Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva

[highwhey]

So what would qualify as a professional boxing fight in your opinion? Just to put things in perspective Anderson Silva beat 35 years old Julio Chavez Jr. just last year and he is a former middle weight boxing champion of the world. https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...n-boxing-match

Does that fight qualify as a pro boxing fight by your criteria?

umm JCC has been washed. he has a drug problem and it's not like he ever took boxing seriously.

[PistonsFan#21]

umm JCC has been washed. he has a drug problem and it's not like he ever took boxing seriously.

uhhh....JCC has a 53 wins - 6 losses boxing record with 34 knockouts. He had a fight less than 1 year ago after Anderson Silva against a boxer with a 34-6 record and beat him by unanimous decision.
You don't get on a 46 win streak and become the WBC middleweight champion of the world without taking boxing seriously. Is he past his peak? sure. But to act like anybody can beat him now is nonsense.

[Overdrive]

I see so many people ask that question...professional pretty much means you get paid to box, it isn't an indication of your skill level. Plenty of amateur boxers could beat up Anderson Silva or Jake Paul

No, pro doesn't mean you get paid to do something. Plenty of amateurs get paid. Pro means you get paid enough to live off something without having to do anything else and Paul doesn't get paid for boxing he gets paid for using his youtube fame to promote boxing.

[ArbitraryWater]

No, pro doesn't mean you get paid to do something. Plenty of amateurs get paid. Pro means you get paid enough to live off something without having to do anything else and Paul doesn't get paid for boxing he gets paid for using his youtube fame to promote boxing.

seems like an extremely fishy definition lol

[Overdrive]

seems like an extremely fishy definition lol

No. Not really. You have football players here who make like 800€ a month yet still work fulltime jobs. Would you call them pro, because they get paid to play football?

[PistonsFan#21]

No, pro doesn't mean you get paid to do something. Plenty of amateurs get paid. Pro means you get paid enough to live off something without having to do anything else and Paul doesn't get paid for boxing he gets paid for using his youtube fame to promote boxing.

You're wrong. No amateur boxers get paid (and if they do it's under the table behind closed doors). Just Google and search the definition of professional boxer.

Professional boxer means any person who competes for a money prize or purse in any boxing contest or exhibition.

The term “professional boxing match” means a boxing contest held in the United States between individuals for financial compensation. Such term does not include a boxing contest that is regulated by an amateur sports organization.

https://www.abcboxing.com/boxing-acts/

I trained in a boxing gym for 6 years and there was a few pro boxers. Not all of them could just survive off of their boxing salary and a lot of them needed side jobs to make both ends meet. Sometimes they would get paid $7k for a fight but if they injured or sidelined then they need another source of income for the next few months while they recover and get ready to fight again.

[FultzNationRISE]

No, pro doesn't mean you get paid to do something. Plenty of amateurs get paid. Pro means you get paid enough to live off something without having to do anything else and Paul doesn't get paid for boxing he gets paid for using his youtube fame to promote boxing.

The opposite of everything you just said is what is correct.

[ArbitraryWater]

The opposite of everything you just said is what is correct.

[Overdrive]

You're wrong. No amateur boxers get paid (and if they do it's under the table behind closed doors). Just Google and search the definition of professional boxer.

https://www.abcboxing.com/boxing-acts/

I trained in a boxing gym for 6 years and there was a few pro boxers. Not all of them could just survive off of their boxing salary and a lot of them needed side jobs to make both ends meet. Sometimes they would get paid $7k for a fight but if they injured or sidelined then they need another source of income for the next few months while they recover and get ready to fight again.

Maybe it's more back and white in the US or in boxing, but in club football and the local american football teams they have so called halb-profis which translates to semi-pro status, while the leagues are run as amateur or semi amateur leagues.

The legal status is pretty important if you for example are playing on a team and study at university since
you get subsidies by the state you can't get if you have employment status on a sportsteam.