Overview
- Jake Paul will face former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on June 28 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
- Paul said he expects to embarrass Chavez Jr. and called this matchup his toughest challenge to date.
- In a promotional video, Paul named Gervonta Davis, Anthony Joshua, KSI, Tommy Fury, Ryan Garcia and Badou Jack as potential post-Chavez opponents.
- Most Valuable Promotions is exploring bouts for Paul with unified cruiserweight champion Gilberto Ramirez and IBF titleholder Jai Opetaia, both of whom have indicated conditional interest.
- Paul acknowledges he must break into the WBA or WBO top 15 to qualify for a voluntary world title defense and believes he could secure a world title shot within two years.