‘I would like 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 struggle 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 struggle at Honda Middle in Anaheim on Saturday evening.
The win marks Paul’s triumphant return to the ring seven months after his blockbuster struggle towards 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 few 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 file with seven knockouts (KOs).
‘I need to be world champion’
Following the win, Paul challenged a lot of present and former WBC champions to a struggle.
“I would like more durable fighters, I need to be world champion,” he informed streaming service DAZN within the ring.
He referred to as on Zurdo Ramirez, Badou Jack, Anthony Joshua, Gervonta Davis and Tommy Fury to “cease working”.
Nevertheless, Chavez Jr mentioned his conqueror was a “good fighter” however was not able to face the record of champions he had named.
“He’s robust, [he is a] good boxer [but] I don’t assume he’s prepared for champions,” the Mexican mentioned.
Paul, who was set to face Canelo Alvarez till the latter signed a profitable four-fight take care of Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season, mentioned Alvarez was “ducking” the struggle.
In a video posted to his social media account, Paul confirmed what he mentioned was a contract signed by himself and Alvarez for a struggle to be held in Las Vegas on Might 3.
“The reality is, you [ Alvarez ] could possibly 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 lots of of tens of millions of {dollars} to cease our struggle from occurring as a result of they couldn’t fathom the truth that they’ll’t create an even bigger struggle 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 Might 3 .
Paul vs Chavez Jr: Contrasting fortunes
The 28-year-old is among the sport’s high points of interest regardless of not having a conventional preventing pedigree via a boxing affiliation. Paul has made at the least $60m since beginning his boxing profession, in accordance with a number of sources.
His struggle 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 file 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 struggle final 12 months.
The Mexican’s private points have included a scarcity 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 house and a failed drug take a look at. On the launch of the Paul-Chavez struggle in Might at The Avalon in Hollywood, Paul mocked Chavez’s dependancy issues in addition to his “lack of mentality”.
Experiences 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 struggle.
“If he defeats Chavez, and relying on how the struggle performs out, the committee will make the choice. It’s very seemingly [Paul will be ranked] if he wins convincingly.”
