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Jake Paul Makes Explosive Canelo Alvarez Implication Amid Julio Cesar Chavez Jr ICE Arrest, Deportation

Jake Paul seemed to imply that Canelo Alvarez could be facing a similar fate as Julio Ccesar Chavez Jr. who was arrested by ICE on July 3.
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Jake Paul watching Jutta Leerdam watching the race WC Single Distances on March 15, 2025.
Jake Paul watching Jutta Leerdam watching the race WC Single Distances on March 15, 2025. | IMAGO / Pro Shots

On July 3, news broke that Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. had been arrested by ICE agents in Southern California and is currently being processed for "expedited removal" from the United States.

This comes just a few days after Chavez Jr. lost a professional fight to Jake Paul by unanimous decision in Anaheim, California. A press release posted on the Department of Homeland Security website on July 3 said that Chavez, "has an active arrest warrant in Mexico for his involvement in organized crime and trafficking firearms, ammunition, and explosives."

It also alleged that Chavez filed application for Lawful Permanent Resident status in 2024, which was Chavez’s application "was based on his marriage to a U.S. citizen, who is connected to the Sinaloa Cartel through a prior relationship with the now-deceased son of the infamous cartel leader Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman."

While Jake Paul hasn't spoken out publicly regarding the imminent deportation of a man he fought four days ago, he has made several social media posts that fans believe are related to this arrest.

One of them simply wrote, "Canelo is next".

While Paul is clearly being cryptic, many boxing fans are taking this as Paul's way of predicting that Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is next when it comes to being arrested and deported by ICE. While Canelo has never had clear ties to any Mexican cartels, there have always been rumors about potential associations.

In fact, just two days ago, Canelo was linked to a man under investigation for allegedly laundering money for the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) cartel, as the man was Canelo's former business partner, according to a July 1 article from the Latin Times.

It's worth reiterating that one can't say for certain what Paul was alluding to. But given that Canelo signed a four-fight deal with Turki Alalshikh (which Paul is painfully aware of), he's certainly not teasing that Canelo is his next opponent in the boxing ring.

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Grant Young is a Staff Writer for On SI’s Boxing, New York Mets, Indiana Fever, and Women’s Fastbreak sites. Before joining SI in 2024, he wrote for various boxing and sports verticals such as FanBuzz and NY Fights. Young has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master’s degree in creative writing with an emphasis on sports nonfiction from the University of San Francisco, where he played five seasons of Division 1 baseball. He fought Muay Thai professionally in Thailand in 2023, loves a good essay, and is driven crazy trying to handle a pitpull puppy named Aura. Young lives in San Diego and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.