ANAHEIM, CA – Thursday, May 29 – Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and DAZN today announced that the highly anticipated Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. event is now available for pre-order globally on DAZN pay-per-view. The action-filled evening will come to fans live on Saturday, June 28, from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. and can be ordered on DAZN HERE. Golden Boy Promotions will serve as the show’s official licensed promoter. The event is presented by CELSIUS Live Fit Essential Energy, also sponsored by Event Ticket Center, TorkLaw, and Fansly.
In the main event of the five-fight pay-per-view card airing exclusively on DAZN PPV, Jake “El Gallo de Dorado” Paul (11-1, 7 KOs) will meet Mexico’s former champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (54-6-1, 34 KOs) in a 10-round blockbuster main event at 200 lbs. The co-main event features a 12-round unified cruiserweight championship bout between Golden Boy Promotions’ WBO & WBA Unified Cruiserweight Champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (47-1, 30 KOs) facing off against Cuba’s former IBF & WBA Cruiserweight World Champion and WBA mandatory challenger Yuniel Dorticós (27-2, 25 KOs).
“Everybody knows that Jake Paul brings the action everywhere he goes, and only on DAZN will fans all around the world be able to witness an unforgettable evening on June 28,” said DAZN Head of Marketing, Alife Sharman. “From the main event all the way down the card, there isn’t a dull fight on the docket filled with some of the best talent in the sport.”
O??pening the Paul vs. Chavez Jr. pay-per-view card is undefeated WBA International lightweight champion Floyd “Kid Austin” Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs), who will face former IBF super featherweight world champion Tevin Farmer (33-8-1, 8 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight battle at 135 lbs. The main card will also feature MVP’s latest signee, undefeated powerhouse Avious “Tha Underdog” Griffin (17-0, 16 KOs), who will make his promotional debut against New Jersey’s welterweight standout Julian “Hammer Hands” Rodriguez (23-1, 14 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight showdown at 147lbs. Also joining the main card will be a 10-round welterweight battle at 147 lbs between undefeated Mexican welterweight standout Raul “Cugar” Curiel (15-0-1, 13 KOs)and Uruguay’s fellow undefeated sensation Victor Ezequiel “Latigo” Rodriguez (16-0-1, 9 KOs).
Also on the card, former UFC 135lb Champion and the most dominant two sport athlete of all time, MVP’s Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (33-2-3, 9 KOs), makes her long-awaited return to the ring to face Mexico’s undefeated rising prospect Yolanda “Pitayita” Vega (10-0, 1 KO) in a 10-round lightweight bout contested over two-minute rounds. Joining the preliminary card, MVP’s 20-year-old WBC Youth Light Flyweight World Champion Naomy Valle (14-0, 9 KOs) will face off against Mexico’s 20-year-old Ashley Felix (7-3, 1 KO) in a six-round light flyweight bout at 108 lbs.
Fans can pre-order the pay-per-view immediately HERE.
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About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)
MVP was founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021. With the mission to provide more creative control to fighters, MVP works to identify, grow, and maximize return for its own events and talent partners. One year into its inception, MVP was nominated as one of the prestigious Sports Breakthroughs of the Year in 2022 by Sports Business Journal. MVP has produced Jake Paul’s last six global pay-per-view events, including the recent Paul vs. Perry match. The promotion company also signed one of the most decorated Hispanic athletes of all time, Amanda Serrano, in its first year. Serrano and MVP made history in April 2022 when Serrano went head-to-head with Katie Taylor, marking the first female fight to headline at Madison Square Garden, earning a nomination for Event of The Year by Sports Business Journal. MVP made history again in November 2024 with Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson and Taylor vs. Serrano 2, the first-ever live professional sports event on Netflix, which became the most-streamed sporting event ever with 108 million live viewers globally. Co-founder Nakisa Bidarian was an executive producer of Paul vs. Tyson and the historic Triller Presents Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr., the 8th most-bought pay-per-view event in history.
About DAZN
DAZN is the home of European football, women’s football, boxing and MMA, and the NFL (excl. USA). We are building the ultimate sports entertainment platform, based on premium sports rights, world-leading tech, and multi-platform distribution. DAZN believes that fans from across the globe should be able to watch, read, bet, play, share, socialise, buy tickets and merchandise, all in one place, with one account, one wallet and on one app. For more information on DAZN, our products, people, and performance, visit?dazngroup.com.
About Honda Center
Located in the heart of Orange County, Honda Center has remained a premier entertainment and sports venue since its opening in 1993. Home to the 2007 Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks, the arena hosts a variety of events, including sold-out concerts, family entertainment, and thrilling sports competitions. Over the past three decades, Honda Center has remained an iconic and beloved destination for live entertainment in Southern California with over 4,500 events and 45 million guests, paving the way for an even more exciting future. It will anchor the innovative OCVIBE, a 100-acre one-of-a-kind, immersive district designed to bring people together through shared experiences.