‘Me Vs. Canelo At 200 Pounds Will Be Bigger Than Me Vs. Tyson’

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“El Gallo” is already looking forward.

Heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson versus YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul finally goes down this week (Fri., Nov. 15, 2024) from inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, streaming live on a historic Netflix broadcast.

While Paul has a killer in front of him, albeit a 58-year-old killer, he is already looking toward the future and has plans for his post-fight callout.

“I do [have a callout], it’s Canelo,” Paul said when Sean O’Malley asked if he had a name in mind. “This moment will prove that I’m the face of boxing, the largest attraction. Me vs Canelo at 200 pounds for the cruiserweight championship of the world is the biggest fight - arguably even bigger than me vs. Tyson. It makes so much sense. You know, Canelo is on his way out, he’s going to want a payday, and I want to show the world that all of the shit I’ve been talking about beating Canelo is actually true.”

“I’ll have the biggest upset in the sport of boxing, and we will fight to see who actually is the face of boxing because, after this event, I’m going to claim it. I beat his gate record in Texas; I’m beating the ticket sales. The numbers and the data show it. I have more followers than him, etc. And this is going to be the most watched fight of this century, so I’m going to be the new money magnet,” Paul concluded.

Paul has been fishing for an Alvarez fight since before his first fight with Tyron Woodley in 2021 and has been mentioning the potential mega-fight ever since.

Alvarez has agreed to fight “El Gallo,” but only after he’s done with boxing, which, it seems, will not happen for several years.

Still, maybe a viral knockout of “Iron” Mike will piss off Alvarez enough to fight the 27-year-old boxer in The Sphere.

Time will tell.

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