Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez vs Terence Crawford is one of the most anticipated fights for 2025 and could take place thanks to the efforts being made by Turki Alalshikh, who in recent days was with the American fighter.
A few days ago, the sheikh was also with Canelo Alvarez during the gala of the prestigious boxing magazine, The Ring Magazine and according to reports, the talk left open the possibility that the fight could finally take place.
Turki Alalshikh assures there will be white smoke
The Sheikh was the one who gave clues about this possible function after leaving the The Ring Magazine gala: “The Ring is the bible of boxing and we are close to seeing white smoke on the horizon,” he said, while anticipating what we will have this year: “2025 will be a crazy year and I mean it”
More than once, the reason for Canelo’s refusal to get into the ring with Crawford was questioned and the main reason was that there was a big difference in the categories as the Nebraska-born fighter had to move up two categories in order for the fight to take place.
However, Turki Alalshikh, who in recent times has become a kind of right-hand man to the president of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaiman, managed to have talks with both fighters with the aim that this year a great event can finally be put together with Alvarez and Crawford in the main fight.
Nobody from Canelo Alvarez‘s camp confirmed that the conversation between the sheikh and the Mexican fighter was about the fight against Crawford, but they did say that they were together at the magazine’s gala.
Canelo vs Crawford: What would the earnings be?
Another reason why Saul Alvarez had not agreed to fight Crawford is because he made it a condition that there would be a purse of $150 million, and the intention is to take this hypothetical fight to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, with a tentative date for the month of September.