Unbeaten British Cruiserweight Weighs In on Potential Jake Paul Fight

On Saturday, December 14, Viddal Riley (11-0, 6 KOs) returns to action against heavyweight Dan Garber (7-3, 2 KOs) at the Exhibition Centre, Liverpool on the undercard of Natasha Jonas vs. Ivana Habazin and Lauren Price vs. Bexcy Mateus. The entire BOXXER Promotions card will shown live on Sky Sports+ from 7 pm and live on Sky Sports Main Event from 8.30 pm. Fight fans in the United States can catch the action on Peacock. Speaking to Sky Sports, Riley has addressed the possibility of facing Jake Paul.

Nakisa Bidarian and Ben Shalom Talk Possible Jake Paul vs. Viddal Riley Bout

Viddal Riley Addresses Jake Paul Possibility

“The Problem Child” has made headlines throughout his professional boxing career, predominantly defeating older MMA fighters. Recently, he achieved a notable victory over Mike Tyson on Netflix, creating a plethora of talking points in the weeks leading up to and immediately following the difficult-to-watch main event.

It now appears Paul could be prepared to change his direction and face an active professional boxer once again. Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of MVP Promoters spoke to Sky Sports regarding Riley and a possible fight with Paul: “Absolutely. We’d love to see Viddal headline cards in the UK and show that he has the big box office power.”

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“Look at Jake’s career, it’s been really two things. It’s been fighting fighters who had name recognition or fighting appropriate or even overly appropriate journeymen for his level of experience and he’s annihilated them in one round,” said Bidarian.

Addressing the possibility of Paul-Riley: “I’m sure for Viddal Riley if he’s going to fight Jake Paul he’s going to want a big payday. He has to show us that he deserves a big payday and if he can actually show that he has drawing power, thatpeople are willing to pay to watch him fight in a stadium, on TV then that makes it a much more realistic fight,” said the MVP co-founder.

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Ben Shalom also had his say on the potential fight: “I’d like to see Viddal win a world title first (before a Jake Paul fight),” Shalom told Sky Sports. “Viddal is an elite cruiserweight, Jake Paul doesn’t want to fight elite cruiserweights, if he wants to fight an elite cruiserweight I can’t see anybody that brings more to the table than Viddal Riley.”

Riley Discusses Paul Fight

When addressing a potential fight against “El Gallo,” Riley said: “That’s something that will be done way down the line, not for now, we’ve got important and serious things to happen,” he told Sky Sports.

“If those things are ticked off and we reach a certain level then maybe we can entertain that fight. Until then, I don’t think about it.”