Interim WBC super welterweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. just isn’t a fan of Jake Paul.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer stretched his boxing record to 12-1 by beating former middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. by unanimous decision on Saturday night.
What was arguably a career-best win for Jake Paul propelled him into the WBA’s cruiserweight top 15.
23-0 superstar Vergil Ortiz Jr. can’t consider individuals are still taking fights like Paul vs Chavez Jr. seriously.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. rips Jake Paul in social media rant
On Sunday, Ortiz Jr. posted a lengthy social media statement condemning the profession of Paul.
The 27-year-old also called out those watching and supporting a person who’s ‘destroying the game’ of boxing.
“Jake Paul is scamming the whole world along with his circus fights,” Ortiz tweeted.
“Selling them as real fights, but the whole world continues to eat all of it up after which have the nerve to be disillusioned since the circus fights they pay to observe aren’t real fights.
“He’s single-handedly destroying the game, and everybody else is enabling it. You guys are going to proceed covering and watching the circuses, hoping for the umpteenth time that this circus can be real.
“What’s it called again while you keep doing the identical thing expecting different results?
“You’ve to applaud Jake Paul for maintaining the charade this long and for having everyone else still consider it.”
Jake Paul calls out five fighters
Despite the protestations from Ortiz Jr., Paul will return to the ring for an additional big fight later this yr.
Exactly who his opponent can be stays a mystery as he called out several boxers after beating Chavez Jr.
“I would like tougher fighters. I wanna be a world champion.” Paul said within the ring post-fight.
“Zurdo [Gilberto Ramirez] looked slow as s— tonight, that might be easy work, too.
“Badou Jack, I would like everybody.
“Anthony Joshua, Gervonta [Davis], and Tommy [Fury], stop running.”
Paul faced off with Gilberto Ramirez backstage after their potential world title scrap became an actual possibility.
It’s currently unclear who the frontrunner is as Paul begins his search for an additional big-name opponent.