Alvarez is now set to have a showdown with fellow pound-for-pound star Terence Crawford in September, after a turbulent week of negotiations that at one stage seemed to suggest Canelo would miss out on the Crawford bout in order to face Jake Paul.

With reports connecting him to both Terence Crawford and Jake Paul, Canelo Alvarez has had an eventful first week of February. However, the dust has finally seemed to settle, as Alvarez shockingly inked a new deal with Riyadh Season,