Jake Paul drops cryptic response to fight rumors with boxing icon Canelo Instagram: Canelo\/JakePaulJake Paul dropped a bit of a cryptic response amid rumors that he could be lined up to take on Boxing megastar Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez with the Mexican in-line for a fight that isn\u2019t for the purists. Ever since Jake Paul stepped into the boxing game, he\u2019s set his sights high on the kind of fighters he wants to eventually take on as he improves inside the ring. The YouTuber-turned-boxer has had a long-standing war of words with Conor McGregor \u2013 even offering the Irish MMA star a multi-million dollar mega fight. He\u2019s also traded verbal blows with boxing\u2019s pound-for-pound king, Canelo Alvarez, with the Mexican changing his mind on how he feels about the influx of influencer boxers. With rumors swirling around Jake\u2019s next fight \u2013 including claims that he might even ditch boxing for MMA \u2013 Canelo has once again been caught up in things. On January 16, ESPN\u2019s Salvador Rodriguez revealed that Canelo\u2019s next opponent could be one that boxing purists might not be all that enamored with. Once those claims hit social media, it didn\u2019t take long for a few fans to suggest that he might be referring to Jake Paul, given how many boxing purists have lamented his fights as \u201cfreakshows\u201d and possibly even being rigged. Amid the speculation, Jake weighed in himself, responding to the reports with several \u2018cold face\u2019 emoji on Twitter. Some fans believe this means that he is actually in line for the bout with Canelo, though, others are sure he\u2019s trolling yet again. A fight with Canelo would be pretty at odds with where Jake stands in the boxing sphere currently, given the pair are worlds apart in their skills. There has been more talk of him fighting Canelo\u2019s compatriot Julio Cesar Chavez Jr than any other fight, seeing as the former Middleweight champion has already taken part in a cross-style fight with Anderson Silva. It remains to be seen who Jake will strap on the gloves to fight next, but there seems to be plenty of options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul drops cryptic response to fight rumors with boxing icon Canelo Instagram: Canelo\/JakePaulJake Paul dropped a bit of a cryptic response amid rumors that he could be lined up to take on Boxing megastar Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez with the Mexican in-line for a fight that isn\u2019t for the purists. Ever since Jake Paul stepped […]<\/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-51241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51241","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=51241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}