It took Jake Paul less than two minutes to win his third professional fight.
Paul, the YouTube star boxer, sent Ben Askren halfway through the first round of their cross-country fight with a straight right hand to the canvas. Although Askren got up, referee Brian Stutts ruled Askren could not continue, which gave Paul a knockout blow at 1:59 in the first round.
Paul (3-0, 3 KO) then crashed into tears on the canvas before celebrating and doing printing. The 24-year-old Paul quickly cared for Askren. He was patient the first minute while Askren chased him around the ring.
When Paul started to get comfortable, he quickly worked with the 36-year-old Askren. He sits straight to the right with a stitch, and the fixed contact sends Askren down. After the fight, Paul climbed into the broadcast box to celebrate it with Snoop Dogg.
“It’s been four months. I was in a training camp every day,” Paul told Triller. “I deserved those s. This is the craziest moment in my life.
“I told everyone I was going to do it in the first round. I told everyone I was a real fighter. I do not know how many times I have to prove to myself that it is real.”
Paul landed 9 of 26 strokes in the fight, while Askren landed 3 of 14 strokes. It was the last two of Paul’s blows that caused the most damage. Paul told Snoop Dogg after the fight that he did not even get the chance to really warm up.
It comes months after Paul knocked out former basketball player Nate Robinson in the first round with a viral knockout during Triller’s first fight on the map of the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. main game in November.
Paul was the head of Triller’s second meet and sent Askren, who made his boxing debut almost as fast.
Paul’s entrance, during which he entered the ring with some sort of fake robot accompanying him, might have lasted longer than the fight itself. Paul’s victory achieved an evening that was a complete spectacle.
It features a literal slap fight, performances by The Black Keys, Doja Cat, Ice Cube, Mount Westmore and Justin Bieber. The traveling reporter / comedian Pete Davidson stole the show and mocked everyone and everything.
After the fight, Paul said he dedicated it to his security guard, who died ten days ago. It was part of a news report week for Paul, who is also accused by TikTok star Justine Paradise of forcing her to perform a sex act in 2019 without permission. Paul’s lawyer told ESPN earlier this week that Paul ‘categorically denies the allegation.
Boxing was secondary for most of the night while musician performed after musician, with one fight during the first two hours of the Pay Per View – a match that lasted two rounds because Reykon did not corner for the third round did not want to come. teen Joe Fournier.
Otherwise it was music and sketch – the show opened with a skit in which Snoop Dogg and Jaleel White, who played his iconic role as Steve Urkel from “Family Matters”, joked about marijuana – with very few real fights in the struggle. club.
Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube praised rapper DMX and big boxer Marvin Hagler, who both passed away earlier this year, during the show, including a video honoring the late rapper.
Even the fight with the most famous prospect, Regis Prograis, ended in controversy after his opponent, Ivan Redkach, was pulled out of the ring on a stretcher after a pack beat by Prograis in the sixth round.
The fight, scheduled for 10 rounds, went rather to the scorecards, while Prograis won a 60-54, 60-54, 59-54 victory.
ESPN’s Marc Raimondi contributed to this report.