Jake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: Result, scorecards, reaction, statistics, analysis, earnings & more

Everything you need to know as Jake Paul solidified his world title credentials with a unanimous decision victory over former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in Anaheim in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Result

Jake Paul extended his professional record to 12-1 after registering a Unaninous Decision success over Mexican Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The social media sensation turned professional boxer was rarely troubled by the 39-year-old, who offered very little in terms of an attacking threat throughout proceedings.

Paul laid siege to the South American on a couple of occasions as he looked to force the stoppage, with Chavez Jr only really coming to the fore with a flurry of shots during the latter rounds.

All three judges scored the opening seven rounds in Paul's favour, before the Mexican attempted to force a late stoppage during the final couple of rounds.

Scorecards

All three ringside judges, Steve Weisfeld, Rudy Barragan and Max DeLuca scored the bout in Jake Paul's favour.

Steve Weisfeld's Scorecard

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Paul	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	99
Chavez Jr	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	91

Rudy Barragan's Scorecard

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Paul	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	97
Chavez Jr	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	93

Max DeLuca's Scorecard

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Paul	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	98
Chavez Jr	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	92

Post-Fight Reaction

Jake Paul:

"All the boos are words and actions speak louder than words so you can shut the *** up.

"I live for this s**t from your mother f***ers. That was easy work, I only got hit ten times. I'm him.

"I beat your boy. Nah he is a warrior but so am I.

"I think I did great against a former world champion who has never been stopped and I dominated him.

"Yeah 100% I’m staying active, I’m fighting everybody. I’ll fight anyone, any time, anywhere, any place.

"I want theat world title - that's the goal, that's why we're here. That's the only thing I haven't accomplished in the sport of boxing, right?

"Knockout of The Year, most-watched fight, that's (the world title) the last thing on the list."

Odds vs Result

Jake Paul was installed as the heavy 2/13 favourite to beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, meaning there was an 86.7% implied probability of the American reigning supreme.

Whilst Paul always spoke of his desire to stop the former world champion inside the distance, a victory on the scorecards was always the most likely outcome, with pre-fight odds of 1/1 possessing a 50% probability.

Fight Analysis

Jake Paul eased to success in Anaheim, winning at least seven of the 10 rounds on all three of the judges scorecards.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, who had vowed to demolish the social media star, took an age to find his way into the fight, throwing just 14 shots across the opening three rounds.

Remarkably, only three of those made contact with Paul, who must have been envisaging the easiest night of his professional boxing career to date at that point.

Chavez Jr did offer some late encouragement for his fans, finally letting his hands loose down the home stretch, but it proved too little too late, as Paul had already seen the job through.

In total, the American landed more than double the amount of punches of his opponent - 140 against just 61, although the former WBC middleweight title-holder was more accurate, with 39.6% of his shots landing (29% for Paul).

By far the most enthralling round of the contest was the ninth, where the two men combined for a total output of 33 punches landed - a stark contrast to the opening round in which just eight shots landed on target.

Punch Statistics

Jake Paul		Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
	Punches Landed / Thrown
8/39	Round 1	0/4
14/50	Round 2	2/7
14/46	Round 3	1/3
18/50	Round 4	4/12
14/50	Round 5	2/10
17/54	Round 6	7/16
14/49	Round 7	5/11
14/54	Round 8	11/25
16/50	Round 9	17/35
11/40	Round 10	12/31
140/482	Total	61/154
29% Landed		39.6% Landed

Fight Earnings

It's estimated that there was a $23m prize purse for Jake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, with Paul pocketing the lion's share of that at around $20m.

Paul possesses a far greater social media and ticket selling presence than Chavez Jr, boasting around 50m followers across his major online social platforms.

His fight with Mike Tyson last year drew over 65m viewers on Netflix, setting a then record for a live sporting event.

Despite Chavez Jr initially demanding a 50% cut of the purse, he eventually accepted less than a 20% share, around $3m.