Jake Paul once again puts his promoter hat on as he shares a great proposal for Twitter owner Elon Musk and Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg!
Fans may ask why is Jake Paul talking about Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Recently, there were reports going around that Zuckerberg is soon opening up an alternative for Twitter, labeled “Threads.” In response to that news, the Tesla CEO ridiculed the Facebook founder and the conversation eventually ended with him challenging Zuckerberg to a fight!
I’m up for a cage match if he is lol
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023
While the comment from Musk seemed like soft banter, the possibility of a fight between the two became much higher when Zuckerberg himself posted a response on his Instagram account and accepted the challenge by writing, “Send Me Location.” Once Musk saw his rival’s reply, the 51-year-old also iterated that he was serious about the fight. It provided Jake Paul the perfect opportunity to throw his name into the hat but as a promoter.
Elon I will gladly promote your fight against Zuck, we can do it in the PFL on ESPN+ for charity. @elonmusk https://t.co/zFOdNyffjI
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) June 22, 2023
He wrote, “Elon I will gladly promote your fight against Zuck, we can do it in the PFL on ESPN+ for charity. @elonmusk.”
Jake Paul does have some credibility as a promoter. He owns Most Valuable Promotion and promotes the featherweight female boxing champion, Amanda Serrano. Serrano has previously added that Jake was responsible for the best paydays of her career. On top of that, Jake Paul is a PFL employee, and a bout between Musk and Zuckerberg under the PFL banner on ESPN would not only do good business, but it would boost the PFL brand as well.
However, he does want to donate all the profits to charity. While it is a noble cause, the possibility of an MMA bout between $238 billion rich Elon Musk and $99.9 billion rich Mark Zuckerberg remain slim to none. However, aside from Jake Paul, UFC President Dana White also seems Interested in the bout. He took to his Instagram account to tag Zuckerberg and indicate that he’d be open to hosting it. Musk also wants Joe Rogan to be involved as well.
What is the origin of the feud between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg?
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are two of the most popular modern revolutionaries. While Zuckerberg is responsible for creating the social media boom, Musk is one of the driving forces behind electric vehicles being more and more popular with each passing day. However, the relationship between the two has not been the best over the years.
Their cold war started in 2016 when SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket failed to take off into orbit and destroyed the AMOS-6 satellite. In response to that, Zuckerberg stated his disappointment as the satellite was going to be an essential tool to deliver internet services around the world. However, Musk later revealed that the Facebook owner had insurance to cover for the loss and SpaceX later gave them a free launch to rectify their mistake.
Yeah, my fault for being an idiot. We did give them a free launch to make up for it and I think they had some insurance.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018
However, their relationship worsened when Mark Zuckerberg made negative comments about Musk’s fear of AI. While Musk has repeatedly added that he was apprehensive about the use of AI, Zuckerberg disagreed and added that he did not share the same negative outlook on the same topic. Musk fired back on the issue and labeled Zuckerberg’s knowledge of the topic “limited.”
#DeleteFacebook It’s lame
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 8, 2020
Afterward, Musk also decided to delete all the Facebook pages for Tesla and SpaceX after the 2018 Facebook data leak. While the pair have not targetted each other personally, Musk has always taken shots against Facebook since 2018 and even used #DeleteFacebook trend to troll the social media giant.