If Jake Paul desires a shot at taking considered one of Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez‘s belts, the boxing star tells TMZ Sports activities he is all the way down to let him strive … although he is promising there is not any approach El Gallo comes out on high.

The potential Jake vs. Zurdo struggle has been brewing for just a few days now … after Paul was seen trash-talking the WBA cruiserweight champ following his large win on the Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. card late final month.

Paul — who cropped up within the WBA rankings after his win over Chavez Jr. — went face-to-face with Ramirez in entrance of a throng of boxing reporters … and referred to as him straight up “gradual.”

“If the cash is true, why not?” Ramirez mentioned. “Simple struggle for me, straightforward cash.”

Ramirez could be hands-down the hardest opponent Paul’s ever confronted. He is 48-1, and 30 of his victories have come by the use of knockout.

Paul, although, nonetheless appears to need it … and Zurdo mentioned he’d be joyful to present it.

“I’ll take that struggle,” the 34-year-old mentioned. “He is straightforward cash for me.”

If the Paul scrap falls by, Zurdo mentioned he’d take pleasure in mixing it again up with Dmitry Bivol, the one fighter who’s crushed him in his profession to this point.

But he instructed us if Paul actually desires “all of the smoke, let’s do it.”