Written by Esther Lin/Most Valuable Promotions
Jake Paul is often accused of being a bully while facing smaller opponents but it turns out he actually weighed less than Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. this past Saturday night.
On Monday, the California State Athletic Commission released the fight night weights to MMA Fighting for all of the athletes who competed on the card in Anaheim headlined by the showdown between Paul and Chavez. The commission collects information like this to help curb poor weight cutting practices and flagging anybody ballooning up over 10 percent of their body weight.
When he hit the scale on Friday, Paul weighed 199.4 pounds and he ultimately gained 10 pounds prior to the fight. Paul weighed 209.4 pounds on Saturday, which was only a five-percent increase.
Meanwhile, Chavez, who spent much of his career competing in much smaller divisions came in at 198.4 pound for the official weigh-ins and then packed on 15.1 pounds before competing on Saturday night.
Chavez weighed 213.5 pounds for fight night — more than four pounds heavier than Paul.
The extra weight certainly didn’t help Chavez in the fight as he struggled to keep up with Paul during the 10-round contest. Paul ended up winning a unanimous decision on the scorecards to move his professional record to 12-1 with his only loss coming in a split decision to Tommy Fury back in 2023.
Former UFC champion Holly Holm also competed on the card in her first boxing match in over a decade and she put on a stellar performance before winning a shutout decision over opponent Yolanda Vega.
Holm weighed 136.6 pounds on Friday and then gained 14.5 pounds before fight night. She competed at 151.1 pounds, which means she gained 11 percent of her weight back before winning a unanimous decision.
As for Vega, she weighed 136.8 pounds on Friday and then gained 10.8 pounds to weigh 147.6 pounds for the fight on Saturday.
Here are the full weights for the Paul vs. Chavez Jr. card from Saturday with official weight, fight night weight and the percent of weight gained:
Jake Paul: 199.4 to 209.4 pounds (10 pounds), 5%
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: 198.4 to 213.5 pounds (15.1 pounds), 8%
Gilberto Ramirez: 199.8 to 220.2 pounds (20.4 pounds), 10%
Yuniel Dorticos: 198.6 to 208 pounds (9.4 pounds), 5%
Raul Curiel: 146.4 to 159.8 pounds (13.4 pounds), 9%
Victor Rodriguez: 145.2 to 165.4 pounds (20.2 pounds), 14%
Avious Griffin: 146.8 to 160.2 pounds (13.4 pounds), 9%
Julian Rodriguez: 146.6 to 163 pounds (16.4 pounds), 11%
Floyd Schofield: 134.8 to 153 pounds (18.2 pounds), 14%
Tevin Farmer: 135 to 151 pounds (16 pounds), 12%
Holly Holm: 136.6 to 151.1 pounds (14.5 pounds), 11%
Yolanda Vega: 136.8 to 147.6 pounds (10.8 pounds), 8%
Joel Iriarte: 146.8 to 164.4 pounds (17.6 pounds), 12%
Kevin Johnson: 146.4 to 152.5 pounds (6.1 pounds), 4%
Alexander Gueche: 124 to 138 pounds (14 pounds), 11 %
Vincent Avina: 120 to 127.2 pounds (7.2 pounds), 6%
Joshua Edwards: 226 to 226.2 pounds (.2 pounds), 0%
Dominic Hardy: 251.4 to 251.6 pounds (.2 pounds), 0%
Victor Morales Jr.: 130 to 148.2 pounds (18.2 pounds), 14%
Rene Alvarado: 129.6 to 138.6 pounds (9 pounds), 7%
John Ramirez: 119.8 to 131.6 pounds (11.8 pounds), 10%
Josue Jesus Morales: 121.6 to 133.8 pounds (12.2 pounds), 10%