Matchroom Sport's Eddie Hearn asserted that Canelo Álvarez and Jake Paul have finalized the major details for a blockbuster encounter. Hearn told

Most recently, Crawford outpointed Israil Madrimov in August to win the WBA super-welterweight title. In his previous bout, in July 2023, the 37-year-old dismantled Errol Spence Jr in a shockingly one-sided fight. The result of that long-awaited fight saw Crawford become undisputed welterweight champion.

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has worked with Alvarez on a number of fights, and he has now told Boxing News that he believes the Canelo vs Paul fight is definitely happening, and discussed whether that is indeed related to the Crawford fight falling through,