If one of many greatest fights in boxing finally ends up getting made, it received’t be by Turki Alalshikh — a minimum of, as of proper now.
Following Terence Crawford’s resolution win over Israil Madrimov this previous weekend in Los Angeles — an occasion promoted by Alalshikh — it appeared like making a bout between Crawford and Canelo Alvarez was the plan for a future Riyadh Season occasion.
On Monday evening, Alalshikh revealed that he’s now not focused on making that bout.
Simply wrapped up an vital assembly now with my workforce, planning for the upcoming fights that we’ll make for 2024-2025. I made a decision to ignore the Canelo struggle, as I don’t need it anymore.
As a substitute, I will probably be focusing for the US market with larger fights, particularly for the…— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) August 6, 2024
“Simply wrapped up an vital assembly now with my workforce, planning for the upcoming fights that we’ll make for 2024-2025. I made a decision to ignore the Canelo [vs. Crawford] struggle, as I don’t need it anymore,” Alalshikh stated. “As a substitute, I will probably be focusing for the US market with larger fights, particularly for the legend Crawford. Moreover, I’ll help making fights for Boots, Haney, Shakur, Ortiz, Anderson, Benavidez, Zepeda and extra, concerning Tim Tszyu, there’s one thing unclear with the communications from his workforce with our workforce, so I consider I’ll rethink his scenario. and for the remainder of the world, undoubtedly, I’m specializing in Riyadh Season card, wembley version twenty first of September (AJ vs. Dubois) and relying on the outcomes and the outcomes of Riyadh Season’s opening card (Bivol vs. Beterbiev) on the twelfth of October, I’ll construct the cardboard for the rematch of Fury vs. Usyk on the twenty first of December and one other massive card on the primary quarter of 2025. Keep tuned.”
Alvarez is presently booked too face Edgar Berlanga on Sept. 14 in Las Vegas — the identical evening as UFC 306, which is the promotion’s debut occasion at Sphere.
Moreover, Alalshikh stated he will probably be centered on his subsequent card at Wembley Stadium, headlined by Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois on Sept. 21, together with different main occasions he has deliberate for the remainder of the yr — together with the rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury on Dec. 21.
