The poorly promoted battle between Canelo Alvarez and William Scull takes place this Saturday, May 3, and there is no buzz about it for their event Dazn ppv At the venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Marketing failed
The promoters put little effort into building interest among fans for this match, which costs at $ 59.99 on pay-per-viewing. Fans do not know who the IBF Super Middeeight Champion Scull (23-0.9 COs) is, because he never beat any significant opposition during his career.
The way in which Cuban Scull, 32, won his belt with a controversial 12 round decision in October against Vladimir Shishkin, let the hardcore box fans consider him a false belt holder.
Scull’s last six opponents
– Vladimir Shishkin
– Sean Hemphill
– Cristian Fabian Rios
– Abel Nicolas adriel
– Evgeny ShVedenko
– Deneb Diaz
For Canelo, 34, this struggle to enable him to regain his IBF 168-Pond title he has waived so that he could take an easy money fight against the former #1 WBA-approved Edgar Berlanga on November 14 last year. Rather than defending against his IBF-ordered compulsory scull, Canelo evacuated so he could tackle Berlanga in a maladjustment.
Artifice or undisputed
The problem is with The four tire system. This makes it need for Canelo to take a time-taking match against Scull to regain his IBF title in another poor fight. It is all for artwork Alvarez could therefore be the undisputed 168 -pound champion if he faced Turence Crawford in Turki Alalshikh’s “big fight” in Las Vegas in October.
Part of the marketing of the Canelo-Crawford match will focus on whether Crawford can capture its third undisputed Divisional Championship. It is all to create more interest in the circus fight between Alvarez and Bud, which shows up from 154 to challenge him without any experience at 168. It is completely unfair to the contenders for the super -middle weight.
Alvarez is a 30-to-1 favorite against Scull, and this fight is not expected to be competitive even at distance. For the supporters who saw Scull’s last fight against Vladimir Shishkin, it’s not surprising that Canelo is a big favorite. Scull looked terrible.
What the promotion needs is that Crawford should get out of the woodwork this week and start talking to Canelo to make fans look forward to their fight in October. If Bud Crawford can expect people to expect the competition, they will be more motivated to focus on Saturday’s collision against Scull.
I doubt Crawford will come up to help because he does not promote fights, which is one of the reasons that he has not become popular. He is just happy that Turki loves him. If not for that, Crawford would still be blown away at 154, with the young sharks like Bakhram Murtazaliev and Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Last updated on 04/28/2025
