‘I would like harder fighters, I wish to be world champion,’ Paul stated in his problem to former and present WBC champions.
Superstar boxer Jake Paul has defeated former middleweight boxing champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr by unanimous resolution in a cruiserweight battle in California, United States.
The 28-year-old YouTube influencer-turned-boxer overcame his opponent with a judges’ rating of 99-91, 97-93 and 98-92 within the 10-round battle at Honda Heart in Anaheim on Saturday night time.
The win marks Paul’s triumphant return to the ring seven months after his blockbuster battle in opposition to 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
Chavez Jr, 39, is a former World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion who has not held a significant boxing title in 13 years and has fought simply as soon as within the final three and a half years. He has additionally had some well-documented private issues over the previous few years.
Paul, who gained fame as a social media star on YouTube and have become a boxer, now has a six-fight profitable streak and a 12-1 report with seven knockouts (KOs).
‘I wish to be world champion’
Following the win, Paul challenged plenty of present and former WBC champions to a battle.
“I would like harder fighters, I wish to be world champion,” he advised streaming service DAZN within the ring.
He referred to as on Zurdo Ramirez, Badou Jack, Anthony Joshua, Gervonta Davis and Tommy Fury to “cease operating”.
Nevertheless, Chavez Jr stated his conqueror was a “good fighter” however was not able to face the record of champions he had named.
“He’s sturdy, [he is a] good boxer [but] I don’t assume he’s prepared for champions,” the Mexican stated.
Paul, who was set to face Canelo Alvarez till the latter signed a profitable four-fight cope with Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season, stated Alvarez was “ducking” the battle.
In a video posted to his social media account, Paul confirmed what he stated was a contract signed by himself and Alvarez for a battle to be held in Las Vegas on Could 3.
“The reality is, you [ Alvarez ] could possibly be purchased,” Paul stated on the time. “You’re a money-hungry squirrel chasing your subsequent nut. The reality is, these sports-washing, shady characters are paying you lots of of thousands and thousands of {dollars} to cease our battle from taking place as a result of they couldn’t fathom the truth that they will’t create a much bigger battle than me and also you.”
Alvarez, a Mexican boxing celebrity, unified boxing’s super-middleweight world titles after a pedestrian however unanimous factors win over IBF champion William Scull in Riyadh on Could 3 .
Paul vs Chavez Jr: Contrasting fortunes
The 28-year-old is among the sport’s prime sights regardless of not having a standard combating pedigree by means of a boxing affiliation. Paul has made a minimum of $60m since beginning his boxing profession, in line with a number of sources.
His battle final November with Tyson, which Paul gained in an eight-round resolution, peaked at a staggering 64 million concurrent streams on Netflix.
In the meantime, Chavez Jr – with a report of (54-7-1, 34 KOs) – final held a significant boxing world title in 2012 and has had a tough time inside and outdoors the ring lately.
In November 2021, his shock defeat by a cut up resolution to 46-year-old former UFC fighter Anderson Silva in a crossover boxing match was undoubtedly the bottom – and most embarrassing – level of his skilled boxing profession. Coincidentally, Paul beat Silva in a battle final yr.
The Mexican’s private points have included an absence of motivation, a repeated failure to make weight for fights, alcohol and drug dependancy, an arrest for unlawful possession of a firearm in his Los Angeles residence and a failed drug take a look at. On the launch of the Paul-Chavez battle in Could at The Avalon in Hollywood, Paul mocked Chavez’s dependancy issues in addition to his “lack of mentality”.
Studies say that Paul has an opportunity of coming into the WBC’s rankings with the win.
“The WBC scores committee has been following Jake Paul’s profession,” ESPN reported WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman as saying earlier than the battle.
“If he defeats Chavez, and relying on how the battle performs out, the committee will make the choice. It’s very possible [Paul will be ranked] if he wins convincingly.”
