Regardless of curiosity from each promoters and battle followers, don’t anticipate to see Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford sq. off anytime quickly.
Earlier this month, Crawford turned a four-weight world champion, securing a win over Israil Madrimov at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
Instantly following the win, Turki Alalshikh, the Chairman of the Common Leisure Authority in Saudi Arabia, expressed his curiosity in reserving a big-money matchup between Crawford and Alvarez for a future Riyadh Season occasion.
Sadly for each Alalshikh and Crawford, Alvarez couldn’t be much less all for a possible assembly with the undefeated Nebraska native.
“I’m not asking for that battle,” Alvarez stated in a latest interview. “I feel Teofimo Lopez deserves it greater than me. My response to Turki is that this — yesterday they textual content me to speak in regards to the Crawford battle in February and I stated, ‘I’m not gonna discuss every other battle, I’m centered 100% on this [Edgar Berlanga] battle.’ I respect Turki, but when he desires to work with me, it must be my means” (h/t Sportskeeda).
Alvarez is at present scheduled to face Edgar Berlanga on Saturday, September 14 in Las Vegas, the identical night time as UFC 306, which is the promotion’s huge debut at Sphere.
Turki Alalshikh strikes on from Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford
Alvarez’s feedback and an astronomical asking worth of $150 million prompted Alalshikh to rapidly transfer on from the proposed Crawford vs. Canelo conflict.
“Simply wrapped up an necessary assembly now with my workforce, planning for the upcoming fights that we are going to make for 2024-2025,” Alalshikh wrote on X. “I made a decision to ignore the Canelo [vs. Crawford] battle, as I don’t need it anymore.”
As a substitute, Alalskhik will give attention to his upcoming card at Wembley Stadium headlined by a heavyweight showdown between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois on September 21 and the extremely anticipated rematch between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk this December.
