Jake Paul had a face-off with unified cruiserweight world champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez.
Ramirez had just successfully defended his WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles against Yuniel Dorticos in California.
Earlier, in the main event, the YouTuber turned boxer, Paul, secured a dominant points victory over former middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. after ten rounds.
Following his win, Paul audaciously challenged Ramirez, who boasts a 49-1 record.
I want tougher fighters. I want to be world champion. Zurdo looked slow as s*** tonight, that`d be easy work too.
During the post-fight press conference, Paul also mentioned potential bouts against heavyweight star Anthony Joshua and rival Tommy Fury.
When Ramirez entered the press conference room, he and Paul had an intense face-off, hinting at a potential future match.
Ramirez, 34, also used the opportunity to challenge IBF champion Jai Opetaia, 30, from Australia, for a three-belt unification fight.
(Opetaia) is the fight that I want. I’m the king. Get my phone and call me. I want it. Be ready.
Paul, 28, meanwhile teased a rematch with Fury, 26, who he lost to via split-decision in 2023, marking his lone defeat in the ring.
I don`t even think I was a fighter then. I was like two years, two and a half years into the sport and I didn`t really know what I was doing.
I didn`t have the proper team around me, the proper conditioning. My lifestyle outside of the ring was still that of like a YouTuber, celebrity actor, whatever I was at that point.
So I wasn`t fully focused on boxing. Like I said, this feels like chapter one`s done tonight. Now we`re moving into chapter two and I`m just getting warmed up in this sport but people hold the Tommy Fury thing against me, but what now?
I just beat a former world champion and I`m coming to avenge that loss as well with Tommy.
