Jake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr live: Start time, undercard, fight updates and results

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Chavez Jr has been less forthcoming than Paul with details about his preparations.

There is one clip from last month showing Chavez Jr hitting a circuit of hurdles, sled pushes, Versaclimber intervals, slam ball chest throws and battle ropes, dressed in head-to-toe sweats. But beyond this, training insights have been few and far between.

A recent video with DAZN captures him working through some footwork techniques, with coach Jorge Capetillo revealing his “conditioning is very well [sic] – he’s been doing between 10 and 12 rounds [in training] so I feel comfortable he will put in a great performance”. After this, Chavez Jr heads home to put his feet up on the sofa while watching TV with his team.

As he does this, he is zipped into a pair of inflating boots that rise up to his hips. So what are these odd-looking contraptions, and how could they help Chavez Jr’s training efforts?

Paul’s journey to professional boxing is far from conventional. While his pedigree in the sport is regularly debated online, his work ethic rarely is.

His ambitions are equally unambiguous, with the 28-year-old telling DAZN: “The main goal now is to get a belt, that’s the only thing I haven’t accomplished in the sport of boxing. I’ve won knockout of the year, [I won the] most-viewed fight ever, so for me the only thing that’s left is to become world champion.”

To achieve this, Paul’s strength and conditioning coach and Let’s Build Champions author Larry Wade has been subjecting the star to an intense pre-fight training camp containing double training days, ‘brutal’ track sessions and 1,000-rep abs workouts.

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This pairing with Chavez Jr, 39, marks somewhat of a return to form for Paul in terms of his matchmaking.

While some observers clung to the hope that Tyson could be a fraction of the “Baddest Man on the Planet” that he once was, that this would be enough to knock out Paul, it was never going to happen.

It was never a balanced match-up, but people believed it was, because they wished it to be. In contrast, Paul’s previous contests were at least closer to ticking that box, even if they almost always leaned in his favour when put under the microscope.

Paul’s sole loss, against Tommy Fury, proved the exception. It was a serious test for Paul, although it was not necessarily a serious match-up more generally, given Paul’s background and the fact that Fury is not the boxer his family wants you to think he is.

Still, another serious test may wait this evening.

Subject to change, ‘C’ denotes champion:

Jake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (cruiserweight)

Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (C) vs Yuniel Dorticos (WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles)

Avious Griffin vs Julian Rodriguez (welterweight)

Raul “Cugar” Curiel vs Victor Ezequiel Rodriguez (welterweight)

Naomy Valle vs Ashley Felix (light-flyweight)

The fight will stream live exclusively on DAZN pay-per-view in over 200 countries worldwide.

The event is priced at £24.99 in the UK, $59.99 in the US, and the equivalent of $19.99 for the rest of the world. Purchase a subscription to DAZN here, with plans starting at £14.99 a month.

DAZN PPV bundles are also available, with fans able to buy two PPV events for the special price of£39.99 UK, $94.99 US, and the equivalent of $34.99 in the rest of the world.Choose either Paul vs Chavez Jr and Usyk vs Dubois II (19 July), or Paul vs Chavez Jr and Berlanga vs Sheeraz (12 July, includes Stevenson vs Zepeda).

Buying a PPV fight on DAZN also provides seven days’ free access to the entire DAZN platform.

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