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Jake Paul won a second victory over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. this week.
On Wednesday, Paul won an official WBA Cruiserweight ranking after defeating the son of the boxing legend during the weekend in a unanimous decision on Wednesday. Only four days after the fight, Chavez Jr. was arrested by immigration and the application of customs (ICE).
Paul, as usual, spoke a lot of waste before the fight, and after the distribution of the arrest, Paul dropped the microphone one last time on Chavez Jr.
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Jake Paul, on the left, moves for a blow against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the Honda Center. (Images Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn)
After the news, Paul went to X to publish an American flag Emoji.
Paul’s trading partner, the precious co-founder of promotions, Nakisa Bidarian, said in an interview with PK Press Club Digital shortly after Chavez Jr.’s arrest that the team knew “Zero” on the situation of Chavez Jr. before his arrest.
THE Department of Internal Security (DHS) announced the arrest on Thursday, noting that Chavez Jr. was treated for “the accelerated withdrawal of the United States”.
Chavez Jr. was arrested in Los Angeles in January 2024 and sentenced later for possession of an assault weapon, and manufacturing or important a short -lived rifle, according to the press release. He was sentenced to criminal in the United States for leading under the influence of alcohol in 2012.
He also has an active arrest warrant in Mexico For its presumed involvement with the Sinaloa cartel – Taking firearms, ammunition and explosives, according to DHS officials.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fights against Jake Paul at the Honda Center. (Images Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn)
Jake Paul is now eligible for championship combat when he officially enters the WBA Cruiserweight ranking
While Chavez Jr. entered the United States legally in August 2023 on a B2 tourist visa, he expired in February 2024.
In April 2024, he filed a request for a legal permanent resident status.
However, his request was based on his marriage to an American citizen who is linked to the Sinaloa cartel by a previous relationship with The now deceased son of the famous leader of the cartel Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, according to the press release.
In December 2024, citizenship and immigration services in the United States referred to the ice that Chavez Jr. was considered “a blatant threat to public security”.
DHS said that Chavez Jr. had returned to the country in January by the port of entrance to San Ysidro. However, after “multiple fraudulent declarations at his request to become a legal permanent resident”, he was tried in the country illegally and removable on June 27.
Chavez is a former WBC’s average weight champion and the son of the Julio Cesar Chavez boxing legend, who organized five different world titles in four different weight classes.
Jake Paul, on the left, and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. pose for photos after their press conference at Avalon Hollywood Theater on May 14, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Images Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn)
Paul’s victory on Saturday led him to be classified for the first time, arriving at No. 14 in the WBA Cruiserweight ranking, which now makes him eligible for a fight for the title.
