Superstar Canelo Alvarez is open to entertaining a fight against Terence Crawford if he’s paid the right money. Canelo doesn’t say what dollar figure he’s looking to get for a match against Crawford, but he would probably want somewhere around the $150 million range.
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Canelo Confident in an “Easy” Fight Against Crawford
Crawford’s real problem is wanting similar money, which he doesn’t deserve because he’s not a mega-star on the level of Canelo.
He’s only been involved in two big fights during his 16-year career against Israil Madrimov and Errol Spence. As fans saw last Saturday, Crawford did not perform well against Madrimov in a fight that was booed by fans from the fourth round.
“Why not? Don’t get me wrong; He’s a great fighter, but for me, in my weight class, it’s an easy fight, easy money. If the money is right, I’m in,” said Canelo Alvarez to Swaye Universe about being open to a fight against Terence Crawford if the money is right.
In an interview today, the three-belt super middleweight champion Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) said he feels the 36-year-old Crawford is a “great fighter,” but it’s an “easy” fight for him at 168.
We saw Crawford’s limitations in his fight at 154 last Saturday, squeaking by with some belief to be a home country 12-round decision against WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov at His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season event in Los Angeles.
Crawford called out Canelo afterward inside the ring, but that doesn’t mean anything because the Mexican star will only agree to fight him if his asking price is met. Turki may find that Canelo wants more than he’s willing to pay.
Boots Ennis: The Most Lucrative Alternative
If that’s the case, Alalshikh may need to encourage Crawford to (41-0, 31 KOs) fight Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis because he’s easily the second-biggest fight in the boxing universe for him.
If Crawford refuses to fight Boots, he may be stuck facing WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora or the winner of this Saturday’s clash between interim WBC champ Serhii Bohachuk and Vergil Ortiz Jr. That’s it for Crawford.
He can pick his poison, but I see only one option for Crawford if he can’t get the Canelo fight: Boots.
If Turki wants to pay Crawford the same amount of money fighting Fundora or the Ortiz-Bohachuk winner as he’d make from PPV sales for a fight against Boots Ennis, he can do that. I don’t see it as a good move for Crawford to swerve Boots Ennis unless he lacks confidence, which may be the case.
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