WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has welcomed a ‘monumental’ tremendous struggle between pound-for-pound greats Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford.
Canelo is seeking to grow to be undisputed super-middleweight champion this weekend when he places his WBA, WBC and WBO belts on the road in opposition to IBF champion William Scull in Saudi Arabia.
The Mexican has repeatedly been linked to an eventual showdown with two-weight undisputed champion Crawford, with it being reported in January that the pair had agreed to struggle in September later this yr.
“Yes, this is what boxing is all about. Remember, he has to fight Scull before Crawford,” Sulaiman instructed Sky Sports activities.
“You may by no means see sooner or later when you’ve gotten one occasion, if he is profitable, the struggle with Crawford could be monumental.
“It could be an enormous struggle between the traditional mixture, Mexico in opposition to the USA. He has supplied a few of the nice fights previously.
“Crawford is, without a doubt, one of the top fighters in the world right now. Canelo is. It would be a monumental, huge event, without a doubt.”
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Crawford final fought in August 2024 when he defeated Israil Madrimov by unanimous determination to increase his good skilled document to 41-0.
Canelo has in the meantime additionally emerged as a possible future opponent for Chris Eubank Jr, who’s coming off his historic unanimous determination win over Conor Benn at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Turki Alalshikh completely instructed Sky Sports activities in February that Eubank would have the chance to face Canelo at the start of 2026 have been he to beat Benn, in opposition to whom there’s notably a rematch clause.
Eubank Jr’s promoter Ben Shalom reaffirmed {that a} shot at Canelo stays within the pipeline.
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“Absolutely. That’s the plan. That was the fight that Chris dreams of,” Boxxer CEO Shalom instructed Sky Sports activities.
“He [Eubank] is going to be the biggest star in the UK and that will make for a huge, huge fight against Canelo. Both of them coming towards the latter stages of their career, which will make it interesting.
“What we would like to do is be capable to by some means get Canelo over to the UK. I believe he is at all times needed to struggle within the UK. However he wants the correct dance associate, somebody that may actually promote an occasion and that is Chris Eubank Jr.
“I think Canelo February next year, that’s what we want to see.
“There’s not many dance companions Canelo can select that may convey one thing to the desk. Chris Eubank Jr brings one thing to the desk and actually opens him as much as one other market. I believe it could occur.”
