Saul "Canelo" Alvarez: record, next fight and profile →
Following a weekend of heightened drama connected to the U.S. debut Riyadh Season card in Los Angeles, the fallout/backlash has provoked a search for solutions and peace this week.
Renowned trainer Bob Santos has described a possible Terence “Bud” Crawford and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez showdown at 168 pounds as a “step too far” for the newly-crowned WBA junior middleweight champion.
As if two fighters nearing a title shot, bringing close to a 100 percent knockout rate isn’t enough, Saturday’s Vergil Ortiz-Serhii Bohachuk junior-middleweight bout now has the full attention of the sport’s new fight-making wizard, Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh.
Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov both fought very, very well on Saturday night. So much so the only fair reason I can see anyone having for criticising Crawford is if they’re considering whether he can keep Saul “Canelo” Alvarez off him should they ever fight.
Turki Alalshikh declared himself “The face of boxing” after responding to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s insistence that it was he, and not the Saudi Arabian powerbroker, who ruled out progressing towards a fight with Terence Crawford
Before the perspiration from 12 rounds of battle with Israil Madrimov on Saturday night had even dried from Terence Crawford’s body, the new four-division champion and junior middleweight titleholder was asked about what comes next – and, specifically, if what’s coming will be a red-headed Guadalajaran cash cow.
Caleb Plant and Trevor McCumby went at each other during Tuesday’s Los Angeles press conference ahead of their upcoming interim super middleweight title fight at in Las Vegas on Sept. 14.
Tuesday's explosive press conference in Los Angeles saw Saul "Canelo" Alvarez deride Sept. 14 foe Edgar Berlanga and call David Benavidez "a risky fight" – one he says he may still take.
If Edgar Berlanga is serious about matching wits with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in the ring Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Los Angeles, he may be in even more trouble than anyone thought.