The fighting career of internet sensation Logan Paul

Logan Paul is an American social media personality, actor, WWE star, and boxer born on April 1^st, 1995.

After registering his YouTube channel in 2013, Paul has reached over 20 million subscribers and has nearly six billion views.

His successful 10-year career as an internet personality has allowed Paul to build millions of followers on his social media accounts, having over 30 million on Twitter and Instagram alone.

In recent years, Logan Paul has made more headlines for his boxing fights and wrestling bouts, so let's look through his combat sports journey.

Before his YouTube and social media success, Paul was a successful Wrestler, qualifying for the Ohio High School Association Division One Wrestling Individual Championships.

Picture – Instagram @loganpaul

Since the controversy of his trip to Japan, where he filmed a deceased man who had taken his own life in a Japanese forest, and the growth of his podcast 'Impaulsive,' Paul has taken a step back from daily YouTube videos and has instead started other projects, such as fighting.

In February 2018, following a white-collar boxing fight between YouTubers Joe Weller and KSI, Englishman KSI challenged Logan Paul to a boxing fight.

The fight between the pair drew a massive audience and felt like the start of YouTube boxing. The bout ended in a majority draw, with two judges scoring it 57-57 and one scoring it 58-57 to KSI.

In September 2019, Logan Paul announced that he would make his professional debut in a rematch with KSI. The bout took place on November 9^th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The rematch consisted of six three-minute rounds and finished in agony for Paul, losing via split decision, with two judges scoring it 57-54 and 56-55 for KSI.

Paul would take a step up in opponent, fighting five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition fight in Miami on June 6th^, 2021.

The fight consisted of numerous clinches from Paul, and the bout went the full distance without a winner. Mayweather landed 40% of his punches, whilst Paul only landed 12%, according to CompuBox punch stats.

Paul made his WWE debut when Sami Zeyn invited him as a guest for the WrestleMania 37 match against Kevin Owens. Paul returned to WWE as a guest again for Happy Corbin, where Paul helped Corbin attack Owens.

In an episode of WWE Raw in February 2022, it was revealed Paul would be a tag team partner for the Miz, defeating Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio.

In June 2022, Paul signed a multi-event deal with the WWE. He fought at Summerslam and defeated the Miz after Paul was attacked by him in the pair's previous tag team battle.

Picture – Instagram @loganpaul

Logan Paul challenged Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship and the WWE Universal Championship, both held by Reigns.

Despite his best efforts, Paul was unsuccessful in beating Reigns, marking his first defeat in the WWE in three matches.

Picture – Instagram @loganpaul

Fans were shocked by Paul's ability in the ring, but it was reported that he suffered a torn meniscus, ACL, and MCL during the match with Reigns.

It was later revealed Paul had only sprained his meniscus and MCL. With the news, he announced he would be part of the Royal Rumble in January 2023.

Paul came in at number 29 in the Royal Rumble, eliminating Seth Rollins and eventually being knocked out by eventual winner Cody Rhoades.

On March 6^th, it was announced that Paul and Rollins have a fight scheduled for WrestleMania 39 at the start of April this year.