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- Logan Paul and his younger brother Jake Paul appear 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.
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Logan Paul and Jake Paul are teasing an actual fight, saying say brothers have never before beaten each other up on camera in boxing, and they want to blaze that trail.
ESPN talk show host Max Kellerman interviewed Logan this week, and asked him who the better fighter is between him and his brother Jake.
After being asked the question, Logan called his brother over to answer. Jake initially seemed to raise his hand to say he is 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, Logan said: "You're going to fight me?"
Answering, Jake said: "I mean, why not?"
This confounded Kellerman, who replied: "Ok, wait a minute ... you two?"
The Pauls join many boxing brothers in arms
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Boxing is used to seeing siblings compete in the sport - but never against one another.
The heavyweight division was previously ruled by the iconic Klitschko brothers. Wladimir reigned as the WBA, WBO, and IBF champion, while his older brother Vitali held the WBC title.
Some in boxing clamored to see them fight, including Wladimir's late, legendary trainer Emanuel Steward, who once asked his student why he wouldn't fight Vitali.
"We sparred with each other, and those sparring sessions were not fun. It was very bloody, emotional," Wladimir 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 told NPR in 2011.
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More recently, there are the charismatic Charlo brothers - Jermell and Jermall.
Jermell is the unified, three-belt boxing champion at super welterweight, while Jermall holds the WBC title one division higher at middleweight.
"I know the Klitschkos said they'd never do it," Logan said regarding a potential 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 Logan to tell him that he and his brother are "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.
"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, who is 3-0 as a pro boxer, has been clamoring for boxing matches against MMA fighters.
Logan, meanwhile, takes part in one of the year's biggest fight spectacles taking on Floyd Mayweather in a June 6 exhibition.
The Mayweather-Logan showbiz boxing bout will be broadcast on Showtime pay-per-view.