Jake Paul's time is up after an embarassing loss to Anthony Joshua

One week ago, WWE legend John Cena had his last pro wrestling match when he tapped out to Gunther. Fast forward six days later in Miami, Fla., Jake Paul was dropped four times in a sixth-round knockout loss to Anthony Joshua. 

Reading the first two sentences, you are likely wondering what the heck one has to do with the other. 

Cena realized he couldn't be the same wrestler anymore and understood that it was time to hang up his wristbands and jorts and ride off into the sunset. While Paul says for now the journey to become a world champion will continue after successful jaw surgery for a double fracture on Saturday morning.

"I'm going to come back and fight people my weight and go for the cruiserweight world championship at some point," Paul said in his post-fight interview in the ring. "I'm going to take a little break. I've been going hard for six years, so I'm going to take some time off."

After rewatching the fight, "The Problem Child" needs to hang up the boxing gloves and ride off into the Puerto Rico sunset. 

Many will say it is a harsh thing to say, as Paul is getting a ton of praise from fans, athletes, and those in boxing, including Joshua, for just stepping in the ring on Friday night. Who wouldn't step inside the ring with Joshua for millions upon millions of dollars? I'd like to see the hands that wouldn't go up. Because to be honest, he had to face someone near his age and have a better skill set to see if Paul was the goods or just a media creation. 

Everyone (except those closest to Paul) knew what the result was going to be. But too many felt Paul would stand in the pocket from the outset and get blasted out in 30 seconds. However, this writer knew, although admittedly it took some time to figure it out, that the social media influencer turned pro boxer would run around inside the unconventional 22x22 ring and try to survive 24 minutes and say he went the distance with a two-time unified heavyweight champion, suffer no damage in the process, collect a massive paycheck and laugh his way out of the arena.

The strategy worked for a while, and it ended up being quite embarrassing. Paul circled, circled, and circled the ring for pretty much the first 16 minutes of "action". To his credit, Joshua tried his hardest to get him out of there, as every time the Brit got close, Paul clinched and grabbed him like a teddy bear or tried to go all WWE and take "AJ" down to the canvas. 

The crowd inside the Kaseya Center and the fans watching around the world saw what was going on. They booed and vented their frustration on social media.

Yes, Paul landed some punches. He was going to land some. Of course he was. Should Paul get credit for that? No, because it's his job to do that. This isn't youth sports, where you get a participation trophy whether you win or lose. Not everything is butterflies and rainbows.

Running on his proverbial bicycle and WWE-style antics finally caught up to Paul as he got tired. He understood what was coming, and it wouldn't be pretty. Four knockdowns, including a scintillating right hand that broke the jaw, Paul went down one final time. 

Like Cena, right when he gave up, Paul smiled as he knew it was over, and he survived. 

While all the 28-year-old got was a trip to the hospital and having surgery, he should be lucky it was just that. 

This isn't to say Paul hasn't done any good for boxing. He's brought millions of new eyeballs to the sport that needs it. He's helped many kids with his anti-bullying initiative, Boxing Bullies. And let's not forget how he's put women's boxing at the forefront and given many fighters significant paychecks. That should and will never be forgotten, and hopefully, he continues to do that with Most Valuable Promotions (the company has a deal with DAZN). He's done more than many who have been in the sport and definitely deserves credit for his contributions.

But at the end of the day, you can't play boxing. Fighting basketball players, over-the-hill MMA fighters, and boxers look good on paper and may generate eyeballs depending on how the knockouts are. 

Jake Paul had to learn the hard way that going the route he did was eventually going to get him hurt. His performance showed that he doesn't belong in the ring against credible opposition. A fighter shouldn't have nearly as many punches landed (16 of 56) in comparison to takedowns attempted (13). 

He can still be a promoter. Champion for women and the youth of boxing. Just don't lace up the gloves and get into the ring because the world saw what Paul was all about, and it would only get worse from here going forward. 

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