LAS VEGAS: Undisputed super middleweight world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and American challenger Terence Crawford faced off for one last time before their blockbuster bout at a raucous ceremonial weigh-in on Friday. Both were 167.5 pounds (75.9kg), half a pound under the supper middleweight limit, at the closed-door official weigh-in on Friday morning. They then…
LAS VEGAS: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez stands in the way of Terence Crawford’s bid for boxing history Saturday when they clash in Las Vegas for Alvarez’s undisputed super middleweight world title. Crawford, a four-division champion, is jumping up two weight divisions in a bid to become the first male boxer to become an undisputed champion in…
TOKYO: Â Japan’s unbeaten Naoya Inoue said he wants to prove he is boxing’s pound-for-pound king against Uzbekistan’s Murodjon Akhmadaliev on Sunday, hours after Canelo Alvarez squares off against Terence Crawford. Inoue defends his undisputed super-bantamweight world titles in Nagoya against former two-belt champion Akhmadaliev, who has been described as the Japanese fighter’s most dangerous opponent…
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Terence Crawford began their three-city media tour in Saudi Arabia, launching the promotional campaign for their undisputed super-middleweight world title bout scheduled for September 13 in Las Vegas. At a press conference in Riyadh, Alvarez played down talk of a close contest, asserting that Crawford, despite his achievements, is not on…
