Jake Paul’s WBA Rating ‘A Slap within the Face,’ No. 15 Cruiserweight Craig Parker Says

Jake Paul is now the No. 14 cruiserweight within the WBA rankings … and you already know who’s pissed about that?? The man who was the No. 14 cruiserweight heading into this week — 20-0 fighter Craig Parker.

TMZ Sports activities spoke with the now-No. 15-ranked boxer concerning the improvement … and he mentioned, fairly frankly, it is “disgusting information to me” as a result of in his opinion, he hasn’t paid his dues.

“For him simply to take a place that guys like me that struggled to search out methods to the health club and … it is a lengthy street to be the place we’re at. And for him to simply be No. 14, it was similar to a slap within the face.”

Parker — who gained all 20 of his bouts on his report by knockout — says the mathematics is not including up … ‘trigger he is all the time trying to tackle the subsequent massive problem, whereas Paul went up towards a man like Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who was a middleweight champion a decade-plus in the past.

Parker does respect what Paul has finished for the game — particularly girls’s boxing — however believes the opponents he is taking over do not give him a lot credibility, not to mention consideration for a spot within the rankings.

Parker thinks there’s a straightforward strategy to settle the matter — he needs to combat Jake Paul to see if he actually earned his place.