Paul was reportedly in discussions with Canelo over a blockbuster fight in the United States, but news of Canelo’s deal with Turki Alalshikh kiboshed those plans, and left Paul feeling spurned, and angry.
Initially, his promotional company, Most Valuable Promotions, released a strongly-worded statement criticising Canelo for changing tack and supposedly leaving Paul and MVP in the lurch.
“MVP was deep in negotiations for a blockbuster fight between Jake Paul and Canelo Alvarez on Cinco de Mayo weekend in Las Vegas, a massive event for the Mexican, Puerto Rican and American fans, and it’s disappointing to see how the situation unfolded,” the statement began.
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“MVP operates with integrity, transparency, and respect for the sport, its athletes, and the fans. Unfortunately, not everyone in the boxing world shares those values.
“This situation is a reminder not to believe everything you read, especially when the current media environment is often controlled by those with hidden agendas, including promoters who have reporters on their payroll.
“We remain in active discussions with multiple high-profile opponents and are committed to delivering the biggest fights, the most exciting events, and to working with partners who share our values and our commitment to boxing and its fighters.
“Jake Paul isn’t going anywhere, and neither is MVP. We’ll continue to disrupt boxing, on our terms.”
Paul, meanwhile, made use of AI to mock up some shots of him standing over a defeated Canelo, and accompanied them with a stinging statement, calling the Mexican an “owned slave”.
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“So, we had a signed contract to fight. Here, you can see Canelo’s signature and my signature to the right. Claiming he’s not fighting YouTubers? Bulls**t,” he said in another post.
“Look at the poster. We were announcing Tuesday, Feb. 11. Claiming he fights real fighters, but he’s fighting Crawford, a 135-pound fighter, and running from a real fighter like David Benavidez? You b***h.
“The truth is, you can be bought. You’re a money-hungry squirrel chasing your next nut. The truth is, the sports-washing shady characters are paying you hundreds of millions of dollars to stop our fight from happening because they couldn’t fathom the fact that they can’t create a bigger fight than me and you.
“Al Haymon has made you hundreds of millions of dollars, and you turned your back on him for this check. Disloyal. And you were begging to do this fight on pay-per-view, but I have loyalty. Loyalty to Netflix, doing the biggest numbers. You call me a YouTuber, but you’ve never had a boxing match as big as mine.
“Remember you told my team that your daughter came home and asked if you were fighting Jake Paul? She was all excited. You said that was the first time your daughter’s ever asked you about a fight.
“You’re screwing over all your Mexican fans by doing your fights in Saudi. It just shows what type of person you are. And I promise you one thing Canelo: any fight that you do this year, mine will be bigger.
“So, go f**k off to your boss, you Ring Magazine employee. You pink and orange b***h.”
