Jake Paul has historically been accused of cherry picking opponents who’re much smaller than him in order that he can bully them within the ring.
This past Saturday, Jake Paul returned to the boxing ring for the primary time since his controversial win over Mike Tyson last November, when he took on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in Anaheim, California.
‘The Problem Child’ went on to select up one other dominant victory, continuing to divide the boxing fanbase after scoring the unanimous decision victory against the previous WBC middleweight champion.
Following his win over the Mexican, Paul has now entered the highest 15 of the WBA rankings. He’s now eligible for a cruiserweight world title shot against Zurdo Ramirez, and the 2 faced off following Saturday night’s fights.
Jake Paul was outweighed by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on fight night
Throughout his profession, the 28-year-old has repeatedly received criticism for his involvement in the game, with one in every of the gripes being how he cherry picks opponents who’re smaller than him.
Following his win, Paul threatened to ‘vigorously go after’ those who proceed to make up ‘irresponsible’ claims about his boxing profession, as he continued his feud with controversial British talk show host, Piers Morgan.
Nevertheless, ‘The Problem Child’ could have regained a few of his status following the fight because the fight night weights of the fighters have been revealed and there are some surprising numbers.
Throughout the official weigh-ins on the Friday before the fight, Paul weighed in at 199.4lbs and only placed on 10lbs come fight night as he stepped into the ring at 209.4lbs, only increasing his weight by 5%.
On the opposite side, Chavez Jr, who competed the vast majority of his profession at a lower weight of around 160lbs, weighed in at 198.4lbs in the course of the official weigh-ins, but placed on a major 15.1lbs by fight night.
On Saturday night, Chavez Jr weighed 213.5lbs, outweighing Paul by 4.1lbs. After all the additional weight didn’t pay dividends for the Mexican as Paul dominated him for the massive majority of the fight.
Jake Paul branded ‘crazy’ for calling out former heavyweight world champion
Following his win over the previous world champion, Paul called out several current world champions as he looks to realize his final goal of his profession.
One in all the names that the 28-year-old called out was former heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua, who has been out of the ring for some time since his devastating loss to Daniel Dubois.
With Joshua being a legit former world champion who could be considerably greater than he’s, Paul was branded ‘crazy’ for making the callout by Roy Jones Jr.