Turki Alalshikh will make a fair offer to Canelo for a fight with Crawford

Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, said: will make you a fair offer to Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez to see if he decides to put his belts on the line against Terence Crawford.

In an interview with ESPN, Alalshikh expressed that he does not want intermediaries if Canelo Álvarez agrees to negotiate, but If the Mexican demands too much money, he will look for another opponent. that Crawford wants to face.

“I’ll give Canelo what I think is a fair price. “If you accept, you will have to negotiate directly with me to close the deal. I don’t want any middleman,” he said.

“I guaranteed Crawford a big fight, and I want Canelo for Crawford and Crawford wants Canelo. But if Canelo goes crazy (with his financial demands), I will continue to guarantee Crawford any fight she wants,” he added.

Turki Alalshikh has been working on making the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford happen. The Arab authority He plans to have the duel take place in the United States at the end of the year or early 2025. and the Guadalajara native left open the possibility of facing Bud if they pay him a good amount.

Although some of the sports experts They predict that Bud will be at a disadvantage and will not be able to defeat the tapatíoothers believe that size will not be a problem because the American has the necessary skills to beat Canelo Alvarez on his own turf.

After defeating Errol Spence Jr., Crawford He expressed his desire to fight the Mexican for his undisputed super middleweight title. and at first he was rejected by the tapatío. After the victory against Jermell Charlo, Canelo Álvarez reiterated that Bud is not in his plans, but if Saudi Arabia offers him the money he asks for, he could change his mind.

For now, Canelo Alvarez He will face Edgar Berlanga on September 14 in Las Vegas, but for the unified 168-pound championship because the International Boxing Federation (IBF) stripped him of the title for not facing mandatory challenger William Scull.

Instead, Bud will headline a star-studded mega-bill on August 3 in Los Angeles and where he will try to add his fourth title in a different division when he faces Isroil Madrimov, current 154-pound champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA).

Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, 34, was able to recover from a bad start and He beat his compatriot Jaime Munguía on the judges’ cards in Las Vegas. The undisputed 168-pound champion has a record of 61 wins (39 by knockout), two losses and two draws in his professional career.

For his part, Terence Crawford, 36, became the undisputed welterweight champion after defeating Errol Spence Jr. Bud, who went down in history for being undisputed in two weight classes, He now has 40 wins, 31 of them by knockout.

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