Jake Paul and Mike Perry’s first roundtable interaction had numerous verbal jibes.

Their July 20 clash is struggling to sell out, with ticket prices having been reduced. Mike Tyson’s pull-out from the fight meant Perry stepped in. Paul is the more experienced boxer. He has a 9-1 record, which includes six stoppages. He has faced a mixture of pro boxers and MMA fighters.

Paul took on three pro boxers, losing to Tommy Fury. However, he bounced back with wins over Andre August and Ryan Bourland. The Problem Child has also racked up wins against MMA fighters, most recently Nate Diaz. Other wins over MMA fighters include Anderson Silva, Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley.

Perry, meanwhile, is a far less experienced boxer. His sole 2015 boxing fight was a KO loss to Kenneth McNeil. While Perry is 5-0 in BKFC, fighting with gloves is a completely different ball game. Both fighters attempted to get into each other’s heads with their first face-to-face interaction.

“I’m too sharp, too clean, punch way too hard, power in both hands – he makes a lot of mistakes. Even on his mitt work video he posted today. … There’s nothing he can do, and I respect him. He’s very violent. It’s not taking away from Mike Perry. He can beat a lot of people, but he can’t beat me,” Paul said 

“I’m just now reaching prime. I’m just now getting to where I’ve been doing my best. I learned through the UFC, which was a tough place to learn. Since learning, now I’m having the success brawling these people. I’m going to exploit those green tendencies in this fight, and you will break. You look very flubbery. I’m hard as a f**king rock. My sh*t is f**king shredded. Most people on the internet don’t know s**t about boxing.

“These people have never had a fight or they’re special needs. You know the thing about retarded people is they don’t know that they’re retarded. I’m excited for a battle. I do like getting punched and I like punching too, so we’re going to see. Ten-ounce gloves, no headgear – I’m going to hurt you, Jake. And I’m going to laugh in your face when you try to hurt me. Your little baby green punches can’t even reach my brain stem, bro. I’m going to dig through your eyeball and find your memories,” Perry said

“Please don’t do that. Please don’t do that,” Paul added

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Easy fight for jake

— Social Updates (@socialupdatesss) July 16, 2024

This build up has been amazing 😭

— 𝗫𝗮𝘃𝗲 🇦🇺 (@WonderbreadMMA) July 16, 2024

its quite obvious these 2 dudes are destined to be good friends

— Joseph Le Sauvage (@JoesInvestments) July 16, 2024