Jake Paul appears to have a thing for feuding with older males. While he’s been handling retired fighters inside the ring, his fights beyond it likewise appear to target old males. Following his underwhelming win over 10 rounds versus previous WBC middleweight champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Saturday night, the YouTube star is now threatening legal action versus seasoned reporter and media character Piers Morgan
This occurrence follows Jake Paul storming out of an interview with Piers Morgan in the lead-up to his battle after the 60-year-old British analyst slammed him for his battles. After clinching a consentaneous choice win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, Morgan didn’t keep back his criticism. In a scathing post on X, Morgan specified, “BREAKING: I had a much better battle with Jake Paul on Thursday than the unwatchable farce that occurred tonight. The guy’s lining his pockets with pails of $$$$– however he’s eliminating boxing with this dull staged bullsh * t versus older fighters method past their prime. Ouch! As anticipated, this welcomed an upset action from MVP’s co-founder, Nakisa Badarian.
“This claim is unwarranted and careless. Last night’s battle vs. Chavez Jr. was a totally approved 10-round cruiserweight bout, officiated by the California State Athletic Commission with main judges. No staging/ rigging– simply effort and a legitimate win,” Bidarian composed in his reply on X. “To state otherwise not just weakens the stability of the sport, however is defamatory and triggers reputational damage to MVP, Jake Paul, and the Commission. Enough suffices. We will be checking out all alternatives, consisting of legal action, to hold responsible those spreading out such intentional and damaging lies.”
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Contributing to the strong message from his co-founder, Jake Paul threatened legal action versus anybody questioning the authenticity of his Chavez Jr. battle. “After years of letting it move as simply ‘haters being haters’, I have actually asked my group to intensely pursue anybody who comprises lies about my boxing profession. Anticipate to get served you pigs,” Paul specified.
It’s worth keeping in mind that comparable allegations surrounded Paul’s battle versus Mike Tyson in November in 2015. Numerous hypothesized it was staged, no concrete proof ever appeared. The 28-year-old’s promo, MVP, quickly rejected the claims. Still, the back-and-forth raises a remaining concern: exactly what stimulated the stress in between Paul and Morgan in the very first location?