Chavez and Paul close to finalizing a fight
Mexican fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. could become the next opponent of American Jake Paul, despite the fact that the son of the legend does not have a U.S. visa and cannot fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Julito’ revealed in ‘TV Boxeo’ that he already had the first approach to make the fight against the youtuber in which he proposed that both fighters receive the same percentage, considering that Paul does not deserve to receive more money.
“There has already been an approach. Guadalupe Valencia spoke to me, I think he is their representative and he was mine some time ago. I told him 50 and 50 percent, so that things go evenly. So that the agreements are even and that the promoters take both of them in the same way and seriously. I don’t think he has the power to charge more percentage than me. It should be the same. I am risking my boxing against someone who does not know how to box and at 190 pounds, which weight counts a lot in boxing,” he said.
Undoubtedly, the negotiations between Paul and Chávez Jr. are to draw attention because the Mexican cannot travel to the United States, as he does not have a visa at the moment and the fight could not be held in Las Vegas after a few weeks ago the Nevada Athletic Commission announced a suspension to the Mexican because he did not submit an anti-doping test in October 2019, when he was getting ready to fight against the American Daniel Jacobs.
On the other hand, Julio Cesar indicated that the fight would be very attractive for the fans and even assured that the fight against Jake would be more popular than his fight against ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
“I have always sold and all over the world they know me. A combination would possibly sell more than Canelo and Chavez, so I’m talking about that dimension. It is a matter of encouraging them. I am more than ready if an agreement is reached, if not, I have a date for February 5th in Mexico”.
Finally, Julio said that in case the fight materializes, his goal is to defeat Paul with authority and if he fails to do so, he will hang up his gloves without collecting his percentage of the fight.
“I’m retiring, I don’t get paid, I don’t want to get paid, I don’t want money, I don’t want anything. If I don’t beat him I’m retiring, I’m not interested in his purse if I don’t beat him but I’m not going up there to lose, I’m going to give 190 pounds and I’m going to go beat him because he doesn’t know how to box. I’m going to beat him, then they, the company, many want him to lose because he is the youtuber, but if I knock him out they can earn much more,” he asserted.
