Jake and Logan Paul have teased a fight in March, with both sharing a photo of them in an apparent face-off.
The brothers, who both found fame on YouTube before transitioning to boxing, shared the photo in a social media post on 28 January with the caption: “The moment you’ve waited a decade for… March 27th on @StreamOnMax.”
Max, HBO’s streaming service, retweeted both posts, lending legitimacy to its involvement in some sort of Paul brothers spectacle.
Many fans believe it could be a boxing fight, while others have suggested it might be a mixed martial arts (MMA) event, as both have a background in wrestling.
But those hoping to watch the Pauls have a punch-up may be left disappointed, according to ESPN boxing pundit Mike Coppinger, who says he’s been told by multiple sources that the teasers relate to a reality series rather than a fight.
The brothers have helped pioneer the now thriving influencer boxing scene.
Logan Paul, 29, faced British star KSI in two huge pay-per-view events in 2018 and 2019, drawing the first and losing the latter, before he took on retired great Floyd Mayweather in 2021.
Jake Paul, 28, was on the undercard of Logan’s first fight, beating KSI’s younger brother Deji – and while his brother has stepped away from boxing, he’s gone on to turn pro, earning an 11-1 record with his most recent win coming controversially against 58-year-old Mike Tyson.
Competitive Pauls have teased fight before
The Pauls have discussed getting in the ring together before – though they appeared to have been teasing one another.
On Logan’s Impaulsive podcast in November, he asked Jake: “Who are you fighting next? Me?”
“Yeah, I’ll fight you,” Jake responded. “Why not? You’re f****** tiny.”
After pointing out he was taller than his brother, Logan added: “Me and you fighting would go crazy, bro.”
“It would suck to be the one that has to deal with losing,” Jake said, adding he wouldn’t be the one that had to “deal with that”.
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“I have the opposite perspective,” Logan retorted. “I feel like ruining my little brother’s boxing career would be so bad – and mean.”
A fight between the pair, who have had plenty of public heated exchanges since rising to fame in the mid-2010s, would be sure to attract huge viewership numbers.
Promoters said in November that the Tyson-Paul fight was the highest-grossing combat sports event ever in Texas, pulling in $18.1m (£14.6m), while Logan has reached new levels of fame after becoming a part-time World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star.
