Turki al-Sheikh missed an excellent opportunity to set up what he calls “The big fight“Between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford in September by choosing not to continue the Jake Paul confrontation on May 3.
As Chris Mannix points out, Canelo against Paul would have been seen by 40 to 50 million viewers On Netflix, and many of them would have become fans of Alvarez. They would have been interested in looking at the Turki’s “big fight” between Canelo and Crawford on September 13 in their confrontation of the Riyadh season.
In addition, Jake has 28.7 million Instagram subscribers and 20.9 million YouTube subscribers, so a fight between him and Canelo should be announced. This would probably make a profit instead of the fight against Canelo on May 3 against William Scull losing money on Dazn. In addition, the PPV buys for Canelo’s fight against Crawford, 37, would bring a better number.
The lost luck
In an interview with ESPN, Turki estimated that Canelo-Paul’s fight would not help to set up Crawford’s fight. How could it be so wrong? Does Turki think that Canelo against William Scull is the perfect configuration for Crawford? If the fight is seen by fewer viewers than the Jake Paul Clash, how does it help its “big fight”? Is it intentionally obtuse?
There will be very little interest of fans in Canelo-Scull. It is not even at the level of Canelo’s offset against Edgar Berlanga last September. It is a useless fight that does nothing for Canelo and does not help to set up the circus fight against Crawford.
“Even if Canelo-Jake Paul’s fight does not occur at the moment, I am not excluding it in the future,” said Chris Mannix YouTube Channel, discussing the probability that Canelo Alvarez chooses to fight Jake Paul in the future. “Obviously, in Canelo’s mind to make this fight.
“He said he wanted to fight several more years. Jake Paul is only 28 years old. If Jake Paul is in boxing in two years, they will fight. If Canelo is always a high -level guy, at least in terms of marketing, I always think it is, it is inevitable that we obtain Canelo against Jake Paul. Whether you like it or not, it will happen. “”
“Edgar Berlanga cut the corners. He fought anyone. His best victory was against a guy by the name of Padraig McCRORY, and he ended up with the fight of Canelo Alvarez. Jake Paul cut a solid corner. He cut the line in a big way, but the fighters all the time cut the line. Most fighters are not Marvin Hagler. »»
Myopic?
Canelo against Paul will certainly perform because there is too much money in this match, and that helps his career. William Scull does not help Canelo, any more than the fight against Bruno, or Jermall Charlo. A revenge match with Dmitry Bivol will not arouse much interest. Bivol is not popular worldwide and certainly not in the United States, his combat style is boring, and he has nothing to say in interviews. No charisma. None of the fighters who was launched as a guy that Turki plans to match Canelo are popular, not even Crawford. It is not popular outside Omaha, Nebraska.
“All fighters are trying to gain the kind of popularity Jake Paul has,” said Mannix. “”Turki al-Sheikh should have embraced this fight Jake Paul Because there was no chance that Canelo could lose. Canelo beats Jake Paul every day of the week and twice Sunday. It’s a fact. It is a fight that would be watched by many people. »»
Turki should have kissed Jake Paul’s fight because of the number of people who watched him, who cultivated the database of Canelo fans. If Turki wants a massive amount of people to watch Canelo fight crawford, making him fight Jake would have been the way to do so.
“On Netflix, you will probably get 40, 50 million eyeballs while watching this fight,” said Mannix. “This cultivates the Canelo brand. In one way or another, he cultivates the Canelo brand. This increases visibility, and by extension, if Canelo fights Jake Paul before many eye globes, some of these eyeballs will want to watch Canelo fight Terence in September. They might want to see Canelo fighting in Riyadh in February or October.
“We are not talking about opponents who will move the needle in May,” said Mannix. The guy that Canelo is a point in May is William Scull, who is a complete unknown. Canelo against Scull will not attract much interest in fans.
Last update on 02/09/2025
