Mike Perry has claimed that fighting Jake Paul was ‘weird’, and warned Julio Cesar Chavez Jr of his power ahead of their clash this month.
The BKFC ‘King of Violence’ was thrown in on short notice with Paul after his initially-planned bout with Mike Tyson was forced back until November. Perry was game and took Paul five rounds to work out in what the social media star would describe as a ‘$60million risk’.
Now, Paul is ready to face former world champion Chavez Jr in what is predicted to be the hardest test of his profession on June 28 in California.
Meanwhile, Perry is currently promoting DBX’s second full event, which takes place on the Hangar Miami on Friday June 14. Tickets are available here and fans can watch survive YouTube here.
Mike Perry outlines Jake Paul’s ‘weird power’ ahead of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr clash
While Jake Paul did put down Mike Perry thrice before landing the stoppage victory, the previous UFC star insists that it wasn’t a lot the facility behind the punches because it was his style. He claims that a more technical boxer like Chavez can have higher balance and avoid the large knockdowns.
“It was different, it was weird,” Perry told Bloody Elbow in an exclusive chat. “I train with boxing gloves on to spar but the way in which that he put his weight into some things, it’s not just like the punches were hurting my head a lot.
“But he would catch me once I was off balance and I don’t think Chavez will likely be off balance the way in which that I used to be… Chavez is a more formal boxer, I do higher once I can do more of an MMA striking style and make it dirty.
“That’s how I used to be in a position to beat a 27-3 boxer by making it dirty which I used to be allowed to do under those rules. But just clean boxing, he doesn’t have terrible power, his power was there. He was in a position to knock me down and use his weight and size, but Chavez is slightly closer to his size.
“They’re very similar and I feel Jake has some good skill, he’s got an awesome team around him and people things make big differences.”
Mike Perry breaks down Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s possibilities against Jake Paul
Chavez made his last outing within the ring on the undercard of Paul and Perry’s fight last yr. He struggled to a controversial decision win against Uriah Hall, but is believed to be taking this bout considerably more seriously.
“We saw Chavez on that card, Uriah Hall may not have had the boxing experience but we’ve seen him be very strong within the stand-up game and there have been some things that were tough for him to transition into that boxing.
“Chavez does have some size, they’re fighting at 200lb again, Jake’s cutting that weight again and he’ll be putting good weight on. We saw him against Mike Tyson at 227lb so he’ll have good weight on, and he has got some power, size and skill.
“Nonetheless, Chavez has a ton of experience in boxing with almost 60 skilled boxing fights. His record has over 50 wins under the belt in boxing itself and his father was an all-time great so there’s plenty of pressure on him.
“I ponder how that’s because Jake has been talking some trash. I don’t know the way it’s going to go because Chavez has got plenty of experience and I got to talk with him back when me and Jake did fight and he’s got slightly bit more size than me to associate with the boxing skill.
“It’s a troublesome fight for Jake, but anything can occur.”
