Jake Paul and Canelo Alvarez are at the moment within the means of finalizing a struggle for this spring. In accordance with ESPN, the 2 are anticipated to placed on a present for a cruiserweight struggle at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas on Could 3. Sources have additionally instructed the publication that it the cruiserweight restrict is about at 200 kilos and will likely be anticipated to stream on Netflix.
The final time Paul fought, the social-media-star-turned-boxer fought the retired 58-year-old legend, Mike Tyson. Whereas he gained the bout in an eight-round resolution and garnered 64 million concurrent streams on Netflix, Paul has but to face-off towards a world-class boxer. Albeit one of many sport’s prime points of interest, regardless of his novice talent stage, the 28-year-old is now anticipated to compete on the highest stage towards Alvarez. Alvarez has been the unified champion at 168 kilos and is a former 175-pound champion.
Sometimes, Alvarez solely fights twice a yr — on Cinco de Mayo weekend and Mexican Independence Day weekend in September. It’s unsure if this struggle towards Jake Paul will have an effect on his present settlement to struggle towards Terence Crawford in a Riyadh Season occasion on Mexican Independence Day weekend. The announcement of Alvarez v. Paul comes days after Alvarez v. Crawford was finalized. Again in November, Alvarez answered the query of chance preventing Paul, to which he replied on the Full Ship Podcast, “After I’m achieved with boxing [at the top level)], why not?”
