Julio Cesar Chavez Jr once looked down and out, nevertheless it now seems he had his pick of two of the most important crossover stars in boxing for his ring return.
The previous WBC middleweight champion claims that he selected Jake Paul for his next fight over his YouTube boxing rival KSI for this comeback. Chavez last fought on Paul’s undercard in July of last yr, where he defeated UFC veteran Uriah Hall by means of a controversial decision.
Now, he returns to the ring against Paul, who’s coming off the back of the most important fight of 2024 against Mike Tyson on June 28 in California. The pair will compete up at cruiserweight, far above where the Mexican had his world title success over a decade ago.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr explains why he selected Jake Paul over KSI for giant money fight
For one of the best a part of the last six months, Jake Paul and his team at Most Invaluable Promotions had been working on a crossover super-fight with Canelo Alvarez. When that fell through, they began to maneuver towards an exhibition with Gervonta Davis, but his draw with Lamont Roach but pause on that concept.
Within the meantime, KSI was scheduled to face Dillon Danis in his Misfits Boxing return last month in a fight that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was within the running to get. Nevertheless, for some reason soccer player Wayne Bridge was chosen before Danis stepped in and Chavez wasn’t called.
Ultimately, the fight didn’t occur as KSI was too in poor health to compete, and he now appears to be specializing in ventures outside the ring.
“When the offer come to me and I got here back to see my friends here, Jake is larger,” Chavez told ESNews. “People ask me ‘is it one in all the fight’s with a greater payday for you?’ It’s not, it’s okay however the thing is the chance to present him a beating this time.
“I’m fighting him because I need to beat him and that’s an important thing to me… I like Mike Tyson and I’m the primary guy to fight Jake after he beat Mike Tyson and I need to take revenge for Mike Tyson.”
KSI’s promoter claims different reason for not fighting Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
Chavez’s version of events is different to what Mams Taylor, who owns Misfits Boxing and runs it alongside KSI. He claims that the fight was on the table and nearly done, but that they’ve as a substitute opted to only go for fights with major names.
“I had lots of communication with those guys and with Chavez,” Taylor told the Misfits Boxing YouTube channel. “He’s an incredible guy and his team are awesome and I mainly had that fight lined up but I feel now KSI really wants to maneuver to fights with names which are going to only be mega mega fights.
“That’s no disrespect to Chavez Jr, he’s a legend. An awesome really cool guy and I’m sure Jake will probably fight him in some unspecified time in the future… If he [KSI] goes to place that much effort and sacrifice into something then it’s got to have a repay.
“Not finally only, that’s tertiary or secondary. But for him getting the fans really excited and motivated to be like ‘oh wow this can be a massive fight’ moderately than the boxing purists and folks who know who Chavez is.”
