Jake Paul
WBA Rank ‘A Slap In The Face’
No. 15 Cruiserweight Says
Revealed
TMZSports.com
Jake Paul is now the No. 14 cruiserweight within the WBA rankings … and you understand who’s pissed about that?? The man who was the No. 14 cruiserweight heading into this week — 20-0 fighter Craig Parker.
TMZ Sports activities spoke with the now-No. 15-ranked boxer in regards to the growth … and he mentioned, fairly frankly, it is “disgusting information to me” as a result of in his opinion, he hasn’t paid his dues.
“For him simply to take a place that guys like me that struggled to search out methods to the gymnasium and … it is a lengthy street to be the place we’re at. And for him to only be No. 14, it was identical to a slap within the face.”
Parker — who received all 20 of his bouts on his file by knockout — says the maths is not including up … ‘trigger he is all the time seeking to tackle the subsequent massive problem, whereas Paul went up towards a man like Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who was a middleweight champion a decade-plus in the past.
Parker does recognize what Paul has completed for the game — particularly girls’s boxing — however believes the opponents he is taking up do not give him a lot credibility, not to mention consideration for a spot within the rankings.
Parker thinks there’s a simple strategy to settle the matter — he desires to struggle Jake Paul to see if he actually earned his place.
Regardless of the drama, Parker says the information will not preserve him from reaching his purpose … which is to be the undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world.
