Jake Paul may lose his WBA cruiserweight rating days after getting into the highest 15.
Paul was given a No.14 ranking at 200lbs after beating former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr through unanimous determination final weekend in Anaheim, California.
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Nonetheless, Ring Journal experiences that the WBA is ready to assessment Paul’s place at their upcoming European conference in Madrid (July 15-18) after the sanctioning physique got here below fireplace from different ranked contenders.
On paper, Chavez Jr was Paul’s finest victory of his fledgling 12-1 professional profession, though the Mexican wasn’t ranked by the WBA heading into the competition and hadn’t had a notable win in a number of years.
The WBA’s determination did not go down properly with a number of members of the boxing fraternity.
Notably, talkSPORT’s Spencer Oliver, who made his ideas recognized throughout a latest taping of the talkBOXING podcast.
“He doesn’t deserve a rating off boxing, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, going off this efficiency,” stated Oliver.
“Chavez Jr didn’t do something for eight rounds; he actually lined up.
“We noticed somewhat one thing in spherical 9, then in spherical ten, he decides to open up and do one thing. I don’t prefer it…
“He’s getting higher, after all he’s getting higher.
“However you may’t beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr after which get a world rating and get a world title shot.
“They’re speaking about Badou Jack, and timing could possibly be good there, however come on.
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“The place’s the respect on this sport for anybody that will get ranked off a choice like this…
“Sure, it’s an leisure enterprise, however come on.
“(There’s) youngsters that work their a**** off and get in there and have been placing themselves in that place.
“You may’t simply go, ‘since you’ve received an enormous on-line presence that you simply get a world title shot’ as a result of that makes a mockery of the game.”
Paul is but to beat a world-ranked boxer as knowledgeable
Tommy Fury briefly held a high 40 ranking with the WBC, however he defeated ‘The Downside Little one’ through break up determination.
Previous to his win over Chavez Jr, Paul bested a 58-year-old Mike Tyson, whereas the remainder of his résumé is made up of former UFC fighters, low-level professional boxers, and influencers.