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November 18, 2024
Boulder, Colorado – YouTube superstar-turned-boxer Jake Paul announced via TikTok his plans to fight Colorado Buffaloes superfan Peggy Coppom—whose 100th birthday was celebrated on Folsom field after CU’s win over Utah on Saturday—in Las Vegas next May.
“May 9th. 2025. Vegas. She’s. Going. Down.” Said a caption overlaid on top of video of Paul shadowboxing a printed-out image of Coppom in the back yard of his Puerto Rico villa.
“A lot of people don’t know this, but she’s pretty athletic,” said Coppom’s new trainer Art Bonafacio. “She’s got a long, storied history of kicking ass in back yard croquet. And before her hip replacement, she was always a first-round draft pick for potato sack races at the retirement home. She’s got that ‘It’ factor, for sure,” Bonafacio continued.
When asked about her fighting experience, Bonafacio clarified.
“She’s actually never been in a fight, unless you count that skirmish she had with her bridge partner Gertrude last October,” Bonafacio concluded.
