Canelo Alvarez responded to His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s critical post today with a crying emoji, signaling his indifference about his views. Indeed, Alvarez doesn’t seem bothered by Turki’s comments because he needs him and not vice versa.
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Turki’s Lecture and Accusations
Turki had lectured Canelo (61-1-2, 39 KOs) in his post on X, reacting to him saying, “I don’t like the way he talk…If he wants to work with me, it’s in my way, not in their way.”
In Alalshikh’s post early this morning, he implied that Canelo was afraid to fight Crawford and “wasting our time” by asking for “big amounts of money.”
Canelo revealed that Turki had texted him this week, asking him to discuss a fight against Terence Crawford next February. However, Canelo told him he didn’t want to discuss the fight because he was focused on his September 14th title defense against Edgar Berlanga.
It’s unclear whether Canelo and Turki can talk later about a fight against Crawford or if the Saudis have given up on trying to make this match due to the money that Alvarez might want.
😂🤣 https://t.co/WZAfMuK1Uu
— Canelo Alvarez (@Canelo) August 7, 2024
Canelo’s Disinterest in a No-Win Situation
Turki fails to understand why Canelo doesn’t seem excited about fighting Crawford, and the reasons are obvious. It’s a no-win fight for Canelo where he won’t get credit.
As Canelo says, he is willing to fight Crawford but for the right price. That price might be too high for Turki, though, for him to be talking about Canelo wanting “big amounts of money.”
There was no mention of how much Canelo wanted to defend his WBA, WBC, and WBO super middleweight titles against Crawford, but it must have been huge for Turki to comment about him wanting “big amounts.”
Whatever Canelo would ask for, Crawford surely wants similar money, making the fight too expensive for even the Saudis to want to pay for.
Canelo is already very rich, and he’s not someone who would be bothered about losing out on a big payday against Crawford. It’s not a big deal for Canelo because he’s getting $40 million per fight for title defenses against Edgar Berlanga, Jaime Munguia, and John Ryder.
Crawford, 36, is probably not too happy about Turki giving up on the Canelo fight so quickly because that’s his best chance for a big payday, and he says he wants that match for his “legacy.”
If it doesn’t happen, Crawford’s options are far less appealing, and some are risky. Crawford barely won his fight last Saturday night against Israil Madrimov at 154, which could signal that he’s getting older.
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