His Excellency Turki Alalshikh mentioned at this time in an interview that Terence Crawford might be combating “after Might. He has a “small harm” however might be able to combat within the first half of 2025.
Turki didn’t say who Crawford’s potential opponent can be (41-0, 31 KOs), however he mentioned he wish to discuss to Canelo Alvarez one-on-one “with out anybody within the center.”
He could possibly be attempting to barter a combat with Crawford, who would want to maneuver up two weight lessons to 168 to problem Canelo for his unified tremendous middleweight titles.
Crawford has expressed no want to earn a title shot towards Canelo by transferring as much as face any of the contenders at 168. After his issues towards Israil Madrimov at 154 on August third, it’s completely comprehensible why he’d be reluctant to do this.
Turki’s Assertion
“I don’t know anybody from Canelo’s staff, and I don’t have any connection, but when he’s listening to me, I’m prepared to debate what I need to focus on, me and him, immediately with out anybody within the center,” mentioned His Excellency Turki Alalshikh to Ariel Hewwani’s channel about eager to make a combat between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford.
“He has a small well being concern, however he prefers to combat with us after Might,” mentioned Turki about Terence Crawford being injured.
If Turki can’t swing a deal for Canelo to combat Crawford, that’s going to depart the Nebraska native with some powerful choices within the 154-lb division. That weight class is teaming with harmful sharks that might feast on the getting old Crawford, who got here near dropping to Madrimov on August third.
Canelo is already sitting on a fortune estimated to be 1 / 4 of a billion. He’s not going to lose any sleep by turning down a combat towards Crawford, who might be utilizing the Mayweather blueprint towards him. Canelo doesn’t need to cope with a mover & clincher at this late stage of his profession, particularly in a no-win combat the place he received’t obtain credit score if he wins.
If Canelo struggles to win, that makes Crawford look nice and tarnishes the legacy of the Mexican star. Canelo’s marketability goes down whereas Crawford’s goes up. Until Turki needs to supply Alvarez $180 million, I don’t see the combat with Terence occurring. It’s important to determine that no matter Canelo asks for, Crawford will need related dough, and it wouldn’t herald a whole lot of PPV buys.
Bud is an entire unknown with the informal followers. He’s NEVER been in style throughout his profession as a result of he doesn’t have an entertaining model and by no means did. The followers who noticed Crawford’s combat with Errol Spence assumed that’s how he all the time fights, however that’s not the case. He solely appeared good in that combat as a result of Spence was a shell of his former self because of accidents from his two crashes, eye issues, inactivity, and weight achieve.
