His Excellency Turki Alalshikh posted a response to celebrity Canelo Alvarez’s feedback on Tuesday about not liking how he talks about him.
Alvarez stated that if Turki needs him to battle sure fighters, like Terence Crawford, for instance, “He must do it my manner. Not his manner.”
It’s unclear how a lot cash Canelo wished for a battle in opposition to Crawford, nevertheless it’s rumored that his asking value was a cool $150 million, which is a good value when you evaluate it to the $240 million smackers Floyd Mayweather Jr. obtained preventing Manny Pacquiao.
If Crawford is a good business money-grab battle for Canelo, it ought to herald huge dough to cowl each fighters’ purse necessities.
Judging by his touch upon X minutes in the past, Turki doesn’t sound like he’s feeling it: “I knew he was losing our time and making excuses with huge quantities of cash that may’t be paid.”
Tyson Fury was reportedly paid round $100 million to battle Oleksandr Usyk final Might, however he’s nowhere close to as in style as Canelo within the U.S.
American followers aren’t eager on the 35-year-old Fury as a result of he’s seen as a washed, previous, fats man. If he’s price that type of cash, it’s comprehensible why Canelo would need related dough, if no more, for preventing Crawford. Fury is a no one within the U.S.
Alalshikh Questions Canelo’s Alternative of Opponents
“I heard what Canelo stated that he respects me however doesn’t like the way in which we do enterprise,” Turki continued. “As for the way in which I do enterprise, I do know why he doesn’t prefer it, as a result of I solely goal huge fights at truthful costs, so after all anybody who likes simple fights received’t like that.
Canelo had commented about not liking his title getting used as a promotional instrument to assist enhance Crawford’s Riyadh Season battle in opposition to Israil Madrimov final Saturday evening on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
I heard what Canelo stated that he respects me however would not like the way in which we do enterprise.
As for him respecting me, it would not matter to me if he does or not.
As for the way in which I do enterprise, I do know why he would not prefer it, as a result of I solely goal huge fights at truthful costs, so after all…— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) August 7, 2024
Furthermore, Canelo wasn’t blissful about Turki’s feedback about his UFC-sponsored occasion on September 14th, consuming his occasion the identical evening in opposition to Edgar Berlanga on the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas. It was a pleasant competitors.
“After shedding to Bivol, so he’s been in search of simpler fights ever since. Additionally, I’m not the one who’s afraid of preventing Benavidez or Crawford,” stated Alalshikh.
It’s a little bit of a stretch for Turki to recommend that Canelo is afraid of preventing Crawford as a result of, after his efficiency final weekend in opposition to Madrimov, the Mexican star has no worry of preventing him.
Crawford regarded like an previous automobile with 300,000 miles on the odometer, laboring up a hill. Terence can not beat Canelo and any of the highest 5 killers at 168. In the event you throw Crawford in with David Benavidez, it could be a feeding frenzy.
Canelo would gladly indulge Alalshikh by preventing Crawford, however he received’t take the battle until his asking value is met.
Alvarez is so wealthy, with a reported internet price of $250 million, that he can’t be pressured into preventing in opposition to the previous timer Crawford, Benavidez, or anyone until he’s pleased with the cash being provided.
Canelo is actually swimming within the cash he has proper now and continues to pour in, regardless of who he faces.
