After months of negotiations and excessive hopes, the much-anticipated tremendous struggle between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford has collapsed, leaving boxing followers annoyed and unsure about what comes subsequent.
Late Wednesday evening, The Ring Journal delivered the crushing information, confirming that talks between Canelo and Crawford had fallen aside.
The announcement left followers scrambling for solutions, with many now shifting their consideration towards an sudden alternative-Jake Paul.
Rumors have been swirling for weeks a few potential Canelo Alvarez vs. Jake Paul showdown in Might. Whereas such a struggle could not add to Canelo‘s legacy, the monetary upside seems too huge to disregard.
Potential struggle towards Paul?
Matchroom Boxing CEO Eddie Hearn, who has promoted eight of Canelo‘s previous fights, weighed in on the scenario in an interview with IFL TV.
Hearn acknowledged {that a} Canelo vs. Crawford struggle would have been superior by way of boxing talent, however financially, the Jake Paul struggle can be the larger draw.
“He [Crawford] would not but have the profile of among the best names of the era,” Hearn defined. “He ought to have, by the way in which.”
In distinction, Jake Paul has already established himself as an enormous attraction, able to producing monumental pay-per-view numbers.
“What was it? 80 million accounts watched his struggle or extra with Mike Tyson,” Hearn identified, referring to Paul‘s potential to convey mainstream consideration to the game.
Whereas Hearn absolutely expects Canelo to dominate Paul, he believes the occasion might be one of the profitable in boxing historical past.
“Regardless that I feel this struggle would be the finish of Jake Paul, does it actually matter?” Hearn famous.
“There at all times turns into an quantity, and this is not simply in boxing, there at all times turns into an sum of money the place the reply is sure. At all times keep in mind that.”
Based on Hearn‘s estimates, a Canelo vs. Jake Paul struggle might generate between $60 to $80 million. With numbers that enormous, Hearn believes there’s little motive for Canelo to show it down.
“My guess for the quantity for that struggle is someplace between 60 and 80 million for the entire struggle,” Hearn acknowledged. “And with that sum of money, there isn’t any means that anybody would deny a struggle like this.”
