The Mexican star dismissed Jake Paul’s latest mega-fight claims and questioned his ability to sell tickets and pay-per-views alone
Canelo Alvarez says Jake Paul keeps mentioning him because the YouTuber-turned-boxer needs the connection to help promote his events. Speaking this week, Canelo dismissed Paul’s latest mega-fight claims and questioned whether Paul can generate major ticket sales or pay-per-view numbers without attaching himself to bigger boxing names.
“What I realize that in every single event. They need to talk about me to sell tickets and PPVs,” said Canelo Alvarez to the Mr. Verzace podcast at Ring Magazine.
“There are other fights there, and they always talk about Canelo. ‘Canelo in this, and I want to fight Canelo,’ because they don’t sell tickets. They don’t sell pay-per-views. They need to mention my name, and I think Jake Paul don’t sell too much tickets for a fight he has with his company. I don’t know. That’s why he brings that situation. That $200 million.”
Jake Paul recently claimed a fight with Canelo would be “the biggest fight in boxing” and publicly floated enormous purse figures during interviews and livestream appearances earlier this month.
“Yeah, 200 [million] for him, 300 [million] for me. We’ll get the deal done. Easy work,” Paul said during a Fight Hub TV appearance.
Jake has repeatedly mentioned Canelo since their failed discussions in 2025, often accusing the Mexican star of turning toward Saudi-backed events instead of facing him. Canelo’s latest comments suggest he sees the callouts as promotion rather than serious negotiations.
Canelo’s latest comments suggest he is not treating the matchup as a serious option.
