WWE legend Paul Wight reveals why he never explored a career in boxing

Arguably one of the most popular names in pro-wrestling, WWE and AEW veteran Paul Wight recently opened up about not pursuing a career in boxing. Despite his training in the sport and his iconic match against Floyd Mayweather at WWE WrestleMania 24 in 2008, Wight never explored a career in boxing.

Speaking to Gareth A Davies in a new interview, Wight explained his decisions. “I didn’t need to. I got into wrestling very early, 21, when I met Hogan and started with WCW. So, financially, it was a lottery ticket for me, and I’ve never been a person that really feels like I have something to prove in that genre. I have a lot of respect for guys that do that. I did a little bit of boxing myself in 07. I took a year off from WWE and trained boxing. I sparred with Oliver McCall. It takes a lot of courage to step over those ropes and know that someone’s going to do physical harm to you, and you need to protect yourself and do physical harm back on a… What was it my boxing trainer said? Fatigue makes cowards of us all.”

Standing tall at 7ft, Wight was one of the most celebrated wrestlers of his era. A multi-time World Champion, Wight claimed that he always felt there was nothing for him in boxing to win. “There’s nothing for me to win at this size to get in that because you know if you know combat sports for real. Size and strength play a point in it. But actually, it’s training and unconscious competence was another word I already said. Because there’s a lot of times where if I’m thinking about throwing a jab or thinking about… It’s already too late,” he added.

Paul Wight speaks highly of wrestlers who tried combat sports

Speaking highly of the men who crossed the boundaries and explored combat sports, Wight claimed, “I’ve had Ken Shamrock, years ago, show me some stuff, and all the boys were like, ‘quit showing him that stuff. He’s too damn big,’ and it was like, you know, it was fun. But, no, my hat’s off to guys like Brock and Jack [Hager] that stepped in there and did that because there’s no upside if you fail. You know, and it wasn’t a question of not having confidence in myself. To me, it was like I didn’t- I was very fortunate in the career that I have. I like entertaining people. I like making people laugh. I like doing what I do in wrestling. I like doing the movies and the TV shows and that stuff. That’s more my drive,” he finished.

Wight, 54, is also on his own weight loss journey and has lost significant weight since starting it.

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