Jake Paul will return to the boxing ring on Saturday, June 28, for a cruiserweight bout against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., the former WBC middleweight belt holder from 2011-2012. It’s Paul’s first fight since making easy work of Mike Tyson in a Netflix-streamed event, winning by unanimous decision.
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The Paul vs. Chavez Jr. main event ringwalk is expected to start around 11 p.m. ET on Saturday, with the fight starting shortly after. The coverage of the entire PAul fight card will begin at 8 p.m. ET on DAZN PPV.
The Paul fight is scheduled for 10 rounds. Paul weighed in a 199.4 pounds and Chavez Jr. at 198.4.
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Jake Paul vs. Chavez Jr. Predictions, Projections
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Jake Paul – 97.5 Total Punches Landed
- Two of Jake Paul’s last four fights have ended with a Round 1 knockout, the other two went to decision.
- Chavez Jr.’s last five fights have either gone the distance or ended in retirement.
- Paul landed only 78 punches vs. Mike Tyson, but significantly let off the gas in the final rounds. That was an eight round fight.
- In a six-round bout vs. Mike Perry, Paul landed 96 total punches, while Perry only landed 33.
- In a 10-round decision win vs. Nate Diaz, Paul landed 174 punches.
- Paul averages 37.1 punches thrown per round, landing 32.3% of them in his career.
- Paul is also projected for 89.5 fantasy points on PrizePicks in this fight vs. Chavez Jr.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. – 75.5 Total Punches Landed
- Chavez Jr. averages 21.8 punches thrown per round in his career, landing 33.5% of his punches (7.3 per round, 4.1 body).
- Averaging his punches landed per round over 10 rounds,
- In his most recent fight vs. Uriah Hall, — a victory — Chavez Jr. averaged 11 punches landed per round.
- However, his worst performance came as an underdog vs. Canelo Alvarez in May 2017, where he averaged just six punches landed per round, out of 25 thrown.
- Recent Jake Paul opponents total punches output are hard to gauge, as on one hand is Mike Tyson at 18, though he had no gas by the third round. On the other hand is Nate Diaz at 143, who refused to give up.
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Jake Paul will look to add more credibility to his name with a bout vs. former champion Chavez Jr. on Saturday night. After the fight vs. Mike Tyson, which looked unfair on paper and in the ring, he’ll need to impress once again to keep moving up in the ranks.
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