Joe Rogan thinks Jake Paul deserves praise if he ends up boxing Anderson Silva . Paul, the YouTube star-turned professional boxer, is expected to face former UFC middleweight champion Silva in a Showtime pay-per-view headliner on October 29. Silva was officially granted a professional boxing license to fight in Arizona, clearing the way for the matchup. And if the fight with Silva does materialize, Rogan thinks it’ll be Paul’s sternest test to date. “I love it,” Rogan said on his most recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. “If Jake Paul really decides to fight Anderson, that’s a very, very, very tough fight.” He continued, “Anderson, if he just went straight into boxing, would have been a f*cking world champion.” Paul is 5-0 as a pro boxer with knockouts of former MMA champs Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley
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