The Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford-Jake Paul-Turki Alalshikh drama over the past 48 hours has arguably been the wildest high-profile boxing storyline in a while.
The day after Alalshikh convinced Alvarez to walk away from a deal to fight Paul in favor of a four-fight agreement with Riyadh Season—which includes a September clash with Crawford—the mudslinging began.
Alalshikh isn’t the biggest trash talker, but during an interview with ESPN’s Mike Coppinger the uber-wealthy boxing powerbroker did facetiously suggest that Paul fight mega YouTuber MrBeast in a match sanctioned by Disney for the “YouTube title.”
It’s pretty safe to say that was a dig at Paul. It was pretty funny, though.
Canelo posted a video telling fans not to listen to “this f###### YouTuber,” referring to Paul, saying he only fights real fighters.
