JAKE PAUL has opened the door to a brutal BARE-KNUCKLE boxing debut against the “King of Violence”.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer returns on July 20 against former UFC star-turned-bare-knuckle champion Mike Perry.
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And he refused to rule out a rematch in the cage or even in the brutal bare-knuckle ring afterwards.
Paul said on The MMA Hour: “I think me and Perry in MMA or bare-knuckle is very interesting. Let’s see what happens July 20th and I’m down.
“I want to do an MMA fight and I think Perry is actually a good opponent for MMA and maybe bare-knuckle.
“I haven’t thought about it but I’m down, that’s the thing about me is people don’t realise I’m a crazy motherf***er.
“I love to brawl, I love this whole entire sport, I love to put it on the line and I’m down to do some crazy s*** like bare-knuckle.”
Paul was preparing to fight Mike Tyson until the 57-year-old legend was forced out after suffering an ulcer flare up while on a flight.
But the controversial clash – scrutinised for the 30-year age gap – has since been rescheduled to November 15.
So Paul decided to take a keep-busy bout against Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s Perry in Florida.
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The outspoken American, 32, left the UFC in 2021 with a 14–8 MMA record to instead sign with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.
He has since become the face of BKFC with five straight wins but crosses over to the boxing ring for only the second time.
Perry lost his professional boxing debut in 2015 but it has not stopped from becoming the self-acquainted King of Violence.
Paul, 27, has a record of 9-1 in the ring with his only loss coming to Tyson Fury’s brother Tommy, 25, in March 2023.
And Perry said: “You’ve been fighting these cab drivers and these f***ing fat pieces of shit.
“You think that you’re going to do anything to a real f***ing man like me, you lost your mind.
“If you punch me in my face, I will smile and hit you back multiple times. He’s tricked the world into thinking he’s fantastic.
“I’ve been doing this shit a long time and I took the hard long road. I’m looking to show everybody what a real fighter is.”
But Paul hit back: “Everyone clip that once I beat his ass and then take this edit and then go to the clip of me knocking him the f*** out.”