Jake Paul took on experienced boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in his 13th professional fight in Anaheim, California on Saturday night, and it’s safe to say The Problem Child was barely tested in the 10-round contest, which went the distance and saw the judges score unanimously in Paul’s favour.

The YouTuber-turned-boxer took on former middleweight champion Chavez Jr in front of a raucous crowd that broke the gate record for boxing events at the Anaheim Center. Paul’s last ring outing was a massive money fight with Mike Tyson, while the ex-champion defeated former UFC star Uriah Hall last summer.

The crowd in attendance were not impressed with the fight, however, and ended up booing Paul out of the building afterwards.

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After very little action to speak of for five-and-a-half rounds, the fight sprung to life at the end of the sixth with both men landing big shots on their rivals. The seventh and eighth were much of a muchness, before a fiery finish to the ninth.

The aftermath of Paul’s victory had him calling out everyone from unified cruiserweight world champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez, who was victorious in the co-main event, to WBC cruiserweight titleholder Badou Jack, Gervonta Davis, Anthony Joshua, and Tommy Fury.

Paul seemed indifferent to the crowd’s reaction, claiming afterwards: “All the boos are words, but actions speak louder than words. It was flawless. I think I only got hit 10 times. He’s been in with [Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez] and all those guys, and I embarrassed him like that. Easy work.

Paul vs Chavez Jr Punch Stats

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Paul (12-1, 7 KOs) controlled large portions of the fight with his jab against a listless Chavez Jr, who spent the early rounds following the influencer-turned-boxer around the ring without letting his hands go. Paul landed 140 of 482 punches (29%), with the majority of the offence coming from his jab, with 65 of 302 (21.5%) landing throughout the 10-round fight.

Chavez Jr, meanwhile, landed more than the 10 punches that Paul had claimed, but the effort was still abysmal for a former middleweight champion. The 39-year-old landed only 61 of 154 punches (39.6%) with nine punches landed in the first five rounds.

While the idea of Paul fighting for a world title will baffle many, he is expected to be ranked by the WBA after his win over Chavez Jr, with some rumours saying the WBC will rank him as well, clearing one of the hurdles for someone to cash in on his polarising popularity with a title fight.

“The WBC ratings committee has been following Jake Paul’s career,” WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN before the fight. “If he defeats Chavez Jr, and depending on how the fight plays out, the committee will make the decision. It’s very likely [Paul will be ranked] if he wins convincingly.”

Jake Paul was booed out of the arena despite beating Julio Cesar Chavez Jr as he made his biggest step up to date on Saturday night in Anaheim.

The YouTuber-turned-boxer took on former middleweight champion Chavez in front of a raucous crowd that broke the gate record for boxing events at the Anaheim Center. Paul’s last ring outing was a massive money fight with Mike Tyson, while the ex-champion defeated former UFC star Uriah Hall last summer.

Paul had been insisting in the lead-up that he was fighting in order to gain a world ranking and pursue cruiserweight gold. And he set that up by having Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez defend his belt against Yuniel Dorticos on the undercard.

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Jake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr result

Despite being a former California resident, the Anaheim crowd were not receptive to Jake Paul or his brother Logan as they made their way into the ring. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr got a rapturous welcome, harkening back to his days as a world champion.

Chavez used to fight as low as middleweight, but didn’t look significantly outsized by Paul who attacked the body in the opening exchanges. Both were tentative when it came to looking for big shots, but it was the YouTuber who took control early throwing the bigger shots and making his rival miss wildly.

In the second round, Paul found his range and managed to impose the size difference that was evident in the fight’s build-up. The Mexican didn’t look like he was even going to commit to a punch through two as the fans began to loudly boo in the arena, and he did land one almost at the end of the second.

The third was more of the same as Chavez struggled to land anything of note, but he did come alive in the fourth when Paul began to put on more pressure. In the fifth he started well and landed a combination to delight the California crowd, but was met with a big shot from the social media star.

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At the halfway point, it was arguably still anyone’s fight even though Paul was on top. Chavez looked slow and unwilling to truly engage, save for a few punches out of the clinch and a little combination towards the end of the sixth.

After very little for five and a half rounds, the fight sprung to life at the end of the sixth with both men landing big shots on their rivals. The seventh and eighth were much of a muchness, before a fiery finish to the ninth.

Chavez clearly hurt Paul towards the end of the round, and needed to push for a finish in round ten, which he did to the best of his ability. However, it was too little too late as Paul survived the late onslaught and won the Unanimous Decision with three scorecards reading 99-91, 97-93 and 98-92.

Zurdo Ramirez struggles with Yuniel Dorticos in co-main event

Part of the promotion for tonight’s main event was a promise that Paul might end up going for cruiserweight gold with a win. To help with this marketing effort, Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez was given a defence against Yuniel Dorticos.

The two-weight world champion was supposed to handily defeat Dorticos, but it appears the challenger didn’t read the script and put him through his paces for 12 rounds. The judges ended up scoring it fairly wide, which seemed unfair on the underdog’s efforts.

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After the fight, the talk was not of Paul but a potential world title unification with Jai Opetaia. The pair hold three of the four belts at 200lb, and have been on a collision course for a long time – with plans hopefully in place for a meeting soon.

Instead, it is likely Paul will pursue a meeting with WBC champion Badou Jack, who is turning 42 this year and is better known as a super-middleweight than a cruiserweight.