Jake Paul made a head-scratching comparison between his upcoming boxing return and Paddy Pimblett’s win over Michael Chandler.
Controversial boxing star Jake Paul‘s latest claims about his upcoming return to the ring are turning heads.
Paul is set to face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., the son of a boxing icon, on June 28th in Anaheim. He returns for the first time since defeating heavyweight boxing legend, Mike Tyson, in November by unanimous decision.
While Chavez is a former world champion with a 54-6-1 professional record, many believe he’s well past his physical prime for the Paul matchup. Chavez hasn’t competed since a win over former UFC middleweight contender Uriah Hall last July.
Since Paul and Most Valuable Promotions announced the polarizing boxer’s next fight, the matchup has drawn mixed reactions from the general public. In response, Paul compared his upcoming fight to Paddy Pimblett‘s dominant win over Michael Chandler at UFC 314.
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Jake Paul blasted for questionable claims about upcoming boxing return
In a recent video posted to the Most Valuable Promotions social media accounts, Paul hit back at his detractors.
“Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is a former world champion, a cruiserweight world champion,” Paul said. “The same weight as me, the same size as me, and 20 years more pro boxing experience than me. For you inbreds, let’s get the excuses out of the way.
“Last week, Paddy Pimblett beat Michael Chandler, and the whole world lost their mind, but not a single person mentioned Michael Chandler’s age. That’s because he’s still within his prime ages, the same age as Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
“If people didn’t have a problem with Paddy, then why do they have a problem with me? When I beat him, don’t even try to cry about his age.” (h/t MMA Fighting)
It didn’t take long for fight fans to roast Paul’s claims in the comments.
“No one cares about Jake Paul. He’s fading out,” one fan responded.
“But he hasn’t been in the ring for awhile and is way older than u? If you want credit soo d— bad why didn’t u rematch Tommy Fury? Same age as you,” another said.
“‘Former’ is the key word here…enough said.”
“We cooked this man into making a 40 minutes video.”
“When you have to make a video convincing people he’s a good fighter……”
“Looks like there might be trouble selling the fight.”
“When you gone fight somebody that’s in their prime? An actual boxer!??”
“You always need to put up a full debate case for each of ur opponents.”
Paul’s strength of boxing opponents has irked many fans during his career. During his 11-1 tenure in the ring, he’s defeated former UFC stars Tyron Woodley, Anderson Silva, and Nate Diaz, and several other names with little boxing experience.
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Jake Paul fact checked after bizarre Canelo Alvarez jab
Chavez gave Canelo Alvarez a formidable challenge earlier in their boxing careers, with Alvarez walking away with a unanimous decision victory. In a recent social media post announcing the fight, Paul blasted Alvarez for allegedly failing to beat Chavez in dominant fashion.
The problem? Alvarez won the fight on the judges’ scorecards by a considerable margin, forcing X‘s community notes feature to fact check Paul.
Chavez picked the Paul fight over a clash with one of his opponent’s YouTube boxing rivals, KSI. KSI was supposed to face controversial combat sports star Dillon Danis in a boxing match earlier this year before withdrawing due to an illness, and has since hinted at retirement.
Before the Chavez fight announcement, Paul was briefly in talks to face Anthony Joshua in the ring, despite a significant size difference. Fight talks with Alvarez were in the final stages before Riyadh Season and Turki Alalshikh signed Alvarez to a mega deal.
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