Jake Paul will face the previous medium weight champion Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. within the subsequent assembly of the influencer-Boxer on June 28 on the Honda Center in Anaheim.
Paul (11-1, 7 kos) and Chávez (54-6-1, 34 kos) could have a 10-round wrestle with a 200-pound seize restrict, the promoter Golden Boy introduced on Friday.
Paul has fought principally YouTuber companions and combined martial artists since he began his profession of wildly worthwhile boxing 5 years in the past. He fought 58 -year -old Mike Tyson final November, profitable unanimously.
Paul has negotiated extensively for a gathering in opposition to the Mexican star Canelo Alvarez firstly of this yr, however Alvarez rejected the assembly for a wealthy settlement with 4 fights with the Riyadh season, the promotional arm of the boxing of the overall leisure authority of Saudi Arabia. It isn’t clear whether or not Alvarez was severely prepared to combat Paul or just to take advantage of the web star for a larger pay day.
The 39 -year -old Chávez was someplace between a critical boxer and a showman for a few years.
He had his lengthy worthwhile profession, however was largely constructed on the unconditional love of Mexican followers for his well-known father. The younger Chávez was identified for the shortage of self-discipline and sometimes lacked weight, though he additionally managed to win the title of the WBC common weights in 2011 and defend him 3 times earlier than Sergio Martinez took him away in 2012.
Chávez has additionally resorted to fights of combined martial artists in recent times, and has misplaced notored in opposition to the previous Star of the UFC Anderson Silva in 2021. Chávez fought solely twice from that defeat, and strictly beat the previous UFC Ufc Uriah Hall in a six -round assembly final yr.
Reporting by the Associated Press.
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