Jake Paul believes Canelo fight date is \u201ccloser\u201d than people think YouTube: Showtime Sports\/Instagram: CaneloJake Paul believes a fight with boxing icon Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez is \u201ccloser\u201d than people think as it has now replaced Conor McGregor as his \u201cdream\u201d fight. Since stepping into the world of boxing, Jake Paul has targeted fights with some of the biggest names in combat sports. For the longest time, he had his eyes set on a crossover fight with Conor McGregor, but that has taken a back seat. Instead, Jake is targeting boxing icon Canelo Alvarez as his \u201cdream\u201d fight as he continues his quest to become a boxing world champion. The Mexican, who has a 60-2-2 record and is one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters ever, was initially cold on the idea of fighting Jake. Over the past two years, Canelo has softened his stance on being against a fight and has appeared open to it. Though, he acknowledges that Jake has a long way to go before it\u2019s a realistic possibility. Jake Paul says Canelo fight is \u201ccloser\u201d than people think On the flip side of things, Jake believes it is \u201ccloser\u201d to happening than people may think, and he\u2019s upping his boxing workload to make it happen. The YouTuber-turned-boxer appeared on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helawni on November 15, and the topic of that dream fight came up again. \u201cI think the path that I\u2019m on now tees me up in the future to fight Canelo. It\u2019s even just showing him that I can go 10 or 12 rounds with you, and I\u2019ve done that with real, legitimate pro boxers,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it becomes this really fun, interesting fight that is historical and Canelo has shown and said in interviews, he\u2019s expressed interest in it. So, I think we\u2019re closer than we think and it\u2019s bizarre to even be saying that now.\u201d Timestamp of 18:45 Jake noted that he\u2019s interested in fighting at least twice in 2024, provided he comes through his upcoming clash with Andre August without any issues. It\u2019s very unlikely that a fight with Canelo would happen in the next 12 months, but Jake is going to keep using it as his goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul believes Canelo fight date is \u201ccloser\u201d than people think YouTube: Showtime Sports\/Instagram: CaneloJake Paul believes a fight with boxing icon Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez is \u201ccloser\u201d than people think as it has now replaced Conor McGregor as his \u201cdream\u201d fight. Since stepping into the world of boxing, Jake Paul has targeted fights with some […]<\/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-51131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51131","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=51131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}