Turki al-sheikh missed an excellent opportunity to create what he calls “The big struggle“Between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford in September, choosing not to follow the Jake Paul conflict for May 3.
As Chris Mannix points out, Canelo against Paul would have seen from 40-50 million viewers On Netflix, and many of them would have become Alvarez fans. He would be interested in watching Turki’s “big match” between Canelo and Crawford on September 13 in the Riyadh season’s clash.
In addition, Jake has 28.7 million Instagram fans and 20.9 million YouTube subscribers, so a race between Canelo must be advertised. It could probably turn a profit instead of the May 3rd of Canelo against William Scull who loses money at Dazn. In addition, PPV buys for Canelo’s match against 37 -year -old Crawford will bring better numbers.
The missed opportunity
In an interview with ESPN, Turki believed that the Canelo-Paul match would not help to create the Crawford race. How could it be so wrong? Does Turki think Canelo against William Scull is the perfect installation for Crawford? If the match is considered by fewer spectators than Jake Paul Clash, how does he help his “big fight?” Is it deliberately blunt?
There will be very little interest from fans at Canelo-Scull. This is not even at the level of Canelo’s mismatch against Edgar Berlanga last September. This is a useless fight that does nothing for Canelo and does not help create the circus match against Crawford.
“Although the Canelo-Jake Paul match is not happening right now, I will not exclude it in the future,” Chris Mannix said in his YouTube Channel, discussing Canelo Alvarez’s chance of choosing to fight Jake Paul in the future. “Obviously, in Canelo’s mind to do this fight.
“He has said he wants to fight for several years. Jake Paul is only 28 years old. If Jake Paul is in boxing in two years, they are going to fight. If Canelo is still a top -level man, at least in terms of marketability, I still believe it is, it is inevitable to have Canelo vs. Jake Paul.
“Edgar Berlanga cuts the corners. He fought. His best victory was against a man called Padraig McCrory and finished with the Canelo Alvarez match. Jake Paul has cut a mass corner. He cut the line in a big, big way The fighters cut the line all the time.
Myopic;
Canelo against Paul will definitely happen because there is too much money in this fight and helps his career. William Scull does not help Canelo, nor to fight Bruno Suration or Jermall Charlo. A rematch with Dmitry Bivol will not create great interest. Bivol is not popular worldwide and certainly not in the US its battle style is boring and has nothing to say in interviews. Without a gift. None of the fighters who have been floating as children that Turki plans to match Canelo are popular, not even crawford. It is not popular outside Omaha, Nebraska.
“All fighters are trying to win the kind of popularity Jake Paul has,” Mannix said. “Turki al-sheikh should have hugged this match Jake Paul Because there was no chance of Canelo to lose. Canelo hits Jake Paul every day of the week and twice on Sundays. It’s a fact. This is a fight that would watch many people. ”
Turki should have embraced Jake Paul’s fight because of the huge number of people who would watch it, who has grown the base of Canelo’s fans. If Turki wants a huge amount of people to watch Canelo fight with Crawford, having the fight that Jake would be the way to do it.
“On Netflix, you will probably have 40, 50 million eyes watching this match,” Mannix said. “This raises the Canelo brand. In one way or another, it develops the Canelo brand. It increases visibility and thus if Canelo struggles to Jake Paul in front of many eyes, some of these eyes will want to watch Canelo Fight Terence in September.
“We are not talking about opponents who are going to move the needle in May,” Mannix said. The guy Canelo will fight in May is William Scull, who is a complete unknown. Canelo against Scull will not attract great interest from fans.
Last update on 02/09/2025
