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This is the question.Well what is the average boxer? We only know of the actual good boxers, there's a lot of tomato cans out there too
Relative to the average man? Unquestionably, he's an above average boxer, fighter, and all-around athlete. By far.
Relative to the average hobbyist boxer? Unquestionably, he's above average.
Relative to the average competitive amateur boxer? Unquestionably, he's above average.
So the question must mean: Relative to the average professional boxer?
As others have observed, it's hard to tell, because he only has three fights against real boxers: Tommy Fury, Andre August, and Ryan Bourland. But that's enough. BoxRec uses a simple ELO formula to calculate the rankings of all the fighters in its database. You can read about it here:
https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/BoxRec_Ratings_Description
BoxRec has 1,328 professional Cruiserweights in the world actively ranked
Tommy Fury is ranked #96 in the world among Cruiserweights. Jake lost the split decision.
Andre August is ranked #300 in the world among Cruiserweights. Jake won by KO.
Ryan Bourland is ranked #288 in the world among Cruiserweights. Jake won by TKO.
Jake is ranked #104 by pure ELO with their calculator.
So the answer to the last is...yes. Also yes. Unquestionably, Jake Paul is above average relative to other professional boxers.