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

Jab and move, jab and move. That seems to be the advice given to Raul Curiel from his corner.

He certainly attempts that strategy at the start of this second round.

Both fighters are landing punches but nothing big and heavy as yet.

Oh my. Curiel throw a three punch combo: left, right, uppercut and Rodriguez stands and takes them all.

Rodriguez is over aggression at the end of the round and Curiel lands a counter-right. Good shot, probably enough to clinch the round for him.

This fight is a WBA eliminator. Both fighters receive their instructions ahead of the first bell.

Raul Curiel keeps his head down and is focused already. The bell rings and he steps forward to try and take control early on.

A few jabs from Rodriguez keeps him on his toes though. Curiel throws a couple of body shots, Rodriguez leads with his jab.

Rodriguez gets in close and lands a right to the body, Curiel is taking the shots and responding with some glancing hits of his own.

A decent opening round, too close to call.

Next up Mexico’s Raul Curiel takes on Uruguay’s Victor Rodriguez.

Rodriguez comes out first and looks composed. A slight raise of the first to acknowledge the fans as he approaches the ring.

Curiel strides out to the ring wearing a sombrero. He seems more relaxed about the fight to come but the match ups on Jake Paul’s undercards tend to be close affairs.

Let’s see how this one goes.

“I think a TKO in less than five rounds,

“I think Julio is going to have a moment in this fight.

“They’re my favourite moment in these fights where you get hit, like really hit, by Jake Paul and think damn this YouTuber can fight.”

Logan Paul is chatting away to Kate Scott on the DAZN live coverage.

He says: “He’s someone who takes big risks, he takes his chances.

“While I do think a knockout in glorious fashion will raise the stock of Jake Paul tonight whatever happens, happens.”

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr doesn’t believe that Jake Paul is a good fighter despite the 28-year-old claiming otherwsie.

“No, I don’t think he’s good. I think he tries, he trains hard, but he’s not a good fighter,” Chavez Jr said. “He’s definitely not a good boxer.

“If he were a good boxer, then everyone else on this stage would be a legend. I don’t think he’s a good boxer, and everybody knows that.”

Two of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s last three fights have been against ex-UFC fighters.

In 2021 he lost to 46-year-old Anderson Silva which was a low point of his recent career.

He’s only fought three times since then and may come into tonight’s headline event a little undercooked.

It was a superb and close fight between Avious Griffin and Julian Rodriguez.

Rodriguez took the victory right at the end of the 10th round thanks to a fabulous counter-left hook.

Julio Cesar Sr spoke about Jake Paul at the pre-fight press conference and was less than complimentary about his son’s opponent tonight.

“Jake Paul just fought against Mike Tyson, who didn’t even throw one punch,” he said.

“This is not Mike Tyson. You [Jake] are going to get your ass whooped.

“Julio is going to go in throwing some serious punches, and you’re going to be running like a chicken without a head.”

Jake Paul and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr are in the house. There’s just two fights to go until the main event of tonight’s card with the ring walks due around 4am BST.

Paul looks pretty relaxed.