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Jake Paul And Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Make Cruiserweight Limit
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Jake Paul And Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Make Cruiserweight Limit
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Jun 27, 2025
Jun 27, 2025
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Paul (11-1, 7 KOs) weighed 199.4 pounds, while Chavez (54-6-1, 34 KOs) tipped the scales at a career-high 198.4 pounds on Friday ahead of their fight at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Some of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s biggest fights have come against the scale, but the second-generation fighter didn’t have issues making the cruiserweight limit ahead of his 10-round clash against Jake Paul on Saturday.
Paul (11-1, 7 KOs) weighed 199.4 pounds, while Chavez (54-6-1, 34 KOs) tipped the scales at a career-high 198.4 pounds on Friday ahead of their fight at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Paul and Chavez faced off without incident for MVP and Golden Boy’s co-promoted event, which will stream on DAZN PPV beginning at 5 p.m. PST.
Chavez came into the weigh-in having missed weight in high-profile fights (and losses) in recent years against Anderson Silva and Daniel Jacobs, and other times before that, in a career that started in 2003.
Chavez has been competing as a cruiserweight since 2021, and the besmirched boxer is 8-4 dating back to 2012, when he was an undefeated middleweight title holder at the time. But at 39, a faded Chavez is promising a rejuvenated version of himself to regain respect with a turn-back-the-clock-like performance.
Paul, meanwhile, is looking to use Chavez as a stepping stone to get ranked and chase a world title run.
In the co-main event, WBA and WBO cruiserweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (47-1, 30 KOs), from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, weighed in at 199.8 pounds, while Miami-based Cuban challenger Yuniel Dorticos (27-2, 25 KOs) weighed 198.6 pounds.
Ramirez seeks to cement his status in the division with his first stoppage win in the weight class as a possible unification fight looms against Jai Opetaia.
Weights for the rest of the Paul-Chavez Jr. undercard
Welterweights; 10 rounds
Raul Curiel (15-0-1, 13 KOs) 146.4 pounds; Guadalajara, Jalisco
Victor Rodriguez (16-0-1, 9 KOs) 145.2 pounds; Maldonado, Uruguay
Welterweights; 10 rounds
Avious Griffin (17-0, 16 KOs) 146.8 pounds; Chattanooga, Tennessee
Julian Rodriguez (23-1, 14 KOs) 146.6 pounds; Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey
Lightweights; 10 rounds
Floyd Schofield Jr. (18-0, 12 KOs) 134.8 pounds; Austin, Texas
Tevin Farmer (33-8-1, 8 KOs) 135 pounds; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DAZN will stream the preliminary action to its subscribers beginning at 12 p.m. PST, and the non-PPV card will be headlined by former three-division champion and UFC champion Holly Holm, who is making her return to boxing after a 12-year break.
Lightweights; 10 rounds
Holly Holm (33-2-3, 9 KOs) 136.6 pounds; Albuquerque, New Mexico
Yolanda Vega (10-0, 1 KO) 136.8 pounds; Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico
Welterweights; 8 rounds
Joel Iriarte (7-0, 7 KOs) 146.8 pounds; Bakersfield, California
Kevin Johnson (12-6, 8 KOs) 146.4 pounds; Las Vegas, Nevada
Bantamweights; 8 rounds
Alexander Gueche (7-0, 5 KOs) 124 pounds; Long Beach, California
Vincent Avina (8-1-1, 7 KOs) 120 pounds; Las Vegas, Nevada
Heavyweights; 6 rounds
Joshua Edwards (2-0, 2 KOs) 226 pounds; Houston, Texas
Dominic Hardy (6-3, 4 KOs) 251.4 pounds; Riverside, Illinois
Junior Lightweights; 10 rounds
Victor Morales (20-0-1, 10 KOs) 130 pounds; Vancouver, Washington
Renee Alvarado (34-16, 22 KOs) 129.6 pounds; Managua, Nicaragua
Junior Featherweights; 10 rounds
John “Scrappy” Ramirez (14-1, 9 KOs) 119.8 pounds; Los Angeles, California
Josue Jesus Morales (33-18-5, 14 KOs) 121.6 pounds; Houston, Texas
Manouk Akopyan is The Ring's lead writer. Follow him on X and Instagram: @ManoukAkopyan.
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