Promotor Eddie Hearn favors Canela Alvarez who fights against influencer Jake Paul the next in May at Cinco de Mayo, because he looks at him as a competition that will create a lot of money.
Money factor
Hearn believes that Canelo (62-2-2, 39 ko) is running out of people to fight boxing, so it makes sense to fight that would make more money than if he faced someone else.
Turks al-Sheikh wants Canelo to fight Crawford, and if that can be negotiated, that fight can happen this September. You cannot know with certainty if that fight will happen because Crawford can have ideas about wanting the same kind of money as Canelo, because the two of them were both world champions in four divisions.
The difference is that Alvarez has a better opposition and is extremely popular across the country, while Terns are generally popular in Omahi, Nebraska.
However, Canelo should fight Jake Paul next in May, not a vague fighter like William Scull or Christian Mbilli. The IBF Super Medium Champion Scull is likely to be Alvarez faces if he does not fight Jake Paul in May.
“Whenever I talked to Saul about Jake Paul, he’s always gone:” Pay me money and I’ll fight, “Eddie Hearn said Boxing boxing The possible Canela Alvarez against Jake Paul is fighting for May. “Saul is so transparent. That’s why I like to be with Canel.
“Zero Bull S ***.” Give me money, “and he’ll fight. That’s it. So, he watches Jake Paul and he goes,” Yes, yes, you want to pay me money? Yes, I’ll fight him. ‘I don’t like much that Jake Paul did. If he fights Canel Alvarez, and obviously, the main reason for doing it is incredible money.
“I’ll watch him. I would love to watch him and by the way, respect him. If you get inside, fight with a big pound for a pound. I don’t know what to do with weight. Jake is a big bump. Canelo may have to give up £ 10 or 15. It won’t matter, but I would watch it. “
From Canel’s perspective, there is much more for him to get financially and popular for him to fight YouTuber Jake Paul than a little famous William Scull for far less money and attention. Jake Paul has 27 million Instagram followers and 20 million YouTube subscribers. These figures are stunning, especially when you consider how many these people will order that Canelo Vs. Paul fights on PPV.
Crawford question
“And if you are Caneo, he did everything. Obviously Crawford is a fight,” Hearn said. “I think he has run out of options. If the buffalo wins February 22, he can fight the buffalo for an undeniably World Cup in a heavy heavyweight. But that is a truly difficult fight. Why would you do it when you can fight Jake Paul for double money So, good luck to him.
“Obviously, I know Canelo-Crawford is in conversations and passion is in his exploration to fight. I don’t know about Jake Paul. It’s a massive money, and it’s a very light fight for Canela on paper. So I’m sure I’m thinking : “Let’s do that,” Hearn said.
Canelo-Paul is likely to make more PPV numbers than Canelo Vs. Crawford. This does not mean that Jake has anywhere near the talent that Crawford has because he is not a world class fighter. However, with Paul’s monitoring on Instagram and YouTube, many more people will be consciously fighting Canelo-Paul and be willing to order it on PPV, not in the match between Canel and Crawford.
Last time updated 02.05.2025
