quit a Piers Morgan interview in a rage earlier this week<\/a>. \u201cIt was flawless. I think I only got hit about 10 times.\u201d<\/p>\nThe judges scored it 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93 for Paul. The Associated Press also favored Paul 97-93.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I lost the first five rounds, so I tried to win the last rounds,\u201d said Ch\u00e1vez, who has fought just once since 2021. \u201cHe\u2019s strong, a good boxer (for) the first three, four rounds. After that, I felt he was tired. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s ready for the champions, but he\u2019s a good fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite winning the WBC middleweight title in 2011 and defending it three times, Ch\u00e1vez is best known for failing to maximize his potential and fully add to his father\u2019s impressive legacy.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Ch\u00e1vez is still the most credible boxer by far to share the ring with Paul, who is now 5 \u00b9\/\u2082 years and 13 fights into his lucrative fight career.<\/p>\n
Julio C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez goes on offense vs. Jake Paul, which he did more often in the later rounds, in his loss. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Paul \u2014 who has mostly fought mixed martial arts artists and fellow online celebrities\u2014 last fought in November in a win over a way-past-his-prime Mike Tyson, who will turn 59 on June 30.<\/p>\n
His only loss came in February 2023 when he lost to Tommy Fury.<\/p>\n
This latest win for Paul means he has a chance to go from a popular boxing sideshow to landing a more mainstream bout. <\/p>\n
Jake Paul punches Julio C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez in the face during his unanimous decision victory. Getty Images<\/p>\n
It would mean he could be invited to fight under the backing of one of boxing\u2019s sanctioning bodies, which would allow him to book a fight against an elite fighter whenever he chooses.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll see,\u201d Paul said when asked to name his next foe. \u201cThere\u2019s a long line, so they\u2019ve got to wait in line. Take a ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n
The loquacious Paul then said he would have no problem beating Gilberto \u201cZurdo\u201d Ramirez, who retained his two cruiserweight title belts with a close unanimous decision over Cuba\u2019s Yuniel Dorticos in the final undercard bout.<\/p>\n
Julio C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez lands a stiff jab to Jake Paul\u2019s face during his unanimous decision loss. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n
In earlier undercard action, former UFC star Holly Holm, 43, returned from a 12-year absence from the boxing ring to dominate previously unbeaten Yolanda Guadalupe Vega Ochoa.<\/p>\n
New Jersey welterweight Julian Rodriguez earned a thrilling victory in the waning moments of the 10th and final round, staggering Avious Griffin with a sneaky left hand and eventually knocking the previously unbeaten Griffin sideways into the ropes for a stoppage with 5 seconds left. <\/p>\n
\u2014 The Associated Press contributed to this report <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul beat another old, past-his-prime boxer on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., but…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21354,51,7902,7904,50,62,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-24299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-jake-paul","11":"tag-julio-cesar-chavez-jr","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114766275224023099","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}