According to reports, Canelo Álvarez and YouTuber Turn-Boxer Jake Paul have an agreement to fight in May. This would be Canelo’s tuning to prepare it to defend its unified super medium weight titles against Terence Crawford on September 13 in T-Mobile Arenas in Las Vegas.
Juliusjulianis reports that Canelo and Paul agreed to fight in May. It is not clear in what kind of weight the contest will be and how many rounds. Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KO) is not in the exhibitions, so it is unlikely to accept to go to that route.
Doubts and skepticism
Fans on social networks are disbelief, feeling that Canelo would not bow to this level of fighting Jake Paul. However, the Mexican star said in an interview with TMZ Sports that would face him if the money were correct. A fight against Jake would probably pay Canelo more than a match against the super medium champion of IBF William Sculll in May.
“There is already an agreement for Jake Paul to be Canelo Álvarez’s rival in May of this year, a source very close to the operation informs me. The event will be co-promoted by canelopromaions & mvp & pbc #canelopaul, ”said Juliusjulianis about unknown About Canelo Álvarez vs. Jake Paul possible for May.
Jake Paul comes from a unanimous decision victory of eight very critical rounds over Mike Tyson, 59, November 15 in Arlington, Texas.
