(Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)] Sure Canelo entered into negotiations to get in the ring with him in Sin City but the truth is there’s no way in the world he would have lost to a guy whose last fight was against a washed-up 58-year-old Mike Tyson with previous victories coming against a former NBA player and similar no-hopers.
Scull is a little-known and underrated, unbeaten fighter from Cuba and could give Canelo problems as he has had difficulties in the past when facing southpaws but it’s more than likely he will hand his IBF crown back to Alvarez who will hold it alongside his WBA, WBC and WBO belts.
Was it good news or bad that Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez rejected the opportunity to fight brazen bigmouth YouTuber Jake Paul in May?.
If Alvarez had taken the easiest pay day of an astonishing career which has seen him win 62 times and draw twice in 66 fights, he would have won without Paul laying a meaningful blow.
As it is, he is just 4/11 with Paddy Power and Betfair to win inside the distance against Scull but it may be worth having a small flutter on Canelo winning on points given he has had difficulties against southpaws in the past.
