Jake Paul threatens to sue Piers Morgan over ‘staged fight’ allegations: ‘Expect to get served you pigs’

Piers Morgan called Jake Paul’s latest win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ‘staged bulls—,’ and may end up getting sued by MVP Promotions for it.

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Jake Paul is sick and tired of people calling him a fake fighter that fixes fights, and he’s going to start taking legal action to deal with it.

Paul beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Saturday night via unanimous decision in a bout that made few waves, especially compared to his previous match against Mike Tyson back in November 2024. While Chavez Jr. is a legit former boxing champion, he’s also 15 years past his prime and had his strength and conditioning coach quit halfway through camp because “El Hijo De La Leyenda” kept skipping training sessions.

Paul may not have proven that he is a world-class boxer yet, but he has proven extremely capable of picking opponents he can beat. There’s a general profile: older, smaller, past their prime, from another sport. If an opponent doesn’t tick off at least two of the four boxes, Paul probably isn’t fighting them.

But let’s be clear: Jake Paul is not fixing fights. Not in the way many of his haters and detractors suspected after he fought Mike Tyson. They were convinced that Tyson must have let Paul win, not recognizing what age does to a 58 year old fighter. Jake Paul doesn’t fix fights. He’s a sandbagger. He fights opponents he knows he can beat, and he’s made millions doing it.

And if someone gets that distinction wrong, he now plans on suing them. The first target? It might be Piers Morgan, who insulted Paul during an interview and had the YouTuber-turned-boxer so annoyed he ditched out.

“I had a better fight with Jake Paul on Thursday than the unwatchable farce that took place tonight,” Morgan wrote on X (formerly Twitter) following Paul vs. Chavez Jr. “The guy’s lining his pockets with buckets of $$$$ - but he’s killing boxing with this boring staged bulls— against older fighters way past their prime.”

“This claim is baseless and irresponsible,” Paul’s business partner Nakisa Bidarian replied. “Last night’s fight vs. Chavez Jr. was a fully sanctioned 10-round cruiserweight bout, officiated by the California State Athletic Commission with official judges. No staging / rigging — just hard work and a legit win.”

“To say otherwise not only undermines the integrity of the sport, but is defamatory and causes reputational damage to MVP, Jake Paul, and the Commission,” Bidarian added. “Enough is enough. We will be exploring all options, including legal action, to hold accountable those spreading such deliberate and harmful lies.”

“After years of letting it slide as just ‘haters being haters,’ I have asked my team to vigorously go after anyone who makes up lies about my boxing career,” Paul added in a retweet. “Expect to get served you pigs.”

Following Paul vs. Tyson, a bunch of casuals who never watched boxing collectively decided that Tyson let Paul win. Paul and Bidarian had to put out a statement with similar language, and may have reached out to some high profile people asking them to walk back their inflammatory claims of a fix.

“Trash talk and speculation are common in sports, and athletes and promoters need to tolerate nonsensical commentary, jokes and opinions,” the statement read. “But suggesting anything other than full effort from these fighters is not only naïve but an insult to the work they put into their craft and to the sport itself.”

“As long as Jake continues to exceed expectations, there will always be those who try to discredit his achievements,” Bidarian was quoted. “We embrace the doubt — it only fuels Jake to work harder and achieve greater success.”

So much for embracing the doubt. But Paul does have a way out of these constant accusations: he can fight tougher opponents. By many reports, he’s trying. He came within inches of signing to fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez before Saudi Arabia swooped in and signed the Mexican superstar to a massive multi-fight deal. Now Paul is talking about fighting Anthony Joshua in 2026.

But if he keeps digging up smaller, semi-retired fossils to fight, he’s going to keep getting criticism.