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The Sun
a day ago
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- The Sun
Terence Crawford says there is ‘nothing' Canelo Alvarez can do to beat him… even in a STREET fight
TERENCE CRAWFORD warned Canelo Alvarez there is nothing he can do to beat him - even in a STREET fight. The unbeaten American jumps two divisions to challenge for Canelo's undisputed super-middleweight world title on September 13 in Las Vegas. 4 Canelo once talked down the blockbuster bout - believing he had nothing to gain from beating a man who started his career at lightweight. So the Mexican great was probed on the damage a loss to two-time undisputed champ Crawford would have on his iconic record. But cool as ice Canelo, 34, replied: "He's not gonna beat me. Don't worry about it, he's not going to beat me. "I think this fight is going to be in the history books of boxing, for sure." Crawford, 37, snapped back: "For sure them belts are coming with me, they're coming home with me. "I'm taking them, and there ain't nothing you can do about it come fight night. I promise you. You see I'm different than all the others ones." Canelo - who has won titles all the way from 154lb to 175lb - countered: "You don't look different. Nothing different." Crawford has not returned since last August when he beat Israil Madrimov, 30, for WBA light-middleweight title. 4 CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS Meanwhile, Canelo regained his undisputed 168lb throne with victory over William Scull, 32, in May in Riyadh. He now headlines on Netflix at the Las Vegas Raiders' £1BILLION 65,000-seater stadium against Crawford - who says there is no way he loses to Canelo - in the ring or otherwise. Terence Crawford opens up on dinner with Canelo Alvarez ahead of 'biggest fight in 20 YEARS' He said: "Come on, man. You know what I do. "I don't have to talk about it, on the streets me against anybody, I ain't ever gonna say another man can whoop me. That's your answer there." But Canelo hit back: "We're not talking about the streets we're talking about boxing, the beautiful sport of boxing." 4
BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'Crawford is not Canelo' - champions face off in Saudi
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez told Terence Crawford he is a "great fighter but he's not Canelo" as the pair kicked off their media tour in Saudi pound-for-pound greats will fight on 13 September in Las Vegas for Alvarez's undisputed super-middleweight world is a bout being billed as the "fight of the century" but Alvarez dismissed the notion it could be a close contest with American Crawford stepping up from light-middleweight."He's a great fighter but he's not Canelo. I have the experience," Alvarez said at a news conference."They only focus on my power but I have more than that. This fight is going to be one of my best fights on my record."Alvarez, 34, may be the younger man by three years but having made his professional debut aged 15 and with 11 world titles, 27 world-title fights and 67 bouts in total under his belt, the Mexican has been cast as the man to pass the torch to Crawford."He's not going to beat me, don't worry about it," Alvarez answered at one stage, which drew a laugh and a smile from Crawford, who replied: "For sure them belts are coming home with me."Twenty-six bouts separate the rivals, but Crawford too has a record most fighters could only dream of with 19 consecutive world-title bout and a two-weight undisputed promised he would become the first male three-weight undisputed champion, in a classy nod to his American counterpart Claressa Shields, who has already achieved the feat in the women's was equally confident, describing himself as a "winner" and telling Crawford: "You don't look different.""I'm different. You going to see," Crawford said in reply. Netflix, UFC and the Las Vegas Raiders The fight will be staged at NFL side Las Vegas Raiders' Allegiant Stadium in Vegas, which holds 65,000 will also be the first event that UFC president Dana White's new boxing outfit will promote, a partnership with Saudi's Turki Alalshikh that almost collapsed before being revived in recent himself was given a seat at the top table while White was not chairman of the General Entertainment Authority has been the hand of power and driver of incredible Saudi investment in boxing in the last 18 months, but has not often been sat among the fighters at public outlined his demands to two of the greatest fighters of their generation in the opening remarks, slamming "Tom and Jerry" fights and insisting they must deliver him "smashing face".The beginning of a three-city press tour that includes Las Vegas and New York, gathered media only asked Alalshikh questions before he left the stage. It took almost 25 minutes before either fighter Arabia has invested huge sums of money into sport in an effort, the Kingdom say, to diversify their income revenues as a nation, but continue to face accusations of using sport as a vehicle for sportwashing and with Alalshikh set to embark on a new venture of super-fights broadcast on Netflix and creating a new promotional entity to do so, the Saudi investment into boxing shows little sign of slowing to the boxing and the news conference ended with the traditional music blared during it, with Alvarez being the first to look away in a emotionless who is being publicly backed by Alalshikh, said this is the fight he always wanted."I called Canelo out, he is the last great fighter amongst the era that surpassed us. The Floyd [Mayweather], the [Manny] Pacquiao, the [Oscar] De La Hoya. We both came up in that era and he got the chance to fight them."I wasn't able to get those mega fights, this is my mega fight. This is my moment."
BBC News
11-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Okolie & Edmondson added to Usyk-Dubois undercard
Britons Lawrence Okolie and Lewis Edmondson have been added to the undercard of Daniel Dubois' undisputed world heavyweight title fight with Oleksandr Usyk on 19 July at Wembley 32, fights seasoned heavyweight contender Kevin Lerena while 29-year-old Edmondson faces Daniel Lapin at contests will be over 12 rounds and are the first undercard bouts to be added to the Usyk-Dubois 2 continues his run at heavyweight having moved up to the weight last December after being a world champion at Londoner must move quickly if he is prove himself a world title contender, with the heavyweight division stacked with impressive talent waiting for their shot at Africa's Lerena, 33, has 31 wins and three losses in his career while Okolie has a 21-1 aims to become the first British heavyweight to hold all four major world titles in the four-belt era, while Usyk aims to become undisputed heavyweight champion for the second the Commonwealth and British light-heavyweight champion, faces Lapin with both undefeated in 11 fights. The Ukrainian often trains with Usyk. Usyk v Dubois 2 undercard Daniel Dubois v Oleksandr Usyk 2 - WBO, WBA (Super), WBC & IBF heavyweight world titlesLawrence Okolie v Kevin Lerena - WBC silver heavyweight titleDaniel Lapin v Lewis Edmondson - IBF inter-continental light-heavyweight title
