Canelo Alvarez explains what Jake Paul needs to make boxing fight happen Instagram: Canelo\/JakePaulBoxing icon Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez is seemingly open to fighting Jake Paul but says a clash with the social media star is still quite some time away. As Jake Paul continues to rack up wins inside the boxing ring, he\u2019s also eyeing up the next level of competition. The 24-year-old might have started off with YouTubers but he\u2019s already beaten a former NBA star in Nate Robinson as well as MMA icon\u2019s Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley. He and his brother Logan have repeatedly poked Conor McGregor for a fight, but Jake has also called out professional boxers \u2013 most notably, Canelo Alvarez. The Mexican boxing great, who holds a 56-1-2 record, has criticized the YouTubers for getting into the fight game, but it seems he might be open to trading blows with Jake at some point down the line. Canelo was quizzed by paparazzi about possibly fighting the YouTuber at a later date and while he isn\u2019t open to an Alvarez brothers vs Paul brothers double feature, he didn\u2019t rule out a bout with Jake. \u201cNot right now,\u201d Canelo told the paparazzi after being asked if Jake has a chance against him according to TMZ\u2019s translations. \u201cHe\u2019s not ready.\u201d The Super Middleweight champion pointed to his brother as a possible next opponent for Jake but for him and the YouTuber to square off, the former Disney star \u201cneeds to keep improving.\u201d Canelo did wish Jake the best of luck in getting to the point where they might fight but he didn\u2019t offer up anything else on a potential bout. The 31-year-old is on the YouTuber\u2019s \u201cboxing hitlist\u201d alongside KSI, Gervonta Davis, and even his brother Logan, but he could have to face Tyron Woodley in a rematch before he moves on to anyone else. Jake has also stated that he wants to be a boxing world champion at some point but that is certainly a long way off right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Canelo Alvarez explains what Jake Paul needs to make boxing fight happen Instagram: Canelo\/JakePaulBoxing icon Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez is seemingly open to fighting Jake Paul but says a clash with the social media star is still quite some time away. As Jake Paul continues to rack up wins inside the boxing ring, he\u2019s also eyeing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}