Jake Paul’s next fight will be ‘BIGGER than Mike Tyson’ after emerging as shock contender for Canelo Alvarez bout
JAKE PAUL'S next fight could be even BIGGER than his bout against Mike Tyson.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer brought heavyweight great Tyson out of retirement in November for a showdown streamed on Netflix.
Controversy surrounded the clash due to the age difference but over 100MILLION people still tuned in to watch Paul's points win.
The American is now back in training and teasing his next fight.
And during an episode of older brother Logan's podcast, Paul phoned in and revealed his boxing return will be announced soon.
Logan's co-host Mike Majlak then added: "We can't say. It's the craziest thing of all time, insane. Bigger than Tyson."
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Paul, 28, banked himself £30MILLION for his fight with Tyson, 58, and improved his record to 11-1.
He kept fans guessing with by teasing details over his next fight online by posting: "It’s time. Sat July 5th. New York, New York."
But soon after, Mexican journalist claimed that Paul and Canelo Alvarez are close to agreeing a shock fight in May.
He reported online: "There is already an agreement for Jake Paul to be Canelo Alvarez's rival in May of this year, a source very close to the operation informs me.
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"The event will be co-promoted by Canelo Promotions & MVP & PBC."
Paul has long called out Canelo - who has also refused to rule out the fight in the past.
But Canelo currently reigns as champion of the 168lb super-middleweight division at 12 stone.
Paul's last fight was his heavyweight debut - bulking up to 16st 2lb - having been campaigning at the 14st 4lb cruiserweight limit of 200lb.
That means there is a FOUR STONE difference between the two.
Canelo, 34, is also in line to fight unbeaten American Terence Crawford, 37, in a September blockbuster.
"This is the thing, everyone's going to tune in to want to see me f***ing die, basically."
And Canelo said on the in 2023: “When I’m done with boxing, why not? Yeah, maybe.
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"I think it’s good cause, what happens is other people who never watch boxing, they don’t know anything about boxing, they want to watch Jake Paul because he brings fans from another world."