Weights from Anaheim: Jake Paul–Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr is a go
Jun 27, 2025 • 7:02 PM ET
Esther Lin / Most Valuable Promotions ANAHEIM, California – Jake Paul and Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr enter their Saturday night DAZN pay-per-view bout at Honda Center on near equal footing – in weight, at least. Paul weighed in just under the cruiserweight limit at 199.4 pounds on Friday, with Chavez Jnr a shade lighter at 198.4.
Paul, 11-1 (7 KOs), is seeking to transform his career from successful YouTuber and celebrity boxer to world champion. He has said defeating his first former world-champion opponent in ex-middleweight titlist Chavez Jnr, 54-6-1 (34 KOs), could earn him a top-15 ranking by the WBA and/or WBC. This would qualify him for a title shot at either unified champion and Saturday co-main-event fighter Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez or 41-year-old WBC champion Badou Jack.
A ceremonial weigh-in expected to feature further comments from Paul and Chavez takes place at 6 p.m. Pacific time at Honda Center.
The California State Athletic Commission announced guaranteed purses for the card, reporting Paul will earn $300,000 before his pay-per-view profits are factored in while Chavez Jnr’s guarantee is $750,000. How much each fighter will make from the pay-per-view sales is undisclosed.
Ramirez, 47-1 (30 KOs), will earn a guaranteed $1.5 million to defend his WBA and WBO cruiserweight belts versus Cuba’s Yuniel Dorticos ($300,000 guarantee). Ramirez weighed 199.8lbs and Dorticos, 27-2 (25 KOs), weighed in at 198.6.
Among other guaranteed purses on the pay-per-view portion of the card, CSAC reports welterweight Raul Curiel earns $125,000 to opponent Victor Rodriguez’s $65,000, Floyd Schofield and lightweight foe Tevin Farmer are each guaranteed $125,000 and former UFC champion Holly Holm will earn a $100,000 guarantee versus her unbeaten opponent Yolanda Vega ($22,000).
Full weights for the card are below.
Welterweight - 10 rounds
Raul Curiel - 146.4lbs
Victor Rodriguez - 145.2lbs
Welterweight - 10 rounds
Avious Griffin - 146.8lbs
Julian Rodriguez - 146.6lbs
Lightweight - 10 rounds
Floyd Schofield -134.8lbs
Tevin Farmer - 135lbs
Lightweight - 10 rounds
Holly Holm - 136.6lbs
Yolanda Vega - 136.8lbs
Welterweight - 8 rounds
Joel Iriarte - 146.8lbs
Kevin Johnson - 146.4lbs
Bantamweight - 8 rounds
Alexander Gueche - 124lbs
Vincent Avina - 120lbs
*Fight will occur at revised weight limit
Heavyweight - 6 rounds
Joshua Edwards - 226lbs
Dominic Hardy - 251.4lbs
Junior lightweight - 10 rounds
Victor Morales Jnr - 130lbs
Rene Alvarado - 129.6lbs
Junior featherweight - 8 rounds
John Ramirez - 119.8lbs
Josue Jesus Morales - 121.6lbs
Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted in his admiration and appreciation for the fighters, gladiators who have proven to be the most forthcoming and candid of all the athletes he has interviewed over a career dating to 1990. Lance was honored to be named the 2022 winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence and he’s collected many BWAA writing awards in categories ranging from breaking news to deep-dive long features.
