Jake Paul spars with Piers Morgan over boxing credibility, abruptly ends interview

Jake Paul returns to the ring this weekend for the first time since he defeated legendary boxer Mike Tyson in a sanctioned fight last November but the YouTuber-turned-fighter continues to face scrutiny over his choice of opponents That criticism came to a head during Paul s appearance on the Piers Morgan Uncensored show on Thursday when Morgan criticized Paul for his boxing match against the -year-old former heavyweight champion which he called in an earlier segment sickening It s entertainment man If Mike Tyson wants to fight you of curriculum you re going to say yes Paul who was promoting his fight on Saturday against former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr reported CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS He walked away with tens of millions of dollars to encouragement his family for the rest of their lives and we made the biggest fight in history So million people would disagree with you that it wasn t something amazing Morgan commended Paul from a business standpoint but questioned the validity of Paul s career for choosing fighters beyond their prime As a businessman you are brilliant I give you full credit for that When you took on Mike Tyson as a business enterprise there s no argument you absolutely crushed the numbers crushed the money and everything else But the idea that you can say on the one hand I m a killer I get in the ring with the best people and you get in the ring with a guy who s literally nearly as old as me Paul disagreed adding that the failed talks with Canelo Alvarez the current undisputed super middleweight champion was not for a lack of effort LOGAN PAUL MAKES PUSH FOR DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK WWE-STYLE FACEOFF I don t know what you guys want to see I tried to fight Canelo he ducked out of it You urged him about that You disclosed he s going to kill me so what do you want Piers You re the predicament here with this whole situation and criticism of my career I m trying to fight the best people he continued You can sit there and make up s--- but you don t know your facts I ve fought multiple boxers with professional records including Mike Tyson himself The discussion ramped up when Morgan claimed that Paul would not have survived a fight against Iron Mike in his prime prompting the social media star to launch a personal attack at the host And you versus going to the gym you re still a fat a-- he quipped We can make up hypotheticals You should go to the gym I think the obstacle here Piers is that you think that your opinion matters he continued but was hastily interrupted by Morgan who questioned why he would appear on his show then I m just taking your audience to sell pay-per-views I don t give a f--- about your show you dumba-- This is a f---ing business enterprise Paul explained before swiftly ending the video call Paul will fight Chavez in Anaheim California on Saturday night Chavez last fought in and is more than a decade removed from his title run Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter