Jake Paul vs Canelo Alvarez would have been announced today before Turki Alalshikh’s last minute intervention

The conversations about boxing in 2025 were almost very different until there was a sudden course correction.

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez will always be involved in some of the greatest fighting of the year because he remains one of the most important stars in combat sports. With that in mind, the Mexican icon has the power to dictate what people talk about in the boxing world for a calendar year and he did exactly last week.

After he apparently was on his way to a fight with Jake Paul, which would undoubtedly have dominated the headlines all year round, Canelo turned and signed a four-fight agreement with the Riyadh season.

Turki Alshikh has made it clear that the 34-year-old will not box 'the problem child' in the coming two years, but things were almost very different.

Jake Paul shares promotional material that today would have announced his fight with Canelo Alvarez

In a recent video posted on X, Jake Paul responded to the recent comments from Canelo Alvarez about a fight between those who did not take place. Alvarez claimed that he only fights against 'real hunters', after recently announced on 3 May in Riyad against William Scull.

Paul was very critical about Canelo after he claimed that you cannot trust what the Mexican star says. To prove that, he shared a picture of the signed contract for their fight, as well as the promotional material that the fight today would have announced in what is now a parallel timeline.

“Time to expose him. So we had a signed contract to fight. Here you can see the signature of Canelo and my signature on the right. Claim that he is not fighting against YouTubers, B ——-. Look at the poster, we announced Tuesday 11 February. State that he is fighting real hunters, but he fights Crawford, a 135-pound hunter and ran a real hunter such as David Benavidez You B —. “

Paul continued rattling a few more points, Canelo attacked because he was unfaithful to his original promoters, disappointing the Mexican fans by fighting in Riyad and not having a greater fight than he, and mentioning the reaction From his own family on the news.

'Do you remember that you told my team that your daughter was coming home and asked if you were fighting Jake Paul? She was all excited. You said that was the first time that your daughter ever asked you for a fight. ”

Jake Paul may have been used by Canelo Alvarez as a negotiating ship

Jake Paul will continue to raise the coupons he has who prove that his fight with Canelo Alvarez was a very serious proposition.

What many fans start to believe, however, is that the Mexican star used this fight to give itself some influence in negotiating a deal with the Riyadh season. Canelo eventually went as the boxing spurists had wanted, not only for their own pleasure, but for his estate.

Photo by Al Bello/Getty images for Netflix © 2024

That does not mean that he will not pursue the fight in two years when his current deal is over, but for the time being his last few fights will take place at the top against quality of quality. Tuesday, February 11 was almost a sporting moment for mainstream boxing.

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