Logan Paul and Jake Paul are teasing a fight, saying brothers have never beaten each other up on camera before
- Logan Paul and his younger brother, Jake Paul, seem keen to fight each other for our entertainment.
- The YouTube creators have been dabbling in combat sports and are taking part in big events.
- Boxing has seen brothers compete, but never against each other. That could soon change.
Logan Paul and Jake Paul are teasing an actual fight, saying brothers have never before beaten each other up on camera in boxing and they want to blaze that trail.
The ESPN talk-show host Max Kellerman interviewed Logan Paul this week and asked him whether he or his younger brother was the better fighter.
After being asked the question, Logan Paul called his brother over to answer. The younger Paul initially seemed to raise his hand to say he was the better boxer, before replying: "They're going to have to figure that out when we do a pay-per-view event against each other."
Seemingly surprised, the elder Paul said: "You're going to fight me?"
Answering, his brother said: "I mean, why not?"
This seemed to confound Kellerman, who replied: "OK, wait a minute ... you two?"
The Pauls join many boxing brothers in arms
Boxing is used to seeing siblings compete in the sport - but never against each other.
The heavyweight division was previously ruled by the iconic Klitschko brothers. Wladimir Klitschko reigned as the WBA, WBO, and IBF champion, while his older brother, Vitali Klitschko, held the WBC title.
Some in boxing clamored to see them fight, including Wladimir Klitschko's legendary trainer Emanuel Steward, who once asked his student why he wouldn't fight his brother.
"We sparred with each other, and those sparring sessions were not fun. It was very bloody, emotional," the younger brother once said in an interview, ruling out ever doing it again.
For the Klitschkos, a fight between them would only have disappointed their family. "We promised our mom not to fight each other," Wladimir Klitschko told NPR in 2011.
More recently, there are the charismatic Charlo brothers: Jermell and Jermall.
Jermell Charlo is the unified, three-belt boxing champion at super welterweight, while Jermall Charlo holds the WBC title one division higher at middleweight.
"I know the Klitschkos said they'd never do it," Logan Paul said regarding a brother-versus-brother fight.
"But I think Jake and I pride ourselves on being trailblazers, and, again, at the end of the day we're entertainers, showmen, doing things nobody's ever done and, more importantly, nobody can ever repeat as successfully."
Kellerman interrupted to say the Paul brothers were "both nuts by the way."
"Who would box their brother?" he asked.
"Because we've never sparred or had actual physical combat against each other. We're the same size, same weight, we're loved, hated. There's no bigger brother fight ever," Logan Paul said.
"I don't think me being the big brother would have anything to do with who wins the fight. Jake's my little brother, but little bro got big. He's huge now - a massive human being."
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Jake Paul, who is 3-0 as a pro boxer, has been clamoring for boxing matches against MMA fighters.
His brother, meanwhile, is set to take part in one of the year's biggest fight spectacles, taking on Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a June 6 exhibition.
The Mayweather-Paul showbiz boxing bout will be broadcast on Showtime pay-per-view.