Promoter Matchroom, Eddie Hearn, says that Jake Paul does a better job than Canelo Alvarez and Terenka Crawford, reaching fans on social media, raising his fights.
Jake Paul’s social media stars
YouTube: 20.9 million subscribers.
Instagram: 28.4 million followers.
Tiktok: 18.5 million followers.
X: 4.7 million followers.
“The reason why Jake Paul is doing so well at Netflix is that he is not a stop and is very good in a conversation with the fans base, observer and client,” said Eddie Hearn, president of Matchroom Eddie Hearn Australian central boxingDisccuss, why Jake Paul will do a better job, promoting his fights on Netflix than the arrival of Canelo Alvarez and Terenka Crawford on September 13.
Jake Paul not only publishes on the 10th and Instagram, but also has a YouTube channel and creates entertaining content to build the following. While gathering in fights, he tries to build noise, joking and roasting opponents. It is preparing ahead of time. Canelo and Crawford seem to jump, just showing and answering questions with tiny answers.
Why Crawford is not a superstar
“These guys, Crawford, and especially Canelo, are not really interested. Crawford is not interested in promoting and appearing on social media,” said Hearn. “Crawford has a good personality and an amazing story. I always said that Crawford should be an American superstar and is not at all.”
Crawford and Canelo focused on training, not publishing in social media like other fighters, such as Shakur Stevenson, Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney. These fighters were able to keep fans talking about them between the fighting with their online presence on X.
“He earned good money in the Riyadh season, this fight [Canelo] And the fight of Errol Spence. But he should be an American sports star and is not. This is not something that he can do from day to day at the age of 36 [correction: 37 and turns 38 on September 28]. You must build it on the way. You must build them in the sale of mass tickets for huge arenas from 26, 27, 28.
“Look at Crawford’s achievements. He should be massive,” said Hearn.
Canelo questions Crawford’s opponents
Canelo disagrees. He notes that Crawford did not fight elite competitions during his career. “You fought with anyone and of course you look like a great warrior [when you’re fighting lesser opposition]Alvarez said at a press conference on June 27, 2025, indicating that Terenka did not fight mighty competition during his 17-year career, which began in 2008.
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Daniel Dubois will face Fabio Wardley in a rematch of a heavyweight slugfest from earlier this year, with Dubois defending the WBO heavyweight title he took from Wardley on that night.
Live coverage will kick off at 2 pm ET, and we’ll have results and updates during the four-fight, main card undercard, then live, round-by-round scoring and updates for the main event itself.
How to watch Dubois vs Wardley 2
Start time: 2:00 pm ET for main card, prelims begin at 11:00 am ET
Streaming: DAZN (Ultimate subscription or Pay-Per-View)
PPV Cost: As a standalone, one-off purchase Pay-Per-View, the price is $59.99 (or £24.99). With DAZN’s Ultimate tier, the show is included as part of your subscription.
Location: O2 Arena – London, England
Dubois vs Wardley 2 full undercard and running order
Fabio Wardley can turn his early success against Daniel Dubois into a rematch victory if he avoids exhausting himself chasing the finish. He proved he could hurt Dubois in their first fight. The harder task is keeping control when an opponent he has dropped continues coming forward.
Wardley scored two early knockdowns before Dubois recovered and stopped him. That leaves an opening for a different result, although better pacing alone may not be enough to prevent another punishing night.
Chris Mannix and Sergio Mora both back Wardley to win again on Saturday, with Mannix choosing him by stoppage. Mora believes Wardley’s eagerness to finish Dubois helped undo his promising start.
“If he just doesn’t punch himself out, he thinks about setting up that right hand, doesn’t get right hand happy,” Mora said to DAZN Boxing.
That is the adjustment Wardley needs to make under pressure. Once Dubois survived his biggest punches, Wardley needed something beyond another loaded right hand. Working behind his jab and putting punches together would give him more ways to attack without spending everything on a single finish.
Dubois deserves credit for surviving those knockdowns and returning to his jab. Mora believes his previous defeats helped him stay composed when Wardley hurt him. Wardley now has his own experience of a fight turning against him.
“I think he’ll be smarter after this fight. I think he’ll learn some lessons,” Mannix said. “I think Wardley wins by stoppage in this fight.”
Mannix’s biggest concern is what the first beating took out of Wardley. Learning the tactical lesson does not guarantee he will absorb Dubois’ punches the same way in the rematch.
Wardley’s power gives their picks a credible foundation. He has already put Dubois down twice. To complete the job, he needs to create another opening without allowing the pursuit of a knockout to leave him exhausted and exposed again.
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Jesse Rodriguez is willing to meet Naoya Inoue in March, yet that timeline still depends entirely on the undisputed champion waiting for him. Inoue may prefer an earlier ring return, which would leave Rodriguez on the outside looking in as he continues handling business at bantamweight.
Trainer Robert Garcia revealed that Rodriguez can make a March date work, moving up his original April or May target. Still, the camp intends to take on WBO champion Christian Medina in December first.
Robert confirmed the updated outlook to The Ring: “I previously said April or May, but we can be ready for March.”
While that shortens the wait, early 2027 remains unresolved. Turki Alalshikh pointed toward a January appearance in Japan. Eddie Hearn mentioned February or March instead. Clear alignment on a date is completely absent.
Rodriguez must fulfill a contract before New Year’s Eve, with Garcia eyeing December 11 or December 19 against Medina. The camp figures Rodriguez can enjoy the holidays, then jump straight into camp for Inoue.
That expectation rests on an ideal outcome against Medina. Cuts, bruised knuckles, or an unexpectedly brutal bout could easily force Rodriguez to take extra recovery time. Inoue would effectively be pinning his calendar on a fighter who still has to survive another bout first.
Inoue is already eyeing an eventual jump to featherweight. Sitting around waiting for Rodriguez to finish his stay at 118 pounds makes little sense for the Japanese star.
Garcia admitted neither he nor Hearn has received an official approach to begin talks. The public chatter is moving much faster than the paperwork.
Putting March on the table does not guarantee Inoue’s cooperation. If March works on both sides, the matchup can happen. If Inoue wants to fight sooner, Rodriguez will either have to scrap his December plans or watch this major fight slip away.
Bam is acting like someone who wants the glory of calling out Inoue without actually taking the risk of meeting him on his terms.
When a fighter gets an invitation to share a ring with the sport’s biggest pound-for-pound attraction, they drop everything. They do not tell the undisputed champion to take a number and wait until spring because Christian Medina is on the calendar. That makes zero sense. A routine belt grab against Medina does nothing for Rodriguez’s profile, brings in a fraction of the money, and accomplishes very little that fans care about.
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