Current:Home > MyJake Paul, Mike Perry engage in vulgar press conference before their fight Saturday night -WealthRise Academy
Jake Paul, Mike Perry engage in vulgar press conference before their fight Saturday night
View
Date:2025-04-13 18:03:38
During a final press conference to hype the fight between Jake Paul and Mike Perry Saturday night, a yellow strip with black lettering appeared on the upper lefthand corner of the screen showing the event.
It read: "We apologize for the bad language.''
There was lots of it, with more than a dozen F-bombs dropped during an event broadcast on YouTube − or, as the boxers threatened to have it renamed, the Eff-You-Tube.
The mostly playful encounters between Paul (9-1, 6 KO's) and Perry, the bareknuckle brawler who is 0-1 in boxing, to promote the cruiserweight fight scheduled for eight rounds devolved into something far less civil Thursday. At times it was downright vulgar. But it did include some unintended humor.
Perry spewed profanity as if he were getting paid by the word, but he objected when Ariel Helwani, who moderated the press conference, referred to Perry as "one of the toughest SOBs on the planet.''
Said Perry, "It's SOG.''
That would be Son of a Gun. Which Perry indicated his mother would prefer.
"Sorry, my apologies to her,'' Hewani said.
Mrs. Perry did not attend the press conference, according to Perry, who said his mother will attend the fight to be broadcast by DAZN. In fact, DAZN will also broadcast the press conference and apparently was responsible for issuing the apology that appeared on the upper lefthand corner of the screen.
Who Jake Paul plans to embarrass
Not surprisingly, Paul helped rile up Perry, who has elevated his profile while going 5-0 in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC).
"I'm going to embarrass their whole entire league,'' Paul said. "This guy (Perry) has no skill. Those are just brawlers, idiot street fighter dudes who have no idea what the sweet science is.''
Perry then called Paul a "disrespectful punk.''
"Those men and women fight for their families over there,'' Perry said, referring to the BKFC fighters. "They put it all on the line and they get in that ring and they put on shows for the fans.''
Jake Paul's pre-fight confession
Paul's biweekly podcast came out Thursday, and Helwani noted that Paul disclosed he drank alcohol at Michael Rubin's White Party 16 days before his scheduled fight against Perry.
"Does that make you feel like he's not taking this fight seriously?'' Helwani asked Perry.
Not in the least.
Perry said he's drank and smoked before a fight and then grew even more explicit about his pre-fight activities.
"I'm a crazy (expletive),'' he said, "and I'm here to fight."
veryGood! (15)
Related
- How to watch the 'Blue Bloods' Season 14 finale: Final episode premiere date, cast
- 2 dead and 9 injured after truck strikes group celebrating July 4 in Manhattan park
- National Fried Chicken Day is Saturday: Here's where to find food deals and discounts
- Summer House's Paige DeSorbo Reacts to Her Manifestation of Lindsay Hubbard's Pregnancy
- Who's hosting 'Saturday Night Live' tonight? Musical guest, how to watch Dec. 14 episode
- Copa America 2024: Results, highlights as Canada defeats Venezuela on penalties
- The Freedman's Savings Bank's fall is still taking a toll a century and a half later
- Residents of small Missouri town angered over hot-car death of police dog
- Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
- It’s a fine line as the summer rainy season brings relief, and flooding, to the southwestern US
Ranking
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- Hurricane Beryl leaves Armageddon-like destruction in Grenada, field of devastation on Union Island, Caribbean leaders say
- Mexican cartels are diversifying business beyond drugs. Here's where they are profiting
- Spain advances to Euro 2024 semifinals with extra time win over Germany
- Sarah J. Maas books explained: How to read 'ACOTAR,' 'Throne of Glass' in order.
- New panel charged with helping Massachusetts meet its renewable energy goals
- Air travel is getting worse. That’s what passengers are telling the US government
- Frances Tiafoe pushes Carlos Alcaraz to brink before falling in five sets
Recommendation
Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
Horoscopes Today, July 4, 2024
A Low-Balled Author, a Star With No Salary & More Secrets About Forrest Gump
Attacked on All Sides: Wading Birds Nest in New York’s Harbor Islands
NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
Tom Brady suffers rare loss in star-studded friendly beach football game
From 'Ghostbusters' to 'Gremlins,' was 1984 the most epic summer for movies ever?
Kendrick Lamar owns the summer with 'Not Like Us' music video, continues Drake diss