‘I need more durable fighters, I need to be world champion,’ Paul mentioned 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 Middle 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 serious 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 couple of years.
Paul, who gained fame as a social media star on YouTube and have become a boxer, now has a six-fight successful streak and a 12-1 report with seven knockouts (KOs).
Jake Paul celebrates on the finish of the cruiserweight boxing bout in opposition to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (Patrick T Fallon /AFP)
‘I need to be world champion’
Following the win, Paul challenged a lot of present and former WBC champions to a battle.
“I need more durable fighters, I need 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”.
Nonetheless, Chavez Jr mentioned his conqueror was a “good fighter” however was not able to face the record of champions he had named.
“He’s sturdy, (he’s a) good boxer (however) I don’t suppose he’s prepared for champions,” the Mexican mentioned.
Paul, who was set to face Canelo Alvarez till the latter signed a profitable four-fight cope with Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season, mentioned Alvarez was “ducking” the battle.
In a video posted to his social media account, Paul confirmed what he mentioned was a contract signed by himself and Alvarez for a battle to be held in Las Vegas on Might 3.
“The reality is, you ( Alvarez ) may very well be purchased,” Paul mentioned on the time. “You’re a money-hungry squirrel chasing your subsequent nut. The reality is, these sports-washing, shady characters are paying you a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to cease our battle from occurring as a result of they couldn’t fathom the truth that they’ll’t create a much bigger battle than me and also you.”
Alvarez, a Mexican boxing famous person, unified boxing’s super-middleweight world titles after a pedestrian however unanimous factors win over IBF champion William Scull in Riyadh on Might 3 .
Paul celebrates his win (Patrick T Fallon/AFP)
Paul vs Chavez Jr: Contrasting fortunes
The 28-year-old is without doubt one of the sport’s high points of interest regardless of not having a conventional combating pedigree by way of a boxing affiliation. Paul has made at the least $60m since beginning his boxing profession, in response to a number of sources.
His battle final November with Tyson, which Paul received 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 serious boxing world title in 2012 and has had a troublesome time inside and outdoors the ring lately.
In November 2021, his shock defeat by a break 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 habit, an arrest for unlawful possession of a firearm in his Los Angeles house and a failed drug take a look at. On the launch of the Paul-Chavez battle in Might at The Avalon in Hollywood, Paul mocked Chavez’s habit issues in addition to his “lack of mentality”.
Reviews say that Paul has an opportunity of getting into the WBC’s rankings with the win.
“The WBC rankings 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 seemingly (Paul will likely be ranked) if he wins convincingly.”
Paul, proper, punches Chavez Jr throughout their cruiserweight boxing match (Etienne Laurent/AP)
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