Jake Paul opponents average age revealed

Jake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. punch stats tell the exact story of the non-fight

The punch stats show that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. landed less than 10 punches by the midway point in the fight with Jake Paul at the weekend, on June 28, 2025.

The underwhelming numbers provide proof that the YouTuber-turned-boxer cleverly handpicks opponents who are past their prime and no longer able to compete, which could be a mistake waiting to happen.

Chavez Jr. turned pro in 2003, when Jake Paul was just six-years-old. He was the WBC world middleweight champion in 2012, when Paul was a 15-year-old teenager. So, the Mexican's peak had passed 13 years ago.

Now 39, 11 years Paul's senior, his punch volume in the fight tells the exact story of how far past his prime he is and how he really shouldn't be entering a professional boxing ring ever again.

The average age of Paul's 13 opponents so far is 39-years-old. "The Problem Child" has only fought two opponents under the age of 30, with 10 past their mid-30s.

The 28-year-old only taking on ageing opponents that are on the decline is an accident waiting to happen. The controversial fight last year with Mike Tyson, who was pushing 60, caused a lot of disruption in boxing, yet was still allowed to take place. In hindsight, the former undisputed heavyweight champ was only able to box for the first couple of rounds before facing exhaustion.

Similarly to Chavez Jr., Tyson was unable to land a single punch in rounds four and six. In the last round, he threw just six shots. Luckily, he escaped the disgraceful contest without injury, but only after he had absorbed 78 unnecessary blows to the head at an advanced age in life.

The stats from both the Paul-Tyson and Paul-Chavez Jr. fights show that these contests are big mistakes that should not be allowed to happen.

In his last fight in 2006 against Kevin McBride, aged 38, "Iron Mike" retired with exhaustion after six rounds, so to fight again almost 20-years later against a rival 20-years his junior was complete madness.

Paul has won 12 from 13 professional bouts, but has only fought one active professional boxer, so far - Tommy Fury. That fight resulted in his one and only loss in his five-year pro career. Which is perhaps why he hasn't chosen to face another active boxer since.

There's four other pro boxers on his record as scalps, but none of the quartet were active at the time of fighting, backed up by the numbers below:

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: 1 fight in 3 years, 6 months

Mike Tyson: 0 fights in 19 years, 5 months

Ryan Bourland: 1 fight in 5 years, 5 months

Andre August: 1 fight in 4 years

Age of Jake Paul's opponents

39: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
58: Mike Tyson
32: Mike Perry
35: Ryan Bourland
35: Andre August
23: Tommy Fury
38: Nate Diaz
48: Anderson Silva
39: Tyron Woodley
38: Tyron Woodley
36: Ben Askren
36: Nate Robinson
23: AnEson Gib

Average age: 39