“Let’s run it”- 3x NCAA wrestling champion Bo Nickal responds to Jake Paul’s recent post, issues challenge for a contest


“Let’s run it”- 3x NCAA wrestling champion Bo Nickal responds to Jake Paul’s recent post, issues challenge for a contest

Bo Nickal- Jake Paul

It’s fair to say Youtuber-cum-boxer Jake Paul is in a great place as a combat sports megastar even if he’s not getting the fights he wants, consider a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) wrestling’s all-time great in Bo Nickal giving his attention. Paul is 5-0 undefeated as a pro-boxer ever since he started off in the ring in 2020. Paul has knocked out every person he ever fought, which also includes former world champions in MMA, Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley.

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Bo Nickal
Bo Nickal

Bo Dean Nickal, simply known as Bo Nickal, graduated as a folkstyle wrestler who competed in the middleweight division, who was a 3-time NCAA Division I National Champion and three-time Big Ten Conference champion out of the Pennsylvania State University. Nickal is also the U23 World Champion in 2019, and also the US National Champion in the same year. Currently, Nickal trains for mixed-martial arts at American Top Team (ATT) and has an amateur record of 2-0 so far.

Bo Nickal proposes Jake Paul for competition as the latter flaunts his old school wrestling gear

Jake Paul
Jake Paul

Not so long ago, Paul cited his background in combat sports through a high school picture with him in an amateur wrestler’s gear. In the caption Paul wrote, “I just been boxing for fun, who should I submit?” This is Paul’s way of teasing a potential debut in MMA. However, this is not the first time that Paul has done so. At the beginning of 2022, Paul posted a video of him practising leg kicks on a mitt and the MMA pros were impressed by the execution of the technique.

Perhaps, Nickal considered this as a way to start his MMA career professionally and therefore quoted Paul’s tweet with the word “Let’s Run It”, well we all know this perhaps means an opportunity to make a big-time MMA debut for both Paul and Nickal.

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What do you make of Nickal’s callout of Paul? Do you think Paul will accept Nickal’s challenge? Does Jake Paul have his name in your list of most famous combat sports athletes of all time? Where does he stand if yes? What do you make of Nickal’s resume as a freestyle college wrestler, where do you put him amongst the all-time great collegiate wrestlers?

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