A potential fight between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Terence Crawford appears to be dead in the water.
Crawford has been chasing a clash against the unified super-middleweight champion since his career defining victory over Errol Spence Jr last year.
The man who was willing to bankroll the fight, Riyadh Season’s Turki Alalshikh, even said an offer had been sent to the Mexican, which he advised him to accept.
However, days after Crawford won his 154lb debut against Israil Madrimov by decision, Alalshikh has had a change of heart and took to social media to rule out the contest.
“Just wrapped up an important meeting now with my team, planning for the upcoming fights that we will make for 2024-2025. I decided to disregard the Canelo fight, as I don’t want it anymore.
“Instead, I will be focusing for the US market with bigger fights, especially for the legend Crawford. Additionally, I will support making fights for Boots, Haney, Shakur, Ortiz, Anderson, Benavidez, Zepeda and more, regarding Tim Tszyu, there’s something unclear with the communications from his team with our team, so I believe I will reconsider his situation.
“For the rest of the world, definitely, I am focusing on Riyadh Season card, Wembley edition 21st of September (AJ vs. Dubois) and depending on the results and the results of Riyadh Season’s opening card (Bivol vs. Beterbiev) on the 12th of October, I will build the card for the rematch of Fury vs. Usyk on the 21st of December and another big card on the first quarter of 2025. Stay tuned.”
Just wrapped up an important meeting now with my team, planning for the upcoming fights that we will make for 2024-2025. I decided to disregard the Canelo fight, as I don’t want it anymore.
Instead, I will be focusing for the US market with bigger fights, especially for the…— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) August 6, 2024
Canelo believes Crawford should have lost to Madrimov and said a fight at 168 would be ‘easy money’ for him.
