Jake Paul Believes He’s On A Path To Boxing Canelo Alvarez

Jake Paul is set to return to the boxing ring on Friday night against Andre August at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Paul returned to the win column earlier this year with a decision win over Nate Diaz after suffering his first pro loss by split decision to Tommy Fury. Although his opponent is a relative unknown, it is a chance for Paul to fight another pro boxer.

Should Jake Paul get the win, as expected, the brash YouTuber-turned-boxer will want the rematch with Tommy Fury. However, Paul also has been vocal in his desire to face Canelo Alvarez, and he believes he is on the path to making that fight happen.

“I think the path that I’m on now tees me up in the future to fight Canelo,” Paul said on The MMA Hour. “It’s even just showing him that I can go 10 or 12 rounds with you, [that] I’ve done that with real, legitimate pro boxers and beat them.

So when I beat these guys in the year or two to come, and continue to raise the level of opposition, I think me vs. Canelo becomes a really interesting fight and something that a lot of people would be like, ‘Oh, Jake’s going to get destroyed.’ But there’s that fun thing in your mind, the same thing with Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury. ‘Yeah, but he’s the bigger guy who has punching power!’ So it becomes this really fun, interesting fight that I think is historical, and Canelo has expressed interest in interviews, so I think we’re closer than we think,” Paul continued.

Canelo Alvarez has talked about potentially fighting Jake Paul, but whether or not it will happen is uncertain.

Paul is currently 7-1 as a pro and coming off the win over Diaz back in August.

Do you think we will ever see Jake Paul vs. Canelo Alvarez?