Jake Paul’s next fight is just a few days away now and ahead of his comeback to the ring, he has made an honest admission about his opponent, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
On Saturday June 28, Jake Paul returns to the boxing ring for his first fight since his controversial win over boxing legend Mike Tyson last November.
Ahead of his fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, ‘The Problem Child’ has indicated that he has a relatively hefty weight cut on his hands, revealing his current weight recently.
Throughout his career, Chavez Jr has fought some of the best fighters in the world including Canelo Alvarez, and has recorded some huge knockouts over his 62-fight career.
Jake Paul makes honest admission about where Chavez Jr ranks amongst opponents
Since making his mark on the professional boxing world in 2020, Paul has continued to divide the opinions of the fanbase, along with fellow professional fighters.
‘The Problem Child’ has been involved in several online feuds with some of combat sports’ biggest stars and at one point, he even offered Paddy Pimblett $1m to spar him after Pimblett accused him of fixing fights.
One of the reasons why the 28-year-old has continued to receive criticism is because of the level of opponent he picks to fight, which the majority of the time has included retired MMA fighters.
On the one occasion that Paul picked a fellow professional boxer near the same age as him, he was embarrassingly beaten by Tommy Fury.
Despite that, ahead of his clash against Chavez Jr on June 28, the internet sensation turned boxer has made an honest admission about where his opponent ranks amongst his former foes.
“I would say Chavez is most likely going to be the toughest opponent (I have faced yet), the most experienced, literally the most amount of fights out of all of my opponents,” Paul said during an interview with DAZN Boxing.
“He’s a former world champion which I haven’t faced a former boxing world champion other than Mike Tyson but obviously Mike was older, Chavez is still in his 30’s so I think this is gonna be the toughest one,” Paul continued.
Jake Paul rips into Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford ahead of super fight
Before booking a fight against Chavez Jr, Paul signed to fight Canelo Alvarez in a surprise super fight, however Turki Alalshikh stepped in at the eleventh hour and put a stop to the fight.
And with that, it was recently announced that Canelo and Crawford will clash in TKO Boxing’s first ever event, which will stream live on Netflix and will be promoted by Dana White.
Ahead of their clash, Canelo and Crawford sat together with Turki Alalshikh and enjoyed a meal together, which Paul took aim at and called ‘goofy’.
