Canelo Alvarez has signed a four-fight deal with Riyadh Season, scuttling reports late Thursday that he was close to a deal for a boxing match with Jake Paul in May.

Jermall Charlo has fought just once in the past 3 ½ years, but he may finally get the fight he’s been seeking for nearly a decade. Turki Alalshikh, who has been putting on huge boxing events in Saudi Arabia the past few years,

Canelo Alvarez has agreed to a four-fight deal with Riyadh Season, with the Mexican superstar leveraging a widely speculated bout with Jake Paul for a much bigger contract. Turki Alalshikh, the head of Riyadh Season and the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia,

Alvarez and Crawford are slated to fight on Sept. 13 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the weekend ahead of Mexican Independence Day.