Jake Paul Breaks His Silence On Canelo Alvarez Snub In Online Rant
Jake Paul has actually broken his silence on Canelo Alvarez snubbing a fight with him in favour of signing a four-fight Saudi deal.
It was confirmed on Friday that that the Mexican super star has agreed on a four-fight offer with Riyadh Season, with his new offer to include a mega-fight against the previous indisputable light-welterweight and welterweight champ Terence Crawford in September.
Previously, it was understood that Alvarez and Paul were close to finalising their crossover battle, but according to Saudi's boxing chief Turki Alalshikh, the Mexican has actually taken another bout with an unknown opponent in May.
Furthermore, in the X post, Alalshikh appeared to knock Paul, users.atw.hu writing: 'The Deal is done ... A Lion does not lose sleep over opinion of a sheep ... Fear the lion not the jungle.'
Canelo quickly reposted the announcement, captioning it with: 'Let's go sibling,' accompanied by a fist emoji.
Paul has now required to social networks to launch his own rant, bizarrely branding his rival 'an owned servant' who will 'lose money' by choosing not to right him.
Jake Paul (envisioned) has broken his silence on being snubbed by Canelo Alvarez for a battle
Paul launched an amazing social networks rant where he branded Alvarez 'an owned slave'
The post also included an AI-generated images of Paul standing over his competitor in the ring
'Breaking news: Canelo Alvarez ducked me Jake Paul and is now an owned slave with no regard for the pride of the Mexican people who support him on US soil,' the post, which also included an AI-generated picture of Paul standing over Alvarez in a boxing ring, started. 'It's not unexpected when his entire career he has actually done absolutely nothing for the sport of boxing outside the ring.
'I'm the new face of boxing. You can not have the biggest battle of 2025 without my name included. When all of your events tank and lose money you will all understand who the king of the sport is.
'28 years old. Biggest fight in boxing history. My own employer. Not owned. 5 years in. All of you felines wish to see me fail, but god has other strategies. It's the period of good. The age of the elephant. It's the period of MVP.'
Earlier this week, the Mexican's handle Crawford appeared to have collapsed after he reportedly went into conversations with Paul.
On Monday, 'The Problem Child' even published an X post meaning the possible battle date with Alvarez, composing: 'It's time. Sat July 5th. New York City, wiki.snooze-hotelsoftware.de New York.'
Paul has, in the past, called out Canelo on a variety of events. In 2015, following his bout with Ryan Bourland, Paul informed the four-weight world champion to 'stop ducking' him.
The American has not combated since his controversial win against previous heavyweight world champ Mike Tyson in November, defeating the boxing legend through an unanimous decision.
Meanwhile, Alvarez - with 66 fights and 62 wins - was last seen in a boxing ring throughout his triumph over Edgar Berlanga in September last year.
Alvarez has signed a four-fight handle Riyadh Season, with bouts to take location over the next two years
Paul, who has not battled because beating Mike Tyson, had actually teased a date to handle Alvarez
Alvarez's deal consists of a mega-fight vs WBA light middleweight champ Terence Crawford
According to Ring Magazine, Canelo and Riyadh Season's offer includes a fight in Riyadh in May, a mega clash in Las Vegas with Terence Crawford in September, funsilo.date and 2 more boxing matches in Riyadh in February and October 2026.
His next opponent, Crawford, remains unbeaten with 41 wins, consisting of 31 via knockout.
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