CLEVELAND -- YouTube sensation-turned-boxer Jake Paul is back in the ring to face former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in the main event of a card at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Sunday (Showtime PPV, 8 p.m. ET.)
Paul (3-0, 3 KOs), 24, of Cleveland, has taken boxing by storm with impressive KO victories over fellow YouTuber Ali Eson Gib, former NBA star Nate Robinson and former Bellator MMA champion Ben Askren.
"Tyron said he's training like he's fighting Mike Tyson," Paul said during a media workout on Wednesday. "Floyd Mayweather is training him, and you can tell he's in shape. He's got the six-pack back. He's looking good. He's not messing around. This is his biggest fight ever, and the whole MMA community is counting on him to represent them and to get the W. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. And when I beat him, there will be no excuses, because he was being trained by Floyd Mayweather."
Woodley, 39, of Ferguson, Missouri, who's making his boxing debut, won the UFC title against Robbie Lawler at UFC 201 in 2016. He defended the belt four times but lost his last four fights after that.
"This is just a lot of fun. I haven't had fun in a long time, to be real," Woodley said. "I loved this training camp. It was one of my most fun ever. I don't have any issue with Jake Paul. Only issue is he signed the contract. He's trying his very best to play the mind games. But I'm a man. I don't play kids' games."
In the co-main event, Amanda Serrano (40-1-1, 30 KOs), 32, of Brooklyn, New York, defends her WBC and WBO featherweight titles against Yamileth Mercado (18-2, 5 KOs), 23, of Chihuahua, Mexico.
Stay here for live undercard results and analysis.
Fight in progress: Amanda Serrano vs. Yamileth Mercado, 10 rounds, for Serrano's WBC and WBO featherweight titles
Results:
Daniel Dubois overwhelms Joe Cusumano in first-round TKO
Daniel Dubois is officially back on a winning streak. The British heavyweight prospect knocked Joe Cusumano down three times early en route to a TKO victory at 2:10 of the first round, earning his second straight win.
"The greatest is still to come," Dubois said in his postfight interview.
Dubois slammed Cusumano with a big combination against the ropes to drop him the first time. Cusumano was able to recover, but Dubois landed an uppercut and then snuck a right hand in to drop Cusumano again. On the third drop, Dubois unleashed a flurry against the ropes and sent the visibly hurt Cusumano to the canvas once more. The referee didn't even start his count the third time around, immediately waving off the fight.
Dubois' (17-1, 16 KOs) back to back wins have come after he fell for the first time in his career, to Joe Joyce via KO last November. The 23-year-old fighting out of London beat Bogdan Dinu via second-round knockout in June. This was Dubois' United States debut. Cusumano (19-4), a 33-year-old Virginia native, had won four of his last five fights coming in.
Montana Love stops Ivan Baranchyk, stays unbeaten
Montana Love picked up a massive win in front of his hometown fans. With the crowd rocking after every combo and raining down "USA!" chants, Love triumphed over Ivan Baranchyk via TKO (corner stoppage) at 3:00 of the seventh round.
Love had all the momentum up to that point after a fairly even start to the bout, but the seventh round would be the tipping point. Love blasted away with a devastating shovel left hand as Baranchyk came in late in the seventh, dropping Baranchyk. Even though Baranchyk was able to answer the referee's 10 count as the clock ran out on Round 7, Baranchyk's corner stepped in and started peeling the tape off of Baranchyk's gloves, calling for an end to the fight.
"It's a dream come true," Love said in his postfight interview.
Coming in, ESPN had Baranchyk ranked No. 8 in the world among junior welterweight fighters. This was the biggest victory of Love's career.
Montana Love a beast 😳
— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) August 30, 2021
Baranchyk should really not be fighting. His fight with Zepeda should have been his last. It's time !
— Andre S.O.G. Ward (@andreward) August 30, 2021
Love, a southpaw, really started to take over in the fourth round, using that shovel left from odd angles to hurt Baranchyk. Love mixed that with a slick, one-two combo throughout.
Baranchyk was giving chase early and often and had his moments landing big combos, including a big flurry at the end of the third round. But Love wobbled Baranchyk for the first time at the bell to end the third as the ref came in to separate them -- and that might have been what turned the tide.
Afterward, Love called out Josh Taylor, the undisputed junior welterweight champion.
"Strap me up, man," Love said. "Strap me the f--- up."
Love (16-0-1) has won five straight after a draw with Kenneth Sims Jr. in July 2018. This is the 26-year-old Cleveland native's second straight stoppage win.
Baranchyk (20-3), the all-action 28-year-old from Russia who previously held the IBF junior lightweight world title, has lost three of his past four.
Tommy Fury outpoints Anthony Taylor, calls out Jake Paul
It was not the kind of superstar-making performance many wanted out of Tommy Fury. But he got the job done.
Fury, the half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, defeated MMA fighter Anthony Taylor via unanimous decision (40-36, 40-36, 40-36) on the Paul-Woodley undercard. The bout was contracted for four rounds at 180 pounds.
The much shorter Taylor, who has competed as low as 135 pounds in MMA, was giving up a huge size advantage. Fury, a celebrity in the United Kingdom courtesy of both his family and his appearance on the "Love Island" reality show, was placed on this card as a potential next fight for Paul. It's unclear how a fairly lackluster performance will affect the chances of such a fight coming together.
Taylor, who came in with only one pro boxing match, is a Paul training partner, so the matchup was made in order to see how Fury would perform against someone who Paul knows well.
"Let's get it on, Jake Paul," Fury said in his postfight interview.
.@tommytntfury wants @jakepaul next. #PaulWoodley pic.twitter.com/ZNv0Q4MdeN
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Fury clearly won every round, but Taylor attempted to make it a grind with lots of clinching and getting under the much taller Fury. Taylor landed some overhand rights and left hooks, but Fury was far busier and landed many more combinations and hard shots. To Taylor's credit, he was never really hurt.
Fury (7-0), who is only 22 years old, has now won two straight decisions after four straight knockouts.
Taylor (0-2), 32, fighting out of Los Angeles, sports a 7-5 MMA record and has competed in Bellator. Antonio McKee, the MMA veteran and father/coach of Bellator featherweight champion AJ McKee, was in Taylor's corner.
Charles Conwell dominates, stops Juan Carlos Rubio
Charles Conwell defeated Juan Carlos Rubio via third-round TKO. After a solid yet relatively quiet first round, Conwell absolutely let loose in the third. He bludgeoned Rubio to the body and then smashed him with two consecutive left uppercuts to send him reeling.
Conwell whipped a clean right hand that further rocked Rubio, and while Rubio remained on his feet, Conwell was completely chewing him up with no sign of things getting better. That led the referee to step in and stop the fight, giving Conwell a TKO victory at 2:49 into the third round.
Conwell (16-0, 12 KOs), a top prospect fighting out of Cleveland, was a 2016 Olympian in boxing. This is the 23-year-old's fifth stoppage victory in his past six fights.
Rubio (18-1), a 23-year-old Mexico native, had finished his previous two fights and was making his third appearance in the United States.
Conwell is known for a tragic incident involving Patrick Day, another boxing prospect, who died in 2019 following a loss to Conwell.
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