JAKE PAUL has insisted there is ‘no excuse’ not to fight Canelo Alvarez in just three years time and predicts a ‘massive pay-per-view’.
The YouTuber-turned prizefighting star has regularly called out boxing’s pound-for-pound best fighter on the planet.
And with Canelo, 31, linked with challenging WBC cruiserweight champion Ilunga Makabu, 34, Paul astonishingly claimed it sets them up to fight.
He said: “Maybe not right now, but in three years, it could happen for sure.
“It’s the top two names out of five that are going to go head-to-head. Why not make that happen?
“Massive pay-per-view, and I’m bigger than any of his opponents that he’s had.
“He’s already talked about moving to cruiserweight, so there’s really no excuse.”
Paul’s three-year challenge to Canelo, a four-division champ, appears ludicrous, with the American, 25, not yet facing a recognised boxer.
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He did attempt to in December, against Tommy Fury, 22, but the Brit pulled out with a broken rib and chest infection.
Ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley, 39, replaced Fury, four months after losing to Paul on points, and was brutally knocked out.
It means the social media sensation has four KO’s in his five wins.
They have come against online rival ‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA player Nate Robinson, 37, retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 37, and Woodley.
The criticism of Paul facing only non-boxers so far still looms large, but he has revealed talks with ex-middleweight world title holder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, 35.
