Promoter Eddie Hearn had no idea Canelo Alvarez would fight in May before facing Terence Crawford in September. IBF super middleweight champion William Scull is the man who makes as much sense as Canelo wants to regain that belt to become undisputed again.
Canelo doesn’t have many options in May unless he wants to fight tougher fighters like Christian Mbilli or Diego Pacheco. Hearn was hesitant to let the 23-year-old Pacheco fight Canelo early in his career and watch him get beaten.
Canelo’s loyalty
“I don’t know if Canelo is going to fight in May. William Scull, who is he going to fight? Charlo? The PBC doesn’t seem to be in business with a Crawford fight. I don’t think they necessarily want to give him a fight. Canelo, it’s not that he doesn’t have any loyalty, but he doesn’t give AF***. If it applies to Canelo Alvarez, it applies to Canelo Alvarez,” said Eddie Hearn. Sean Zittel When asked if he thought Canelo would fight for the season in Riyadh in May.
“It’s like we were together. We did a great job for him. When we didn’t have anything that worked for him, he went somewhere else. As long as you understand that and know that and you have that relationship. I Thought he enjoyed working with us, but all of a sudden we could only give him Bivol Remutch and he didn’t want to rematch, he would go elsewhere.
“I think if he felt he could negotiate himself as an Excellency, he would do that on his own, and I think that’s what he’s doing. I think it would be in the U.S. that Riyadh is fighting for an American audience, and his Excellency won’t be in The fight was at 7:00 AM in Riyadh time, which is the required time zone for pay-per-view in the United States.
Hearn believes the Canelo vs. Terence Crawford fight will be in the United States rather than Riyadh because to draw the number in the United States, the pay-per-view event would have to take place at its normal time. Staging it in Riyadh meant it would be shown in the early afternoon, which didn’t work.
“Crawford-Canelo at 2:00 p.m. is not going to do the numbers it will do,” Hearn said. “Crawford-Canelo is going to do the big numbers on the PPV in the U.S. I don’t know, but I think this fight The fight will take place in the United States. Canelo shows up at the Ring Magazine Awards and he won’t do it without a big financial opportunity because it’s not his thing,” Hearn said.
