Who provided the most memorable analysis of Saturday’s fight between YouTuber-to-Boxer Jake Paul and retired mixed martial artist Ben Escrain? Pete Davidson, obviously.
The “Saturday Night Live” cast member served as a reporter with “SNL” last weekend at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Davidson took a deep plunge into the matchup, … just joking, giving terrible information about. They converted the pay-per-view event into a roast session.
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Davidson ripped off both the general boxing situation and the fight ahead of the Paul-Escrane bout. His complete comments:
You can tell how professional this program is when I am here. We’re backstage in Jake Paul’s dressing room, or locker room, if you want to call it that. Today is a really wild day for boxing because it just shows how little it really sinks. I think that today proves the fact that, if you have enough followers, you can actually do whatever you want. I mean maybe [YouTuber] PewDiePie will cure cancer, and [Tik Tok star] Charlie D’Aleo will be the surgeon. Uh, who knows?
Tonight, we have a bout between Ben Asren – who I don’t know who he is still, and I’ve been reading up on him all week – and Jake Paul. And, you know, they both suck but, you know, at least someone’s going to get hurt. Now back to the booth you guys, some real announcers over there.
Unfortunately for viewers expecting to see a competitive fight, the Paul-Escrane battle lasted only a little longer than Davidson’s monologue. Paul made quick work of Escairen, dropping him with a hard right hand in the first round. Shotter struggled to establish his leg after taking a shot to the head and the referee stopped the match at the 1:59 mark.
Paul went 3–0 in his boxing career, though three of his wins have come against YouTuber AnEsonGib, former NBA player Nate Robinson and Askrin, who were always known to be more of a striker than a wrestler. He may have earned a big salary as a novelty act, but if he wants to be taken seriously, he will have to face an actual boxer at some point.
Regardless of what Paul does next, Davidson will probably still think he’s worthless.
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