Jake Paul is set to take the biggest risk of his unique boxing career on Saturday night when he faces former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at Honda Center.
Paul 11-1, 7 KOs is facing his most accomplished opponent yet when he takes on the 39-year-old Chavez 54-6-2, 34 KOs in front of a raucous Orange County crowd.
Chavez has fought once since 2021 and is best known for failing to maximize the potential in his famous father's genetics. He is still the most credible boxer by far to share the ring with Paul, who is now 5 1/2 years and 13 fights into his lucrative boxing tenure.
Paul has successfully leveraged his Internet ubiquity and his own hard work to become a force in the business of boxing, if not in championship bouts. He has founded a busy promotional company and flirted with mixed martial arts while becoming one of the most important combat sports athletes in the world on his unique career path.
Paul has mostly fought mixed martial artists and fellow online celebrities, and he took his only loss in February 2023 when he stepped in against actual boxer Tommy Fury, whose fame also exceeds his ring skills.