Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez shoved Terence Crawford as tempers flared on the newest press convention for his or her Las Vegas battle.
Crawford marched throughout the stage and tried to power Canelo to provide floor, prompting a agency push from the Mexican star that led to a short altercation between entourages for each fighters and safety workers in New York.
The American had adopted a extra aggressive method within the press convention, insisting that he’s ‘looking’ Canelo of their undisputed super-middleweight world title battle on September 13.
“I’m just going to keep it real,” mentioned Crawford. “I’m hunting him, that’s it. I’m hunting everything that he’s got and I’m going to take it come September 13.”
Crawford, who’s a four-weight world champion, has vowed to inflict a crushing loss on his vastly widespread opponent.
“I need all of the individuals within the stands that boo me, they’ll cry after they go dwelling.
Canelo, who has additionally conquered 4 weight lessons, was pressured to go the gap in his final battle, an uneventful factors win over the elusive William Scull in Could, and has requested a smaller ring for the Crawford conflict.
“You need to put a small ring, a smaller ring,” he mentioned.
However Crawford responded shortly by saying: “The only running that I’ll be doing is running upside his head and I can assure you that.
“Info, and he is received a giant head too.”
Crawford is stepping up two weight divisions to face Canelo after defeating Israil Madrimov by unanimous choice at super-welterweight final August.