Star promoters confirm Canelo Alvarez, Terence Crawford fight in September
June 10 - A long-rumored fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford will take place Sept. 13 in Las Vegas and be broadcast by Netflix, it was confirmed Tuesday.
Financial terms were not released, nor was the venue.
The promoters of the fight are of equal name value.
Teaming up will be Riyadh Season, the Saudi Arabian promotion that signed Alvarez to a four-fight contract earlier this year, and UFC head Dana White, who formed TKO Boxing in March. A pairing of Turki Alalshikh of Riyadh Season and White also had long been rumored. Promoter Sela is part of the partnership, too.
"Turki wants to make the biggest fights the fans want to see in boxing and this is right up my alley," White said in a statement. "Are you kidding me that the first boxing fight I'm going to get to promote is Canelo vs. Crawford? It's literally a once in a lifetime fight."
Alalshikh is the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia.
"Turki wants to make the biggest fights that the fans want to see in boxing and this is right up my alley," White said. "Are you kidding me that the first boxing fight I'm going to get to promote is Canelo vs. Crawford? It's literally a once in a lifetime fight."
The fight is for the undisputed super middleweight championship.
Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) won his most recent fight last month, defeating William Scull in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Since 2013, he has lost just once but not at this weight class, dropping a light heavyweight fight against Dmitry Bivol in 2022.
Alvarez, from Mexico, turns 35 next month.
Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), a 37-year-old Nebraskan, is the unified welterweight champion and WBA junior middleweight champion.
The left-hander's most recent bout came on Aug. 3, 2024, when he defeated Israil Madrimov for the WBA junior middleweight title.
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