JAKE PAUL is in line to earn his biggest boxing payday against Anderson Silva... but has NO back-up in case the UFC legend pulls out. Paul returns next weekend in Arizona, ending his ten month hiatus from the ring following a series of cancelled bouts.
But the YouTuber-turned boxer, who is training in Puerto Rico, expects it will be worth the wait, believing a career-high purse is coming his way. Paul, 25, told SunSport: "Hopefully it does well. "I think it will, the numbers are all showing that. So yeah, this could definitely be my highest payday. "I haven’t really focussed on that, even saying that is one of the first times I've even thought about it.
Just because of how much the fight means and how focussed I am and how big the challenge is at hand. “The payday is just the cherry on top for the opportunity at hand.” It was revealed last year Paul made £30MILLION from boxing alone, averaging £10m a fight. And he predicts 700,000 pay-per-view buys for the toughest fight of his career against Silva, 47, which makes around £45m in box office receipts alone.