Jake Paul has claimed he has no ide who Tony Bellew is after Eddie Hearn proposed a "massive fight" between the two cruiserweight boxers.Retired fighter Bellew is a former WBC cruiserweight world champion and challenged for the undisputed title in his final fight against Oleksandr Usyk in 2018.
Despite this, YouTuber turned boxer Paul appeared to be unaware who he was after a journalist asked him and Hearn about the possibility of the two meeting in the ring.After being asked by iFL TV, Hearn replied: “Oh, now that’s a massive fight, massive fight.
He’s retired, he’s old, he’s a former world champion.”A visibly confused Paul chimed in with: "Who is he? I'm not sure who he is." Before Hearn explained: “Tony Bellew, former cruiserweight world champion.
He was in Creed. You might know him from there.”Paul then joked: “That’s his claim to fame? He was in Creed, he was in the back, he was a janitor in the background of Creed.”A reporter then directly asked the American fighter if he really had not heard of Bellew, to which he answered: “I think I have heard that name but I couldn’t put a face to it.”Who would win a fight between Jake Paul and Tony Bellew?
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