Jake Paul defeated Andre August via first-round knockout on Friday night.
Paul picked up his eighth professional victory and improved to 2-1 this year with a previous split decision loss against Tommy Fury and a unanimous decision win against Nate Diaz.
Paul gave August a flurry of jabs before landing an uppercut that sent his opponent to the canvas. August didn’t beat the count and stumbled into the ropes, but eventually rose after the fight was waved off at the 2:32 mark of Round 1.
“I said first-round knockout all week,” Paul said after the fight. “I manifested this. This is the power of manifestation. I said I needed to bring back the old ‘Problem Child,’ I’ve been too nice to these guys letting them go to the later rounds. … I don’t know what I proved tonight, you know. I’m just going to do me. This is part of the process, the next step to becoming world champion. … All I wanted to do was give y’all a knockout for Christmas.”
August entered the fight with a 10-1-1 record as a professional boxer, though only one of those fights came in the past four years.
After the fight, Paul said he’d have an announcement on the next step of his career in the coming week but didn’t provide any specific details.
