Jake Paul has fought three times as a professional boxer and has three wins under his belt, as he knocked out Ben Askren at 1:59 of the first round at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday night.
The 24-year-old popped a jab and took out the former MMA champion with a thudding right hand to notch his third consecutive stoppage.
Social media, as expected, went into a frenzy for Paul's victory.
Ben Askren is ready for the ridicule he’s going to face after being knocked out by Jake Paul. After coming out of retirement and spending three months in training, the former Bellator and ONE. The latest tweets from @Benaskren.
The latest tweets from @benaskren. YouTube star Jake Paul remained undefeated in his professional boxing career by stopping Ben Askren, a 36-year-old wrestler-turned-MMA fighter who was giving boxing a try, with a heavy right hand. Ben Askren asks Jake Paul not to back out That was not the end of the attack on Jake Paul, as Askren gave fans a glimpse of their conversation to reveal how he continued to go at him. The conversation continued on Paul’s Instagram direct messages after the initial Twitter video.
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— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) April 18, 2021Congratulations @jakepaul! #TrillerFightClubpic.twitter.com/Zb61yoSnhE
— TRILLER (@triller) April 18, 2021Sorry world :(
— Funky (@Benaskren) April 18, 2021.@floydmayweather you see this pic.twitter.com/fpRzyiUukd
— Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) April 18, 2021KO KIDS @jakepaul@SugaSeanMMApic.twitter.com/ggXXuXiLdv
— Mike Majlak (@mikemajlak) April 18, 2021Okay.. so can we see @jakepaul & @TheNotoriousMMA now?!?
— George Janko (@GeorgeJanko) April 18, 2021KSI vs Jake Paul is the natural fight that people want - give them it 😴😴
— Joe Weller (@joe_weller_) April 18, 2021Thanks @jakepaul .. keep knocking out these chumps pic.twitter.com/oO9o1MRbol
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) April 18, 2021Congrats to Ben “the Askew” Askren for finessing that bag 💰💰💰
Prayers up to anyone who paid for that PPV 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻pic.twitter.com/xri1Kg2M0T
— Philip DeFranco 👊🏻 (@PhillyD) April 18, 2021Ben Askren
time in ring
2 mins 13 secs
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7 mins 18 secs
— KEEM 🍿 (@KEEMSTAR) April 18, 2021Ben Askren right now after making 500k & betting on Jake Paul to knock him out round 1 .. pic.twitter.com/b927Rg825R
— Tony Jefferson II (@_tonyjefferson) April 18, 2021'oh noooo Sorry world :(' pic.twitter.com/lDzDrMNiGQ
— Classify 😼 (@Class) April 18, 2021RATIO CUZ YOU SOLD MY $10K
— FaZe Sway (@FaZeSway) April 18, 2021. @Benaskren worked us all
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) April 18, 2021Jake Paul after finessing another bag pic.twitter.com/U8yH0DbCaE
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) April 18, 2021It’s Ben’s responsibility to execute, but you would just hope that person coaching him in boxing would have driven home that the 1 thing not to do is open yourself to counter rt. since Paul had shown he had one in last fight. #TrillerFightClub
— Teddy Atlas (@TeddyAtlasReal) April 18, 2021Ben Askren Twitter Reacts
I can’t believe @jakepaul caused the entire #Bitcoin market to dip with that win. #BuyTheDip
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— @CrisCyborg.Com #Bellator259 (@criscyborg) April 18, 2021