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Andreas Hale
Jake Paul (11-1, 7 Kos) will take the next step to become a world champion when he faces a former WBC champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (54-6-1, 34 Kos) on Saturday 28th June at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The most valuable promotion event revealed details about the fight for ESPN on Friday.
The Ten -round fight, which the MVP will cooperate with the Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, will be questioned at a weight limit of 200 pounds and a payout for Dazn.
“Five years ago, after a single amateur struggle, I entered the ring for my professional debut, and every fight since then has been a step to become a world champion. I have just defeated the worst man on the planet, and now I am against a former champion that Conman Canelo could not finish,” Jake Paul, 28 years.
“Chavez Jr. is Mexican, but I, El Gallo de Dorado, have the will and heart of the big Mexican fighters. On Saturday, June 28, I live on Dazn Pay-Per-View, eliminate Julio and make Chavez Sr.
The fighting announcement comes only a month after The proposed struggle between Paul and Canelo Alvarez broke up at 11 am in favor of a quadruple agreement with the Riyadh season. Paul then struggled with Gervonta “tank” Davis. Davis, however Controversial most draws Against Lamont Roach Jr. In March, he derailed these plans, as it is now expected that the “tank” with Roach will chase an immediate match. When Paul disintegrated two blockbuster clearing, he turned to the former world champion and son of a legend in the boxing in Chavez Jr.
“Chavez Jr. has always been on the short list of warriors that Jake Paul focused on,” said co -founder of MVP Nakisa Bidarian at ESPN. “After the fight Tyson was the original plan to fight Chavezi Jr.
Chavez Jr., 39, will be the second former world champion he faced, although the previous champion lost to the former YouTuber’s first world championship for decades before Paul’s birth. In November 2024, Paul won a unanimous decision Against the 58 -year -old former Mike Tyson champion in a record action on Netflix. Chavez Jr. Last time he organized the main world title in 2012. Since Loss of WBC title for Sergio Martinez In 2012, the career of Chavez jr was uneven and inconsistent, with Mexican 8-6 after the start of the 46-0-1 record.
Performance of Chavez Jr. one -sided defeat to Alvarez in 2017 and embarrassing Loss of former MMA Anderson Silva In 2021 he was last in action to fight Paul with Mike Perry last July, when Chavez Jr. In the six -round fight, Khavez Jr. overcame. Although Chavez Jr. It is not by far the form he had at the beginning of his career, the former champion believes that his problems are behind him and he will be able to return “El Gallo”.
“First, I will show what I can do now when everything is in the right place in my life-both physically and physically,” said Julio César Chávez Jr. Win. ”
At the COMAIN, Unified Cruiserweight Champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (47-1, 30 Kos) from Golden Boy Promotions will defend their titles against the former unified champion Yuniel Dorticos (27-2, 25 Kos).
Ramirez won the WBO and WBA titles in 2024 after holding at Super Middleweight, where he held the WBO title in 2016–2018 before he relaxed to move lightly. Ramirez lonely loss In November 2022, Dmitry Bivol came against the current lightweight champion. Fighting from Cuba is a former champion of the cruiser on three combat winning lanes.
“The golden boy again proves that we are willing to work with anyone to provide the largest and most interesting events in the boxing. We are excited to cooperate with Jake Paul, Nakis Bidarian, the most valuable promotion and Dazn to bring fans around the world this night,” Oscar de la Hoya.
Paul and de la Hoya share a common enemy in UFC CEO Dan White, who will hold the UFC 317 during the annual international combat week of promotion opposite Paul-Chavez Jr. In T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“I am excited to work with the Oscar de la Hoya, who is the only former fighter who successfully runs a promotional company,” Bidarian said. “Like Jake Paul, Oscar has his haters, but it’s because they both move the needle as very little and are not afraid to speak their minds.”
