It is alleged that the mega fight between superstar Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford “Now down ” For September. There is no word about why it is off, but it is possible that the two could not negotiate the agreement.
Crawford (41-0, 31 CO’s) was supposed to move two divisions from 154 to 168 to WBA, WBC and the WBO Super Middleweight Champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 COs) on September 13 on the 65,000 seat Allegiant stage in Las Vegas.
The Jake Paul factor
The ring broke the news on x about the Canelo-Crawford battle away. No reasons were given at this time. According to Canelo, it intends to fight the hugely popular Youtuber Jake Paul in May in a fight that can do crazy numbers and dwarf what Canelo-Crawford would bring in.
Jake Paul has 20.9 million subscribers on YouTube and 28.8 million Instagram followers. With so many people marketing the Canelo-Paul battle, it’s not surprising why Canelo wants to go in that direction about a collision against Crawford, 37, who does not have a major social succession.
Most of the PPV purchases of a Canelo-Crawford match come from the Mexican, with Crawford bringing in just a small thing. As such, it would be a pure nightmare to negotiate a fight between them, because Crawford sees himself at the level of Canelo, and he is not.
Canelo can make a lot more money to fight Jake Paul twice and then focus on the fight against David Benavidez of Artur Betterbiev. A fight between Canelo and the two popular fighters would bring in much more PPV purchase than one against Crawford.
Canelo’s options
Canelo has several better options available to make money than to fight Crawford. In addition, Alvarez would not receive credit to beat him because he had moved two weight classes. Fans will not respect it, because Crawford has chosen not to move to 168 to prove himself first by running a mini-Gauntlet through these three murderers:
- David benavidez
- David Morrell
- Diego Pacheco
What the clinic could be is that Crawford has already announced that he will follow the Mayweather blueprint by boxing and moving to prevent Canelo from landing his shots. It would be such a boring fight, and the Mexican star probably doesn’t want to chase a runner up for 12 rounds.
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