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

Jake Paul is now the No. 14 cruiserweight within the WBA rankings … and you realize 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 stated, 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 gymnasium 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 received all 20 of his bouts on his file by knockout — says the mathematics is not including up … ‘trigger he is at all times trying to tackle the following massive problem, whereas Paul went up in opposition to a man like Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who was a middleweight champion a decade-plus in the past.

Parker does admire what Paul has executed 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 technique to settle the matter — he desires to struggle Jake Paul to see if he actually earned his place.