Jake Paul faces choice over whether he is a boxer or an entertainer following first loss
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Paul may be best served by not going straight into a rematch with Tommy Fury if he wants to continue his run in the sport
In the ring after suffering his first defeat in a boxing ring, Jake Paul said that he would "100%" want to activate his rematch clause for another shot at Tommy Fury. It was an understandable statement. Paul had been competitive in the eight-round fight, even winning the bout on one of the three official scorecards. Removed from the heat of the moment, however, the idea of jumping right back into the ring with Fury may not be Paul's best option.
The loss no doubt stung Paul badly. Fighting Fury was both an attempt to address criticism that he'd never faced a "real boxer" and a true rivalry bout, with both men having spit acidic trash talk for nearly two years before finally facing off.
To come up short, even when scoring the only knockdown in the fight, will weigh heavily on Paul and he now had to endure even more criticism and statements that his boxing career was always a sham, built on facing unskilled opponents and faded mixed martial arts stars.
