Andrew PetersSeptember 15, 2024
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Terence Crawford is relatively all set to handle the extremely middleweight champ.
After Canelo Álvarez beat Edgar Berlanga on Saturday to safeguard his WBC, WBO and WBA very middleweight world titles, Crawford published on social networks showing he desires an opportunity to combat Álvarez.
“Put me in the video game coach!” Crawford published to X after the battle.
Terence Crawford @terencecrawford
Put me in the video game coach!
Álvarez won versus Berlanga in a consentaneous choice with scorecards of 117-110, 118-109 and 118-109, continuing his reign of supremacy in the department. He’s won 5 straight battles and enhanced to 62-2-2 with the win on Saturday.
He might have a strong competitor in Crawford.
The 36-year-old boasts a best 41-0 record, most just recently beating Israil Madrimov in a consentaneous choice battle in August to declare the WBA and uninhabited WBO interim light middleweight titles.
A battle in between the 2 stars is far from put in location, however Crawford a minimum of has the support of Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority.
“I will provide Canelo what I believe is a reasonable cost,” Alalshikh stated after Crawford’s win last month, per ESPN’s Mike Coppinger. “If he accepts it, he deals straight with me to complete the offer. I do not desire anybody in the middle. I ensured Crawford a huge battle, I desire Canelo for Crawford and Crawford desires Canelo. If Canelo is insane [with his financial demands] I will still ensure Crawford any battle he desires.”
Crawford is nearing completion of his boxing profession, however he wants to end his profession with a win over among the very best in Álvarez. Whether Álvarez will provide him that battle is to be figured out.
