A spat between the biggest power in boxing and the biggest star and attraction in the sport appears to have formed.
His excellency Turki Alalshikh was looking at putting together a Canelo vs Terence Crawford.
But moved on from it for now based on Canelo’s demands and apparent news of Canelo boxing in Japan, after Canelo was firm in his response to him.
Speaking on X a short time ago the Saudi advisor said:
“I heard what Canelo said that he respects me but doesn’t like the way we do business. As for him respecting me, it doesn’t matter to me if he does or not. As for the way I do business, I know why he doesn’t like it, because I only target big fights at fair prices, so of course anyone who likes easy fights won’t like that. And I know how he feels after losing to Bivol, so he’s been looking for easier fights ever since. Also, I’m not the one who’s afraid of fighting Benavidez or Crawford. Therefore, I knew he was wasting our time and making excuses with big amounts of money that can’t be paid. So I’m continuing my way to make big fights that serve the boxing world, and he’s on his way to making easy show-only fights.”
Interesting stuff.
No beating around the bush there either.
Straight to the point in many aspects.
Alvarez takes on Edgar Berlanga next month.
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