Canelo Alvarez met with Turki Al-Shiekha today and said there is a “chance” a fight between him and Terence Crawford will happen. He says he always tries to make “the best deals”.
Turki hopes to arrange a fight between Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs) and Crawford in 2025 as it is one of the biggest fights that could potentially take place in North America this year. Whether he can sustain that fight remains to be seen.
Canelo seeks “best deals”
Crawford, 37, has yet to say what he will do if he fails to win the Canelo fight. We know that Terence’s age and fighting at 154 against younger, stronger and bigger fighters will ultimately result in his defeat. He narrowly lost his last fight, his debut at 154 against WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on August 3 last year.
“There is always a chance. We’ll see, but there’s always a chance for the best deals here, and there’s always a chance,” said Canelo Alvarez to Prsten magazine when asked if the next fight between him and Terence Crawford is possible.
“I think it will be another good fight. Both fighters are good fighters. So I think both of them have a chance to win,” Canelo said on Feb. 22 at the rematch between undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitri Bivol in Riyadh.
Former world champion Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) is looking to challenge Canelo for his unified super middleweight titles this year. He thinks he has the talent to overcome his lack of size. Crawford thinks he has enough size and skill to defeat Canelo.
The Mexican star is showing signs of slowing down in his last two fights against Edgar Berlanga and Jaime Munguia. These are fighters that Canelo probably would have knocked out in 2021 and earlier, but he was forced to take a 12 round decision to beat them.
