JAKE PAUL says he was set to earn $100MILLION against Canelo Alvarez – and planned to bet $2m on himself to win.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer and Mexican great were close to
But Canelo walked away from talks to instead sign a four-fight deal with Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh –
He said on the Iced Coffee Hour podcast: “How much would I have made? Like $100million (£73m).”;
even planned to back himself for $2m (£1.4m) on himself in a bid to boost his earnings 20 fold.
He said: “Against Canelo I was going to bet like $2m on myself...
“I would probably have been like a +1000 (10/1) underdog so whatever the maths is – if I would’ve bet $2m I would have made like $20m.”;
Fighters are allowed to bet on themselves to win in the state of Nevada – where the bout was scheduled for.
Paul’s last fight in November saw Mike Tyson controversial come out of retirement aged 58 as
But after talks with Canelo collapsed, Paul instead signed to , 39, on Saturday.
Canelo, 34, meanwhile beat William Scull, 32, in Riyadh in May to regain his undisputed super-middleweight world titles.
And he now defends them against unbeaten American Terence Crawford, 37, in their September 13 super-fight in Vegas.
Paul, 28, claimed he was blocked from boxing Canelo in a bid to restrain his earning potential.
He said: “They don’t want him to fight me because I have people who dislike me in the sport and don’t want to see me succeed and win and be the biggest name in the sport.”;
