Terence Crawford has taken to social media for the first time since landing one of the biggest fights of the year.
Until late last night, it seemed that a deal was done for Jake Paul and Canelo Alvarez to meet in a Cinco de Mayo showdown. But at the eleventh hour, boxing supremo Turki Alalshikh made a new deal happen that would secure the super-middleweight champion’s future for the next four fights.
Instead of facing Paul in May, Alvarez will now take a tune-up fight in Riyadh before heading to Las Vegas in September to face pound-for-pound number one Crawford. He will then fight twice more in 2026 as part of a four-fight deal, leaving Paul in the cold in his search for a major fight.
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Terence Crawford snipes Canelo Alvarez fight from Jake Paul
As recently as a few hours ago, it was beginning to look as though Canelo Alvarez was going to make his long-awaited move to cruiserweight to face Jake Paul in an outlandish clash. The social media star has been calling for the fight for years, and it looked as though Netflix were going to land the fight.
However, as with everything else in boxing over the past few years, Turki Alalshikh had the final say. He has jumped in with a massive four-fight offer that will take the iconic multiple-weight champion to Riyadh th
