Dana White open to Jake Paul vs. Alex Pereira boxing match?

Alex Pereira and Jake Paul could meet in the boxing ring under Dana White‘s wishes, claims Henry Cejudo.

Jake has been terrorizing the sport of mixed martial arts since his rise to fame inside the boxing ring. He has fought and beaten five former UFC athletes, with two of those being former champions in the promotion.

Following his recent win over Mike Perry, Jake Paul announced his new target. The 27-year-old wants to test himself against the UFC light heavyweight king Alex Pereira, despite the Brazilian’s devastating knockout power.

Dana White has been clear on not allowing his fighters compete in boxing, but that may be different now. According to former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo, Dana might see the positives in allowing ‘Poatan’ to take the fight.

“Pereira would hurt him, like you see Pereira going up against heavyweights,” Cejudo said during a recent episode of his Pound4Pound Podcast. “If Dana White will give a guy like Alex Pereira the bag to freaking pretty much wipe him out say, ‘Hey man, go out there and hurt him.'”

“But that’s an equal lot of pay-per-view points for a guy like Jake Paul… I think I can see Dana White allowing Alex Pereira to take out the dirty work…”

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“Will the fight with Alex Pereira happen? Dana White just has to say yes and, you know, we will no longer see Jake Paul, Jake ‘The Snake’ Paul, on our social media platforms.”

Check out Henry Cejudo and Kamaru Usman’s thoughts on the fight below.

While the fight could be a possibility in the future, it seems the two have their sights set on different opponents at this time. 

Jake Paul is still hoping to reschedule his fight against Mike Tyson for later this year, while Alex Pereira has a title to defend.

Though his next opponent or fight date is yet to be revealed, Magomed Ankalaev likely has the strongest case at the next shot at the South American