By: Sean Crose
“Don’t mess with the lion,” Saudi sports activities honcho Turki Alalshikh posted to social media on Thursday. “4 fights for Canelo with Riyadh Season…The Deal is completed…A Lion doesn’t lose sleep over opinion of a sheep…Worry the lion not the jungle.” Canelo Alvarez responded to this with three small phrases: “Let’s go brother.” What does all this imply? That Canelo has signed a 4 combat cope with Alalshikh. “Canelo in Riyadh in Could” Alalshikh stated in a video, “the large combat within the historical past of boxing in September then two extra fights in 26. Don’t mess with the lion.” Say what one will about Alalshikh, the person might now be probably the most highly effective identify in boxing.
Though nothing official has been introduced it’s assumed {that a} Canelo-Jake Paul combat (anticipated to go down in Could) is now now not occurring. As an alternative, it seems that Canelo is now on the highway to going through Terence Crawford as soon as once more in September. A clearly upset Paul took to social media himself. “Breaking information: Canelo Alvarez ducked me,” stated Paul earlier than including that Canelo was “now an owned slave with no regard for the delight of the Mexican individuals who help him on US soil.”
The previous few days have been completely wild for the game of boxing. Issues began with the breaking information that Canelo was going to satisfy Crawford in an autumn superfight. Then, utterly out of the blue, phrase arrived that the Crawford combat was now lifeless within the water. The main target turned to Canelo going through Paul in Could. After which information arrived of Canelo’s cope with Alalshikh. As issues stand, it looks as if Paul has been marginalized whereas a Canelo-Crawford bout seems to be very a lot on the agenda. Nearly nothing is assured in boxing, nevertheless. Whereas there’s little question the 4 combat contract with Alalshikh is reliable, one actually by no means is aware of who Canelo might be going through in 2025.
And whereas Canelo has lately been taking lots of warmth for not preventing the likes of David Benavidez, the unbelievable reputation of the person is effectively deserved. With a resume like his, Canelo’s earned the best to resolve who he needs to signal a contract with and when. Canelo, even in any case these years, arguably stays the premier attraction of the combat recreation. He additionally needs to be taken as critically as potential, which made it appear unusual when it appeared he’d be going through Paul in a novelty bout. Once more, although, whenever you’re Canelo Alvarez, you possibly can just about do no matter you need.
