Unified cruiserweight champion Gilberto Ramirez is taking a backseat to the Jake Paul show this Saturday.

Zurdo will defend his WBA and WBO titles against Yuniel Dorticos, while Paul will face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the headliner at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The fights will be featured on a DAZN PPV event.

If you read the tea leaves, Ramirez and Paul could perhaps be pitted for a fight down the line. But if you ask Ramirez, the minus-575 betting favorite Paul isn’t getting by the past-his-prime second generation star.

“I'll bet my house on [Chavez winning],” Ramirez said. “It's a comeback for Chavez. He needs to put in a lot of effort. He needs to win this fight. I'll fight Chavez if he wins. That's a fight that I want too if he looks good. But he has to win … If Jake Paul wins, we have to give him credit. I'll beat Jake Paul easily. If everything makes sense and the money is right, why not?”

Ramirez (47-1, 30 KOs) suddenly has a lot of options on the table.

Fights against the Paul-Chavez winner, fellow unified cruiserweight crownholder Jai Opetaia, David Benavidez and Dmitry Bivol could all be likely for the 34-year-old from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico over the next year. Ramirez is most interested in a fight against Benavidez.

“He's getting bigger, and if he's not getting the chances at 175 pounds, it's time to move up,” said Ramirez. “That's the fight people are asking for and that's the fight we want, too. Let's do it, why not? We talked recently and agreed to make the fight happen.”

Nothing is possible, however, if Ramirez doesn’t get past the power-punching Dorticos.

“I have to focus on Dorticos,” said Ramirez of the Cuban. “I am not taking anything away from him, but I'm a special fighter.”