Bloody Elbow · Jan 30, 2020
Boxing: Demetrius Andrade vs. Luke Keeler preview
Photo by Eric Espada/Getty ImagesDAZN is keeping up with their strategy to book novelty fights between YouTube stars alongside legitimate fights featuring boxers with lower media profiles. In the case of their card on Thursday, Demetrius Andrade is defending his WBO middleweight belt in the main event, while YouTubers Jake Paul and AnEsonGib will face each other in a six-rounder in the co-feature fight of the evening.
Obviously there isn’t much to say about Paul vs Gib other than it being a good attempt to bring a new, younger audience to boxing, and hoping some of that new audience enjoys the rest of the show and converts them to fans of the sport.