Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford will meet in a huge showdown later this year.
The two pound-for-pound greats will collide at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday 13 September, and it will be broadcast live worldwide on Netflix.
It’s the latest major fight for Canelo, with the Mexican superstar having been involved in some of the biggest bouts in the sport for over a decade.
One of them came back in September 2013, when he took on boxing legend Floyd Mayweather in a unification clash for the WBC and WBA super-welterweight titles at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Canelo was unbeaten heading into the bout, but Mayweather came out on top on points to hand his rival the first defeat of his professional career.
With the Crawford fight quickly approaching, Canelo has now revealed to The Sun who he deems to have been better out of ‘Bud’ and his former foe Mayweather.
“I think Crawford is better than Mayweather because he turns his guard to both sides, he’s more intelligent. I think he’s better than Floyd Mayweather. That’s what I think.”
Crawford is a two-weight undisputed champion, having become the sole ruler of both the super-lightweight and welterweight divisions, with his success at 147lbs coming after memorable wins over the likes of Errol Spence and Shawn Porter.
The clash against Canelo will be for the Mexican’s undisputed super-middleweight crown, meaning a victory for ‘Bud’ would see him become the first male fighter in history to be undisputed in three divisions.
