Midnight Mania: Paul Leaks Signed Canelo Contract

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Jake Paul is not at all happy about getting played by Canelo Alvarez.

The last 48 hours have been wild in regards to ever-changing fight news. Rumors quickly built that Paul was finally linked to box Alvarez, his dream match up and sure to be the biggest single bout of 2025. Before long, confirmation of the match up materialized … or so it seemed. All of a sudden, Alvarez has signed a four-fight deal with Saudi Arabia, leaving Paul the odd man out and looking like more of a negotiating tactic than serious option for the Mexican champion.

Paul has already fired back on social media, and now he’s taken to leaking the alleged signed contract. Check it out below, accompanied by more furious “Problem Child” ranting to boot!

“Oh, Canelo, you puta. Time to expose him,” Paul said (via MMAJunkie). “So, we had a signed contract to fight. Here, you can see Canelo’s signature and my signature to the right. Claiming he’s not fighting Youtubers? Bulls—t. Look at the poster. We were announcing Tuesday, Feb. 11. Claiming he fights real fighters, but he fighting Crawford, a 135-pound fighter, and running from a real fighter like David Benavidez, you b—ch.

“The truth is, you can be bought. You’re a money-hungry squirrel chasing your next nut. The truth is, the sportswashing shady characters are paying you hundreds of millions of dollars to stop our fight from happening because they couldn’t fathom the fact that they can’t create a bigger fight than me and you. Al Haymon has made you hundreds of millions of dollars, and you turned your back on him for this check. Disloyal. And you were begging to do this fight on pay-per-view, but I have loyalty. Loyalty to Netflix, doing the biggest numbers. You call me a Youtuber, but you’ve never had a boxing match as big as mine.”

Paul continued, “Remember you told my team that your daughter came home and asked if you were fighting Jake Paul? She was all excited. You said that was the first time your daughter’s ever asked you about a fight. You’re screwing over all your Mexican fans by doing your fights in Saudi. It just shows what type of person you are. And I promise you one thing Canelo: any fight that you do this year, mine will be bigger. So, go f—k off to your boss, you Ring Magazine employee. You pink and orange b—ch. And oh, fix that herpe on your lip you dirty puta.”

It’s an impressive rant, but there’s an important question here: is that contract even legitimate? Combat sports lawyer Erik Magraken pointed out online that there’s mention of the signed paper being a confidentiality agreement rather than an actual bout agreement, though it’s impossible to be fully certain without access to the full document.

One way or another, it’s going to be a long while before Canelo vs. Paul happens … if ever. Perhaps Paul will be forced to shift his attention back towards “The Notorious” Conor McGregor?

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This news first appeared on MMA Mania. Read the original article.