{"id":15039,"date":"2023-12-16T13:31:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T10:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/15039\/jake-paul-finishes-andre-august\/"},"modified":"2023-12-16T13:31:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T10:31:11","slug":"jake-paul-finishes-andre-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=15039","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul finishes Andre August with vicious first-round KO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul finishes Andre August with vicious first-round KO\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Mike Coppinger, ESPN<span class=\"timestamp \">December 16, 2023, 04:19<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jake Paul scored a first-round knockout of Andre August Friday night in Orlando, Fla., to signal the second act of his boxing career as he looks to establish himself as a cruiserweight title contender.<\/p>\n<p>Paul (8-1, 5 KOs) uncorked a right uppercut that caught August and bounced him to the canvas head first.  The referee stopped the fight with 28 seconds remaining in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI set up my shot and it went away at night,\u201d said Paul, accompanied by his brother Logan Paul, the WWE <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/united\/\"   title=\"United\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">United<\/a> States champion.  &#8220;It&#39;s all part of the process, the next step towards becoming world champion. Obviously these guys can&#39;t stay with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><alsosee><\/p>\n<p>Paul&#39;s first six fights were crossover events against former MMA fighters.  His seventh was his first loss, a decision loss to Tommy Fury, the brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.<\/p>\n<p>Friday night&#39;s fight indicated a change in direction, a clash intended to gain experience for Paul rather than notoriety as he looks to campaign for a 200-pound belt.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Jake Paul, whose first six boxing matches were crossover events against former MMA fighters, said he is \u201claser focused\u201d on his goal of becoming a world champion boxer. <cite>Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>August (10-2-1, 5 KOs) returned in August to score a decision in a six-round fight to end a nearly four-year absence.  The 35-year-old represented Paul&#39;s most experienced foe to date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, I&#39;m focused on being the best in the world and creating one of the biggest sports stories in sports history: being able to become a Disney Channel World Champion,\u201d Paul said. .  \u201cNow I\u2019m laser.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crews-Dezurn upsets Green<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Franchon Crews-Dezurn upset Shadasia Green to regain the WBC super middleweight title in the co-feature.  The scores were 98-92, 97-93 and 97-93.<\/p>\n<p>Crews-Dezurn (9-2, 2 KOs) and Green (13-1, 11 KOs) were fighting for the 168-pound title that became available after an injured Savannah Marshall was named champion in recess.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore&#39;s Crews-Dezurn, 36, entered the fight ranked No. 3 by ESPN at 168 pounds while New Jersey&#39;s Green, 34, was No. 2.<\/p>\n<p><\/alsosee><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul finishes Andre August with vicious first-round KO\u060c Mike Coppinger, ESPNDecember 16, 2023, 04:19 Jake Paul scored a first-round knockout of Andre August Friday night in Orlando, Fla., to signal the second act of his boxing career as he looks to establish himself as a cruiserweight title contender. Paul (8-1, 5 KOs) uncorked a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34,5037,1644,7757,5033,1408,7756],"class_list":["post-15039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-andre","tag-august","tag-finishes","tag-firstround","tag-jake","tag-paul","tag-vicious"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15041,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15039\/revisions\/15041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}