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Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Video: Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford New York news conference live stream
We're a couple months out from the highly anticipated unified super middleweight title fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford, but the promotional campaign is ramping up. Canelo (63-2-2) vs. Crawford (41-0) will take place Sept. 13 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and will stream on Netflix. UFC CEO Dana White will promote the fight under TKO Boxing alongside Saudi Arabia's Turki Alalshikh. Advertisement Canelo and Crawford started a three-city international press tour in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. Sunday, they're at Fanatics Fest in New York. Watch the pre-fight news conference with the fighters and White, plus their latest faceoff, above. This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Video: Canelo vs. Crawford New York news conference live stream
The National
2 days ago
- Sport
- The National
Canelo Alvarez v Terence Crawford in Las Vegas 'once in a lifetime fight'
Mexico's undisputed super middleweight world champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez promises his title bout with Terence Crawford in Las Vegas on September 13 will be one of his 'best'. The 34-year-old became sole possessor of all the title belts at the weight for a second time when he beat IBF champion William Scull by unanimous points decision in Riyadh last month. Crawford was at that bout and immediately threw down the gauntlet, even though it means the 37-year-old American has to step up two weight divisions. Alvarez, whose record is an impressive 63-2-2 with 39 knockouts, has been a world champion at four different weights, as indeed has Crawford. 'This fight is going to be one of my best fights in my history, in my record,' Canelo said at a joint press conference with Crawford in Riyadh to get the promotional show on the road. 'I'm very excited and motivated because this is all about I want to make history.' Alvarez, whose two defeats have come at the hands of Floyd Mayweather at super middleweight in 2013 and then at light heavyweight to Dmitry Bivol in 2023, said he loved boxing but winning was primordial. 'For me it's very important to win this fight. I love boxing. I love winning. 'I'm a winner so I'm very excited to to be in the ring already.' The fight for the unified super middleweight championship is part of Alvarez's reported $400 million, minimum four-fight deal with Riyadh Season. One of those fights could be in another location. Riyadh Season is working with UFC CEO Dana White to promote the fight. This is White's first foray into boxing as part of an effort to become a major player in the sport. 'Are you kidding me that the first boxing fight I'm going to get to promote is Canelo vs. Crawford?' White said in a statement. 'It's literally a once in a lifetime fight.' The fight is taking place in collaboration with Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia and a leading figure in the world of combat sports. Crawford, on his part, said fighting someone of Alvarez's stature was his long held dream and his 'mega fight'. 'He is the last great fighter from the era of Floyd (Mayweather), (Manny) Pacquiao, (Oscar) De La Hoya,' said Crawford. 'We both came up in that era, and he was right there with those fighters and he got the chance to fight the Miguel Cotto's, the Floyd Mayweather's, and you know Triple G's (Gennady Golovkin). 'I wasn't able to get those mega fights, so this is my mega fight, this is my moment, and that's the reason why I want to fight an all-time great like Canelo.' Nebraskan Crawford is the unified welterweight champion and WBA junior middleweight champion. The left-hander's most recent bout came in August last year when he defeated Israil Madrimov for the WBA junior middleweight title.
The Sun
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Canelo Alvarez reveals why Terence Crawford is BETTER than Floyd Mayweather… but vows to learn from infamous loss
CANELO ALVAREZ believes Terence Crawford is a BETTER fighter than Floyd Mayweather - the man who handed him his first-ever loss. The Mexican superstar was outclassed over 12 rounds by undefeated great Mayweather in 2013 - while only 23 years old. 3 Fast forward 12 years and Canelo once again faces another undefeated American in Las Vegas - this time Crawford. The mega-fight - streamed on Netflix on September 13 - has drawn comparisons between Canelo's fight with Mayweather over a decade ago. But he said: "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." Canelo bounced back from defeat to Mayweather - who retired at 50-0 in 2017 - to carve out a Hall of Fame career. But the harrowing points loss is not the the only reason four-division champion Canelo improved so vastly. He said: "I learned in every single fight not just in the Mayweather fight but I learned everything and for every fight. "I'm gonna put all my experience there because I'm gonna need it." 3 CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS Canelo, 34, defends the super-middleweight titles he regained by beating Cuban William Scull, 32, in May in Riyadh. Crawford, 37, meanwhile returns for the first time since beating Israil Madrimov, 30, last August to win the 154lb WBA title. Terence Crawford says there is 'nothing' Canelo Alvarez can do to beat him.. He is unbeaten at 41-0 having won belts from lightweight to super-welterweight - now attempting to become undisputed champ at THREE weights. And Canelo admitted: "He can use both guards. He can do everything he can counterpunch, move around, he's a complete fighter. "He's gonna be a difficult fight but you know it's nothing new for me." 3
Irish Times
7 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
Rachel Lally: The Irish teacher turned pro boxer fights for a place in the world top five
Irish boxer Rachel Lally is set to face South African Wendy Gcado in Dubai on Saturday. Should the 30-year-old win the fight, she will break into the top five of the female super middleweight rankings less than a year after combining professional boxing with her career as a teacher in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). From Co Mayo, Lally took-up the sport in the lead up to the 2012 London Olympics. The Irish team went on to win four boxing medals at those games, with Katie Taylor 's gold sparking a surge in interest among girls and women. 'Women's boxing was really coming up,' says Lally, who trained at the Golden Gloves Club in her hometown of Belmullet. READ MORE She was 'in a tough place physically and mentally' when she started out and was 'unhappy in my body', but a year of boxing marked a turnaround for Lally. At 17 she became an under-18 national champion, with several girls from her home club also winning titles. Rachel Lally took up boxing in the lead up to the 2012 London Olympics, where Irish fighters, including Katie Taylor, secured four medals. Photograph: Hannah McCarthy Lally had been due to fight for the same title in the National Stadium in Dublin the previous year, but pulled out after learning a close friend had died by suicide the day before the bout. Within an 18-month period, she lost three teenage friends in Co Mayo to suicide. 'It was just a really horrible time because we had absolutely no mental health facilities,' she says. Boxing became an important outlet for her as she coped with those tragedies. Rachel Lally has been doing 4am jogs before starting work as a teacher. Photograph: Hannah McCarthy However, the Leaving Certificate, followed by college and then a heavy caseload as a teacher in London, left Lally with little time to box after earning her junior title. 'I just wasn't prioritising my health at all,' she said. After moving to Dubai to work as a teacher in 2021 and joining a local boxing gym, a coach encouraged her to take part in amateur fights including an event for St Patrick's Day alongside other Irish boxers. Lally says the calibre of training facilities in Dubai is higher than in Ireland but they are much more expensive to access. 'I paid €2 a night to train [in Mayo] with people volunteering their time,' she says, adding that it is difficult 'to keep gyms open in small towns and there could be 20 kids in a tiny little room'. In Dubai Lally is 'training with professional guys, sparring two or three times a week and people come from all over the Emirates' to the gym. Rachel Lally says the calibre of training facilities in Dubai is higher than in Ireland but more expensive to access. Photograph: Hannah McCarthy However, she says fighters 'can only reach a certain level without individual sponsorship'. The construction firm Rinrow, Capital Sky Limited and meal prep company, Meals On Me, have helped fund the cost of Lally's training camp before her fight on Saturday. In the lead up to her bout against Gcado, Lally has been doing 4am jogs before starting work as a teacher and then undertaking a gruelling after-work regime of sparring, strength training and one-to-one coaching sessions. 'That means no days off,' she says. Lally says that when she faced Elene Sikmashvili from Georgia and Cameroon's Marie Victorine Onguene Tsimi in professional fights, theirs were the only female bouts on the card. 'All my last bouts have been very tough, there hasn't been an easy fight,' she says. 'But I'm 30 now, I don't have time to do fights that aren't really challenging for me.' When she eventually hangs up her boxing gloves, Lally hopes to work with a programme that empowers girls and helps with their mental health through boxing.
BBC News
10-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Fight of the century' - Alvarez-Crawford date confirmed
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez's super-fight against Terence Crawford will take place in Las Vegas on Saturday, 13 pound-for-pound great Alvarez will meet undefeated American Crawford for the undisputed super-middleweight blockbuster will be streamed globally on Netflix and has been billed the "fight of the century" by Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia's general entertainment will be the first fight to be promoted by Alalshikh in collaboration with UFC president Dana White."Turki wants to make the biggest fights that the fans want to see in boxing and this is right up my alley," said White."Are you kidding me that the first boxing fight I'm going to get to promote is Canelo versus Crawford? It's literally a once-in-a-lifetime fight."Alvarez holds all four recognised world titles in the super-middleweight division after the 34-year-old beat William Scull last resulted in him regaining the IBF belt and the undisputed super-middleweight title, and after the fight Crawford was confirmed as his next opponent, with the pair posing for a face-off in the ring."I'm ready to show once again that I am the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world," the Mexican said in a statement on Tuesday. Alvarez has 63 wins from 67 professional fights, with two draws and two is a four-division and two-weight undisputed champion, and will be moving up from 37-year-old possesses a flawless record, having won all 41 of his pro fights."My perfect record speaks for itself," said Crawford. "I am the best fighter in the world and no matter the opponent or weight class, I have always come out on top."The fight - expected to take place at Allegiant Stadium - will be preceded by a three-city media tour, visiting Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (20 June), before heading to the United States as the fighters appear in New York (22 June) and Las Vegas (27 June).
