Jake Paul vs Ryan Bourland LIVE: Updates and results plus Amanda Serrano fight cancelled tonight
Re-live Paul’s latest fight and the moment the main event between Amanda Serrano and Nina Meinke was cancelled under strange circumstances
Jake Paul scored a first-round TKO of Ryan Bourland on Saturday, stopping the professional boxer before Amanda Serrano’s title defence was cancelled at the last moment.
Paul, 27, quickly split his fellow American’s guard with repeated jabs, before adding right hands to the body and head to wobble Bourland, 35, against the ropes. Bourland, who entered Puerto Rico with a 17-2 pro record, scrambled around in a bid to recover, but he was eventually overwhelmed in the corner.
As Paul poured on punches, Bourland fell to his knees, and the referee stepped in to wave off the cruiserweight bout. With that, YouTube star Paul moved to 9-1 as a pro. The result in San Juan marked his second straight win against a pro boxer, with the “Problem Child” having knocked out Andre August in round one in December. Before Saturday (2 March), Bourland had not fought since September 2022.
Paul vs Bourland was set to be followed by a main event between Serrano and Nina Meinke, but the unified featherweight title fight was cancelled in a bizarre scene. After Paul stopped Bourland, Meinke entered the ring in her fight gear, while Serrano arrived in sunglasses and a hoodie. A ring announcer revealed that the main event had been cancelled, and that the crowd would receive 100 per cent refunds.
Champion Serrano, 35, said she had not been cleared to compete by doctors, owing to an eye injury. Re-live updates from Paul vs Bourland and the bizarre cancellation of Serrano vs Meinke, below.
Jake Paul stops Ryan Bourland before Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke cancelled
Jake Paul stops Ryan Bourland before Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke cancelled
Jake Paul stops Ryan Bourland before Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke cancelled
Jake Paul stops Ryan Bourland before Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke cancelled
Jake Paul stops Ryan Bourland before Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke cancelled
Here’s the full story on the last-minute cancellation of Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke:
Jake Paul stops Ryan Bourland before Amanda Serrano fight cancelled in bizarre scene
Paul scored his second straight win against a pro boxer, before a strange announcement was made in the Puerto Rico ring
Jake Paul stops Ryan Bourland before Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke cancelled
Jake Paul stops Ryan Bourland before Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke cancelled
Serrano and Meinke are in the ring. Meinke is in her ring gear. A ring announcer has just announced that the main event is off. This is surreal.
A tearful Serrano, in a hoodie and sporting sunglasses, says: “I came ready to fight 100 per cent, I came to show my best and put on a great fight, but the doctor didn’t clear me – due to something to do with my eye.
“The doctor didn’t clear me to fight, and I wanted to fight in front of my people. I am so sorry from the bottom of my heart.
“I can barely see out of my eye.”
Serrano adds that she wants to retire in Puerto Rico one day.
Paul: “Amanda came to fight, put in a hard camp ... [but] she was failing some eye tests. Her cornea is exposed, you can’t risk losing your eyesight forever. I know she’s a warrior. This happened very last minute.”
Paul adds that this saga began 36 hours ago, give or take.
Serrano and Paul add that they will look to rearrange the fight with Meinke. Fans in attendance will receive a 100 per cent refund, according to the ring announcer.
Jake Paul vs Ryan Bourland and Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke
THE MAIN EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED!
Jake Paul vs Ryan Bourland and Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke
Well, that was comprehensive. Paul was never once in trouble. A second straight first-round stoppage of a pro boxer.
Of course, some will debate the pedigree of Bourland and Andre August, whom Paul knocked out in December, but there is some merit to these wins.
Jake Paul vs Ryan Bourland and Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke
Official: Jake Paul def. Ryan Bourland via first-round TKO (2:37).
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