Jake Paul was understandably upset after he felt like a deal was finished for a large showdown towards Canelo Alvarez solely to have the rug pulled out from below him simply earlier than asserting the struggle.
The YouTuber turned boxer had contracts drawn up and a partnership with Netflix secured for what would have been undoubtedly his greatest and hardest struggle but. However simply earlier than he anticipated to announce that he was going through Canelo, Paul as an alternative needed to hear that the multi-division champion inked a take care of Turki Alalshikh and Riyadh Season — the Saudi Arabia primarily based promotion that’s been liable for reserving a few of the greatest fights in boxing over the previous few years.
Showing on his brother Logan Paul’s YouTube channel, Jake was downtrodden to say the least after the intestine punch he felt dropping out on the Canelo struggle.
“Fairly shitty,” Paul mentioned when requested how he feels about the entire ordeal. “I really feel actually dangerous. We’re actually, we’re verbally agreed, Nakisa [Bidarian] signed the contract with Netflix on our facet. It was of their inbox and so they’re like ‘yeah we’re signing it.’ I’m pissed.”
As quickly as Alvarez introduced he was inking a multi-fight take care of Riyadh Season, Paul went nuclear in a viral video message aimed on the boxer whereas accusing him of negotiating in dangerous religion for a matchup towards him.
Since that struggle fell aside, Paul hasn’t actually addressed what’s coming subsequent for him, though he did appear to drown his tears with some retail remedy after buying his personal non-public aircraft only recently.
So far as who he’s really going to face within the ring with Canelo not accessible, Paul seemingly hasn’t explored many choices however don’t count on him to revisit his influencer boxing days once more.
Whereas discussing his future, Logan advised his brother that it would lastly be time for him to tackle fellow YouTube celeb KSI, who he really companions with on Prime Vitality drinks.
Jake instantly shot down that concept whereas explaining why he’s not combating KSI or another influencer in his bout.
“I would like an actual boxer,” Paul mentioned. “That’s why I needed the deadliest boxer.”
KSI really already has his personal struggle lined up towards Dillon Danis in March but it surely appears unlikely {that a} win goes to earn him any consideration from Paul regardless of their shared disdain for one another.
Paul hasn’t fought since this previous November when he scored a unanimous choice win over Mike Tyson in an occasion that drew over 100 million viewers on Netflix.
