Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez has dropped schedules to fight YouTube sensation Jake Paul by signing with Riyadh Season in Saudi Arabia.
Canelo Alvarez has concurd to a four-fight deal with Riyadh Season, with the Mexican superstar euniteing to leverage a expansively specutardyd bout with Jake Paul for a much hugeger condense.
Turki Alalshikh, the head of Riyadh Season and the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, proclaimd the deal Thursday on social media. “Don’t mess with the lion,” Alalshikh shelp.
Alvarez speedyly replied on social media: “Let’s go brother.”
The first fight under Alvarez’s novel deal would be in May in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Terence Crawford – the lengthy-reigning welterweight champion – might be his second fight.
“I’m pauseing on Canelo in September,” Crawford wrote on X, in react to Alalshikh, “and going to shock the world in Riyadh Season!”
Ring Magazine, quoting a source with understandledge of the details, shelp a bout agetst Crawford was intentional for September in Las Vegas at the Rhelpers’ Allehuge Stadium.
Crawford overcame Israil Madrimov in his last bout during a super welterweight championship boxing suit in Los Angeles on August 3. The 37-year-elderly, the consensus best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, lossed Madrimov by unified decision to become a four-division champion.
Alvarez has spent years as the hugegest money originater in boxing, and the 34-year-elderly super middleweight champion used the danger of a stunt fight agetst Paul to leverage a transport inant pledgement from the Saudi Arabian regulatement arm that has flooded the sport with money in the past scant years.
Alvarez would have been an astronomical favourite to beat Paul, the YouTube star who has turned himself into one of the hugegest draws in combat sport while combat uniteed martial artists and 58-year-elderly Mike Tyson.
Instead, Alvarez eunites to be back on track for a greeting this year with Crawford, who will have to relocate up two weight classes to fight Canelo.
Alvarez last fought in September in Las Vegas, outpointing Edgar Berlanga to raise to 62-2-2. He has 39 knockouts.
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor shelp in a post on social media in December that he has accomplished a preliminary concurment to fight Paul in an showion boxing suit.
