Oscar De la Hoya has supported Jake Paul to become WORLD CHAMPION and said: ‘I
truly accept that he can’.
The American legend additionally tipped YouTube star Paul to ‘improve boxing’ with his
capacity to attract new eyeballs to the game.
De La Hoya is a saint of the online media sensation and has even offered his help and
guidance in the background.
The previous six-division champ and Olympic gold medalist has been vocal in
supporting Paul, who he accepts can incredibly go right in boxing.
“I admire him for his courage.
“I admire him for just being so adamant about becoming world champion and I see the
talent in him.
“I strongly feel that he’s set in his heart that he can become world champion and I really
believe that he can.
“He does have skill, he doesn’t have the experience that people might be criticising him
about, but that’s going to happen in time.
“He happens to have a lot of followers, therefore he has a lot of criticism but that comes
with the territory.”
Paul, 24, just turned professional in January 2020 with only one boxing display to his
name.
He immediately dashed to 3-0 all by knockout with prevails upon online opponent
‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA player Nate Robinson, 37, and resigned UFC warrior Ben Askren,
likewise 37.
Paul currently faces his greatest move forward to date on Sunday night in Tyron
Woodley, 39, who is a previous UFC welterweight champion.
The American is still broadly untested in the ring however has been a colossal film
industry hit, with his two latest successes selling over 3m compensation per-sees
joined.
Furthermore, in spite of substantial analysis of his resistance, De La Hoya has called for
tolerance with Paul, who is taking numbers back to boxing.