Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) got his guy and likely secured a serious bag in the process. According to Ring Magazine, Canelo Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KO) and Crawford have an agreement in place to fight on September 13 at a yet-to-be-determined venue in Las Vegas.
The fight will be contested at 168 pounds and will be for Canelo’s super middleweight titles. Since Crawford began working with Saudi powerbroker Turki Alalshikh, the future Hall-of-Famer has made it clear that he wanted to set up a superfight with the Mexican legend.
Crawford is the reigning WBA junior middleweight champion at 154 pounds, so he will be moving up two weight classes to face a fellow all-time great in one of the biggest boxing matches in the past 10 years.
In Canelo’s last fight, he scored a unanimous decision win over Edgar Berlanga in September 2024. While Canelo has won his last five fights against Berlanga, Jaime Munguia, Jermell Charlo, John Ryder, and Gennady Golovkin, he hasn’t scored a KO win since he stopped Caleb Plant in the 11th round in November 2021.
In Canelo’s last fight, he scored a unanimous decision win over Edgar Berlanga in September 2024. While Canelo has won his last five fights against Berlanga, Jaime Munguia, Jermell Charlo, John Ryder, and Gennady Golovkin, he hasn’t scored a KO win since he stopped Caleb Plant in the 11th round in November 2021.
Crawford remains undefeated, coming off a hard-fought unanimous decision win over Israil Madrimov in November 2024. If Crawford doesn’t take a tune-up fight in May, he will have been out of the ring for nearly a year by the time he fights Canelo.
