The Mexican Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez faces this Saturday to the undefeated Terence Crawford in the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, in a fight that will paralyze world boxing and could mark the legacy of two legends of the generation.
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The Mexican Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez He faces on Saturday one of his biggest challenges in front of the American Terence Crawfordin a fight with great implications for the legacies of two of The best boxers of your generation.
He Allegiant Stadium de Las Vegasan enclosure for 65.000 aficionadoswill become for the first time a boxing ring to host this clash between two fighters that have dominated entire divisions.
“Canelo”, the big money make money from the current boxing, is the undisputed monarch of the Supermedian weightwhile Crawford held all the belts of the Superigero and Welter.
Both will be presented at the stadium of the Raiders of the American Football League (NFL) with a joint record of 108 fights without having suffered a single knockout.
The 35 -year -old Mexican has a record of 63 victories (39 noonuts), two draws and two losses, the first one in 2013 against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. And the other in 2022 against Russian Dmitry Bivolboth by decision of the judges.
Crawford, 37, was winning his 41 fights (31 nocáuts) and now assumes the challenge of ascending two categories to be a rival of “Canelo” in the multimillionaire fight, of which it was reported that it will guarantee Álvarez more than 100 million dollars.
The fight will be broadcast live by Netflix and is the second of the lucrative contract that “Canelo” signed at the beginning of the year with the Saudi promoter Riyadh Season.
It will also be the premiere in the world of boxing of Dana Whitewho has promised to revolutionize this sport as he did with the UFCthe largest mixed martial arts competition.
Time and where to see Canelo vs. Crawford live
- Date: September 13, 2025
- Time: 10:00 pm, time in Colombia
- Estadio: Allegiant Stadium de Las Vegas
- Transmission: Netflix
A necessary nocáut
“Canelo”, who tries to underpin his status in the Olympus of Mexican Boxing, is eager for a overwhelming triumph with which to silence those who believe that their decline has already begun.
The Mexican He has not achieved a triumph by Nocáut from Caleb Plant in 2021when it was erected in the first undisputed champion of the supermedian weight (168 pounds – 76.2 kg).
After that success came the stumbling block against Bivol, in a fight in which it was he who ascended to the medium (79.4 kg), and victories without too much brightness in front of his archirrival Gennady GolovkinJOhn Ryder, Jermell Charlo, Jaime Munguía, Edgar Berlanga and William Scull.
“I promise my best performance, I will put everything I have in this fight,” he promised at the press conference on Thursday at the T-Mobile Arena, where he was wrapped by thousands of Mexican fans.
“I don't know if it is going to be the last big fight that I will have, because we do not know that fate holds us (…) We must enjoy this one we have, which is a unique fight in life,” said Guadalajara's fighter, who said he was ready to face a more fast and ambid rival.
“We had to return to the basics, review everything we know, speed, waist movement, legs. We work everything for this fight because we will need it,” he explained.
Crawford, on his side, wants to seize the Mexican's four belts to achieve a new milestone in boxing.
In case of triumph, the fighter of Omaha (Nebraska) It will become the first male boxer to have been undisputed champion in three divisions.
To earn this opportunity, the current superwelter weight champion of the World Boxing Association had to weight gain from 69.8 to 76.2 kilos.
“I am not worried about anything, we have done the job,” Crawford said about facing a more physically potent rival.
“This is how the legends are done, assuming risks as I am doing now (…) I feel very good. I am ready to shake the world,” he warned of the Mexican fans that he will also face Saturday at the Allegiant Stadium.
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