Jake Paul‘s manager has seemingly tabled a stunning £15million offer for IShowSpeed to fight Paul following the internet star’s recent comments.
YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul is looking for his next opponent after beating heavyweight veteran Mike Tyson by unanimous decision in a bizarre bout in Texas on Friday.
The Ohio native, 27, has been receiving offers left, right and centre since his victory over Tyson at Texas’ AT&T Stadium – including from fellow social media stars.
One of those includes streamer IShowSpeed – better known as Speed, real name Darren Watkins – who claimed he could beat Paul with just six months training.
He said: ‘If I have six months, all I need is six months [to train for a fight],’ he said. ‘If I have six months of training, I’m beating any monster in this world.
‘I feel like I can beat Jake Paul in a fight. Look, I respect his work ethic, but when I watch him box, he doesn’t look fluent. I feel like I could really get him. When you watch it, you see flaws in his game.’
It was a claim that caught attention within Paul’s camp and it didn’t take long for his manager Nakisa Bidarian to respond with a comment on an Instagram post.
His response read: ‘Cool. Tell him I have $10million for him right now. Sign this week. If he beats Jake he gets a $10million bonus. Put your signature where your clout is.’
In total, that amounts to $20million – or £15.8million – which is the same amount as Tyson reportedly earned for his bout against internet personality Paul.
Paul himself then waded into the conversation as he also replied in the comments on Instagram with a message that read: ‘Speed knows better.
‘My guy was playing for sure.’
Earlier this month, social media users were left stunned as Speed and Olympian Noah Lyles faced off in a surprisingly close race for £79k ($100k).
The online entertainer hosted Lyles during a livestream on his YouTube channel, where the pair went to a track and faced off over 50 meters.
And while the six-time world champion Lyles won in the end, Speed actually led for part of the race before his competitor pulled ahead in the final stretch.
Speed initially claimed that the race was a tie, while Lyles noted that he started high-stepping after taking the lead.
But back in September, boxing legend Manny Pacquiao floored the teenage social media star in a friendly ‘spar’ contest in the Philippines.
‘PacMan’ managed to send Speed to the floor with a brutal counterpunch to the body after deliberately allowing the American to hit him with five consecutive shots.
The sparring session lasted around three minutes and ended with Pacquiao – who was casually wearing sliders – helping Speed from the floor and then hugging him.
