After mike tyson, Canelo Says He Is Willing To Fight Jake Paul Under One Condition
Jake Paul is adamant that he will face Saul ‘Canelo‘ Alvarez and cause ‘the biggest upset in the history of boxing.
Four years ago the prospect would be laughable, to many it still is now. However, the brash 27-year-old has just come out the other side of eight rounds against Mike Tyson, 58, as main event of a record-breaking Netflix partnership.
Jake Paul – who coasted to a unanimous decision over Tyson in an underwhelming and often sad affair – had made it clear pre-fight that he would be calling out the four-weight world champion from Mexico.
In the ring after the face, he said Canelo ‘needs’ the fight.
“Canelo needs me, so I’m not even going to try and call him out. He knows he wants a payday. So, he knows where the money man is at… He’s going to want a payday and I want to show the world all the [stuff] I’ve been talking about beating Canelo is true and I’ll have the biggest upset in the history of boxing. We’ll fight to really see who is the face [of boxing] because, after this event, I’m going to be claiming it.”
Though Canelo has told Paul to ‘stay in his lane’ in the past and is very much still competing at the pinnacle of the sport, a clip from The Full Send podcast shows that he is open to the idea only when his top-level days come to an end.
“When I’m done with boxing [at the highest level], why not? Yeah, maybe. I think it’s good cause what happens is other people who never watch boxing, they don’t know anything about boxing, they want to watch Jake Paul because he brings fans from other world. Maybe [I’ll take the Paul fight].”
As it stands, Alvarez, 34, holds three of the four major super-middleweight titles and is still looking for big money fights against his peers. Ahead of Jake Paul on waiting list, at least in terms of a fan enjoyment perspective, are both David Benavidez and Terence Crawford.
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Paul’s team remain convinced that the fight can happen in 2025. Promoter Eddie Hearn, who has worked with Canelo in numerous fights in the past, told the Ariel and Ade Show he believes it can happen.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if Canelo took that fight because Canelo’s just about the money.
“It’s such an easy night for him, but I think Jake’s matchmaking is really smart, other than the Tommy Fury fight which they lost, they have never been in a fight where there was any danger at all really, other than the first 20 seconds against Mike Tyson.
“They obviously know, unless they are deluded beyond any imagination, that it all ends with Canelo Alvarez.
“Will they take that challenge? Maybe if the money is astronomical.”
