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Canelo Alvarez Explains Why He Rejected Turki Alalshikh’s Offer To Fight Terence Crawford

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Canelo Alvarez Explains Why He Rejected Turki Alalshikh's Offer To Fight Terence Crawford

Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, had an idea for a potential boxing match between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford. However, the negotiation with Alvarez had failed, and Alalshikh stated on X that he was no longer interested in the fight.

Canelo Alvarez is set to defend his Unified Super Middleweight Championship against Edgar Berlanga on September 14th. The boxing fight will go head-to-head with UFC 306. Riyadh Season has sponsored the UFC event. Turki Alalshikh stated, “We will eat him,” when asked about the Alvarez fight going head-to-head with UFC 306.

At the Alvarez vs. Berlanga press event in Las Vegas, Alvarez responded to Alalshikh.

“My response to Turki [Alalshikh] is this: Yesterday, they text me. They text me and say, ‘We can talk about the fight in February with Crawford.’ They text me yesterday, and I say, ‘Look, I’m not going to talk about any other fight; I’m focused 100% on this [Edgar Berlanga] fight.’

Look, I don’t like the way he talk, and I’m not in this position because of [anyone else]. I’m in this position. If he wants to work with me, it’s in my way, not in their way. I don’t need it.

It’s not the way to approach to me. Look, I respect everybody, and I respect Turki, but look, if he wants to work with me, it needs to be my way.”