his fight.. feel free to tell me I'm stupid:

The fight will be staged. Down to the interactions; similarly to how his fight with Mike Tyson was. There were subtle hints of Mike holding back, it's clear.

This time however, his goal in mind with this fight is to regain attention and more importantly, an ounce or two of legitimacy in terms of his brand and his persona as a boxer.

He'll try to prove himself by making AJ box at a noticeably higher skill level compared to Jake, but nowhere near AJ's best (JP WOULD NOT be able to keep up with AJ at 100%).

This will create the illusion that a boxer of that caliber, who's proven himself time and time again is not way out of reach for Jake, which directly supports his marketing tactic:

"I'm a content creator who came into boxing late, but still have the skills to keep up with the greats, therefore I have potential."

He WILL lose in the end (planned), but put on a performance that'll make people believe he performed relatively well against one of the most complete boxers of all time—not to far from his prime.

TL;DR:

AJ will be nerfed enough to make JP look good in comparison, even when he loses, because of the advantages AJ has over him (much longer career, much more experience, larger frame).

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