Episode 2755
Jake Paul
Sun, 2024-Nov-17 02:42 UTC
Length - 2:33
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With 2,275,162 views on Saturday, 16 November 2024 our article of the day is Jake Paul.
Jake Joseph Paul (born January 17, 1997) is an American professional boxer, YouTuber and actor. He began his career posting videos on Vine in September 2013 and had amassed 5.3 million followers and 2 billion views before the app discontinued. As an actor, he played Dirk Mann on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark (2016–2018). Paul launched his YouTube channel in May 2014, and has ranked on the Forbes list as one of the highest paid YouTube creators in 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2023. He also ranked third on the 2022 Forbes list of the world's highest paid athletes.
His boxing career began in August 2018 with a white-collar boxing match against Deji Olatunji, which he won via technical knockout. His professional boxing debut was against AnEsonGib in January 2020. He later faced and defeated former basketball player Nate Robinson and former MMA fighters Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley (twice), and Anderson Silva. In February 2023, Paul lost to Tommy Fury via split decision in his first fight with an active professional boxer. He then continued a winning streak defeating Nate Diaz, Andre August, Ryan Bourland and Mike Perry. His bout against Mike Tyson, which he won via
unanimous decision, became the biggest boxing gate outside of Las Vegas in US history.
In 2021, Paul founded Most Valuable Promotions, a boxing promotion alongside his adviser Nakisa Bidarian, and founded Anti Fund, a venture capital firm with Geoffrey Woo.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:42 UTC on Sunday, 17 November 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Jake Paul on Wikipedia.
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