Jake Paul is getting closer to his dream of becoming a world champion. The World Boxing Association (WBA) has positioned Paul (12-1, 7 KOs) in 14th place in its ranking. This new ranking comes after his victory on Saturday over former middleweight champion Julio César Chávez Jr. The social media influencer, turned professional boxer, now has the possibility of challenging WBA cruiserweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramírez for the world title.
Before the fight, the WBA had indicated that it would rank Paul if he managed to defeat Chávez Jr.
Paul, 28, outboxed a discouraged Chávez Jr. (54-7-1) over ten rounds, earning a unanimous decision at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Ramírez, for his part, defended his WBA and WBO titles in the co-main event, winning by decision against Yuniel Dorticos. Paul is one position ahead of American Craig Parker (20-0, 20 KOs), who recently fought at heavyweight on April 1st and won by knockout. He is behind Italian Giovanni Cristian Scuderi (12-0, 5 KOs), who hasn’t fought at cruiserweight since September 2022 and has competed at heavyweight in his last four fights.
