{"id":146626,"date":"2025-07-03T07:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/jake-pauls-wba-ranking-a-slap-in-the-face-no-15-cruiserweight-craig-parker-says\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T07:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:45:23","slug":"jake-pauls-wba-ranking-a-slap-within-the-face-no-15-cruiserweight-craig-parker-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/jake-pauls-wba-ranking-a-slap-within-the-face-no-15-cruiserweight-craig-parker-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul&#8217;s WBA Ranking &#8216;A Slap within the Face,&#8217; No. 15 Cruiserweight Craig Parker Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Jake Paul<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">WBA Rank &#8216;A Slap In The Face&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">No. 15 Cruiserweight Says<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-03T00:40:59-07:00\">July 3, 2025 12:40 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-cc0cace78a009ccdf0a572842d10d263\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-0956cd91-6f4c-40a1-9945-38104e472dc4-1454442986-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-0956cd91-6f4c-40a1-9945-38104e472dc4-1454442986-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cf\/16by9\/2025\/07\/02\/cf34d58d25f34bc98c8255c7a5c770e7_md.jpg\" alt=\"070225_craig_parker_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cc0cace78a009ccdf0a572842d10d263--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a792024d02d1def177081c5ab1df079e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jake-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jake Paul<\/strong><\/a> is now the No. 14 cruiserweight within the WBA rankings &#8230; and you recognize who&#8217;s pissed about that?? The man who was the No. 14 cruiserweight heading into this week &#8212; 20-0 fighter <strong>Craig Parker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a792024d02d1def177081c5ab1df079e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8862160134886e85663b7ca41af2882c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> spoke with the now-No. 15-ranked boxer in regards to the improvement &#8230; and he mentioned, fairly frankly, it is &#8220;disgusting information to me&#8221; as a result of in his opinion, he hasn&#8217;t paid his dues.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8862160134886e85663b7ca41af2882c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-779e9d10593fe2278a8e8b6576e680ca\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250702_35d113a660f342ca86e252c1c97a1dde\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1a17de28-7701-4701-9b5b-d6393939c71b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/35\/4by3\/2025\/07\/02\/35d113a660f342ca86e252c1c97a1dde_md.jpg\" alt=\"craig parker boxing insta 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-779e9d10593fe2278a8e8b6576e680ca--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-682ad37800ff887097ce1316fb5fe0e8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;For him simply to take a place that guys like me that struggled to search out methods to the fitness center and &#8230; it is a lengthy highway to be the place we&#8217;re at. And for him to simply be No. 14, it was similar to a slap within the face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-682ad37800ff887097ce1316fb5fe0e8--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7b03f79ced7714daa6fc5f0670317695\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Parker &#8212; who gained all 20 of his bouts on his document by knockout &#8212; says the maths is not including up &#8230; &#8216;trigger he is all the time seeking to tackle the following large problem, whereas Paul went up in opposition to a man like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/julio-cesar-chavez-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.<\/strong><\/a>, who was a middleweight champion a decade-plus in the past.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7b03f79ced7714daa6fc5f0670317695--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-335ecd414a31c74756c845a836dfecbf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-335ecd414a31c74756c845a836dfecbf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2018b96016a9b08ae24b9a76d8242fd2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Parker does recognize what Paul has finished for the game &#8212; particularly girls&#8217;s boxing &#8212; 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.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2018b96016a9b08ae24b9a76d8242fd2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-032cdb9a32115af5aba5c66af22a1556\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Parker thinks there&#8217;s a simple method to settle the matter &#8212; he needs to struggle Jake Paul to see if he actually earned his place.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-032cdb9a32115af5aba5c66af22a1556--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2432aee6af729308b477a6b10c4dd20b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250702_72aa747fb0054cab86e8770eee55e201\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1a17de28-7701-4701-9b5b-d6393939c71b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/72\/4by3\/2025\/07\/02\/72aa747fb0054cab86e8770eee55e201_md.jpg\" alt=\"craig parker boxing insta 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2432aee6af729308b477a6b10c4dd20b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4609555ea0ffe8eb59ae585387385879\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Despite the drama, Parker says the information will not hold him from reaching his objective &#8230; which is to be the undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4609555ea0ffe8eb59ae585387385879--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Jake Paul WBA Rank &#8216;A Slap In The Face&#8217; No. 15 Cruiserweight Says Published July 3, 2025 12:40 AM PDT Play video content material TMZSports.com Jake Paul is now the No. 14 cruiserweight within the WBA rankings &#8230; and you recognize who&#8217;s pissed about that?? 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