Jake Paul at a crossroads of his boxing career where he needs to decide between being a fighter or promoter
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The social media star is running out of aging stars to face as he wants to be seen as a legitimate title challenger
As Jake Paul prepares for his pay-per-view return on Saturday against former middleweight champion -- and son of the Mexican icon -- Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., the YouTube sensation turned viral pugilist said he already knows what the morning-after reaction from the boxing world will be come Sunday.
"They are going to be making excuses as to why [the fight] happened and discrediting me and my opponent," Paul told CBS Sports last week. "The typical and standard that they normally say: 'It was fake,' or 'he took a dive' or 'he was on steroids.' Of course, leading into it, they say this is a good fight and I'm going to lose but the next day there is always excuses."
The problem for Paul, a 28-year-old native of Ohio who goes by the moniker of "Problem Child," the criticism he has received from mainstream boxing, in this case, would actually be valid.
