Mutual decision announced following the Serbian’s difficult start to the season
Whoever makes it happen, fighters need a union
After his foray into ‘fighting,’ Jake Paul is already rattling promoters’ cages — calling for a union to tackle the scourge of low pay and exploitative contracts suffered by most of his new colleagues. More power to him, says JOHN WIGHT
Conor McGregor (right) and Floyd Mayweather with UFC President Dana White (centre)
SEEMS crazy to be writing this, but 24-year-old YouTuber Jake Paul is shaping up to be the voice of reason that boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) so sorely need and have done from the get-go.
The revelation that he donated some of his purse to the fighters who appeared on the undercard of his latest “fight” against former MMA welterweight champion, 40-year-old Tyron Woodley, stating that he wanted them to have their best-ever payday, you may well dismiss as a PR stunt.
What can’t be dismissed, however, is his call for a fighters’ union.
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