Jake Paul makes his long awaited return to the ring next month.
It will be Paul’s first ring appearance since he defeated heavyweight legend Mike Tyson via unanimous decision at the AT&T Stadium in Texas last November.
Paul has set his sights on becoming a legitimate world champion in the near future, and victory over former middleweight champion Chavez could be a major stepping stone towards achieving his lifelong dream.
Legendary trainer and analyst Teddy Atlas is the latest prominent figure within the sport to have his say on Paul’s upcoming showdown with Chavez, which could prove to be the toughest of his career to date.
Speaking on his Youtube channel THE FIGHT, Atlas gave credit to both fighters but his lack of interest in the bout shows he leans towards Paul to continue his winning run.
“Am I interested really in Chavez Jr? Not too much. Why? He’s already fought a guy that wasn’t a boxer. He already fought a guy who wasn’t known as a boxer, one of the great MMA fighters of all time, actually my favourite fighter of all time, Anderson Silva … [Silva] was 46-years-old when he got into a boxing ring with Chavez Jr and he beat him. I don’t know now at 39-years-old … yeah he was a world champion. But since then he’s been inactive, had problems with drugs…”
“Look give him credit, he won a world title, can’t take that away from him. And here he is, getting another shot to make another payday, amazing, and here Jake Paul is keeping this thing going, keeping the dream going, give him credit.”
Chavez last fought last July when he defeated MMA star Uriah Hall in a six round bout in Tampa, Florida. The 39-year-old from Mexico could become just the second fighter to defeat Jake Paul and derail his dreams of becoming a world champion.
