Mike Perry reacts to his Jake Paul fight announcement and vows to take aggressive approach: "Gonna put the Platinum pressure"
Mike Perry and Jake Paul are set to throw down in the coming weeks with the former putting out his initial thoughts following the announcement. There have been rumblings of this contest taking place for a few days now but the professional boxing bout between the two popular fighters has been made official today.
The two fighters have a history dating back to Perry sparring Paul ahead of the latter's Triller fight against Ben Askren. The two have varying accounts of how that sparring session went, with trash talk exchanged over the years and the combatants will finally get to settle their dispute for the world to see.
Addressing this looming Florida-based showdown at Amalie Arena by way of his personal X account, Mike Perry posted:
"We're set to fight July 20, I Promise to give the world the Fight they wanna see ! Gonna put the Platinum pressure on the problem child Live in Tampa, tickets on sale tomorrow at noon !"
Check out Perry's first thoughts on the Paul fight announcement below:
Mike Perry and Jake Paul's combat sports resumes
Mike Perry is a former UFC veteran with 22 professional mixed martial arts contests but he really shot to stardom in the world of gloveless combat.
The 32-year-old has become the face of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) and is presently a pound-for-pound ranked fighter as well as the company's King of Violence champion.
'Platinum' has a spotless 5-0 bare-knuckle boxing record having defeated Julian Lane, Michael 'Venom' Page, Luke Rockhold, Eddie Alvarez, and Thiago Alves in the realm of BKFC.
The Michigan native has also defeated former boxing champion Michael Seals in a special rules bout. Perry won via split decision in a boxing rules bout while wearing four-ounce gloves as part of Triad Combat in 2021.
As far as gloved boxing, Mike Perry has had a single Queensberry Rules boxing bout back in March 2015. He was stopped in the fourth and final round of that contest which took place against Kenneth McNeil.
Conversely, Paul has a 9-1 professional boxing record with six finishes so far. The cruiserweight combatant has notched wins over notable names like the aforementioned Askren, Tyron Woodley twice, Anderson Silva, and Nate Diaz. The influencer has teased an MMA fight in the PFL smart cage someday, although nothing has come to fruition as of yet.
Also of note, 'The Problem Child' is still planning to take on Mike Tyson on November 15 following this 'Platinum' prizefight this Summer.