Jake Paul is commonly accused of being a bully whereas dealing with smaller opponents however it seems he truly weighed lower than Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. this previous Saturday night time.
On Monday, the California State Athletic Fee launched the battle night time weights to MMA Preventing for the entire athletes who competed on the cardboard in Anaheim headlined by the showdown between Paul and Chavez. The fee collects info like this to assist curb poor weight slicing practices and flagging anyone ballooning up over 10 p.c of their physique weight.
When he hit the dimensions on Friday, Paul weighed 199.4 kilos and he in the end gained 10 kilos previous to the battle. Paul weighed 209.4 kilos on Saturday, which was solely a five-percent improve.
In the meantime, Chavez, who spent a lot of his profession competing in a lot smaller divisions got here in at 198.4 pound for the official weigh-ins after which packed on 15.1 kilos earlier than competing on Saturday night time.
Chavez weighed 213.5 kilos for battle night time — greater than 4 kilos heavier than Paul.
The additional weight actually didn’t assist Chavez within the battle as he struggled to maintain up with Paul through the 10-round contest. Paul ended up successful a unanimous resolution on the scorecards to maneuver his skilled report to 12-1 along with his solely loss coming in a break up resolution to Tommy Fury again in 2023.
Former UFC champion Holly Holm additionally competed on the cardboard in her first boxing match in over a decade and she or he placed on a stellar efficiency earlier than successful a shutout resolution over opponent Yolanda Vega.
Holm weighed 136.6 kilos on Friday after which gained 14.5 kilos earlier than battle night time. She competed at 151.1 kilos, which implies she gained 11 p.c of her weight again earlier than successful a unanimous resolution.
As for Vega, she weighed 136.8 kilos on Friday after which gained 10.8 kilos to weigh 147.6 kilos for the battle on Saturday.
Listed here are the total weights for the Paul vs. Chavez Jr. card from Saturday with official weight, battle night time weight and the p.c of weight gained:
Jake Paul: 199.4 to 209.4 kilos (10 kilos), 5%
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: 198.4 to 213.5 kilos (15.1 kilos), 8%
Gilberto Ramirez: 199.8 to 220.2 kilos (20.4 kilos), 10%
Yuniel Dorticos: 198.6 to 208 kilos (9.4 kilos), 5%
Raul Curiel: 146.4 to 159.8 kilos (13.4 kilos), 9%
Victor Rodriguez: 145.2 to 165.4 kilos (20.2 kilos), 14%
Avious Griffin: 146.8 to 160.2 kilos (13.4 kilos), 9%
Julian Rodriguez: 146.6 to 163 kilos (16.4 kilos), 11%
Floyd Schofield: 134.8 to 153 kilos (18.2 kilos), 14%
Tevin Farmer: 135 to 151 kilos (16 kilos), 12%
Holly Holm: 136.6 to 151.1 kilos (14.5 kilos), 11%
Yolanda Vega: 136.8 to 147.6 kilos (10.8 kilos), 8%
Joel Iriarte: 146.8 to 164.4 kilos (17.6 kilos), 12%
Kevin Johnson: 146.4 to 152.5 kilos (6.1 kilos), 4%
Alexander Gueche: 124 to 138 kilos (14 kilos), 11 %
Vincent Avina: 120 to 127.2 kilos (7.2 kilos), 6%
Joshua Edwards: 226 to 226.2 kilos (.2 kilos), 0%
Dominic Hardy: 251.4 to 251.6 kilos (.2 kilos), 0%
Victor Morales Jr.: 130 to 148.2 kilos (18.2 kilos), 14%
Rene Alvarado: 129.6 to 138.6 kilos (9 kilos), 7%
John Ramirez: 119.8 to 131.6 kilos (11.8 kilos), 10%
Josue Jesus Morales: 121.6 to 133.8 kilos (12.2 kilos), 10%
