Jun 28, 2025; Anaheim, California, USA; Jake Paul fights against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at Honda Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images

Piers Morgan Accuses Jake Paul Of Staging Fight

Originally posted on KO on SI | By Joseph Hammond | Last updated Jun 29, 2025 11:09 AM ET

TV Presenter and British journalist Piers Morgan didn’t hold back on his thoughts about Jake Paul’s latest fight.

“I had a better fight with Jake Paul on Thursday than the unwatchable farce that took place tonight,” Morgan said in a post on the social media platform X. The comment was an apparent reference to Paul’s fight with former WBC world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

BREAKING: I had a better fight with Jake Paul on Thursday than the unwatchable farce that took place tonight. The guy’s lining his pockets with buckets of $$$$ - but he’s killing boxing with this boring staged bullsh*t against older fighters way past their prime. pic.twitter.com/hdNMxds4EX
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 29, 2025

Morgan went so far as to say that he thought the fight between the son of the all-time Mexican boxing great Julio Cesar Chavez and the brother of social media legend Logan Paul was staged.

“The guy’s lining his pockets with buckets of $$$$ - but he’s killing boxing with this boring staged bullsh*t against older fighters way past their prime.”

The 28-year-old Paul scored a unanimous decision win over the 39-year-old Chavez Jr (54-7-1). After 10 rounds, the scores were 99-91, 98-92, and 97-93, all in favor of Paul.

Chavez Jr. did make a brief surge in the final stanza of the fight but looked like a shadow of his former self until that stage.

With the win over the former champion, Jake Paul takes his career one step closer to a world title shot at cruiserweight. A fight against Canelo Alvarez is also not impossible at some point in the future.

After all, Jake Paul (12–1) and undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (63–2–2 ) now have had a familiar opponent – Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who both men defeated with ease.

This article first appeared on KO on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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