The highly anticipated clash between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford is now just months away.
It was announced earlier in the month that the modern greats will do battle on Saturday September 13 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Crawford is set to make the jump up to super-middleweight for the first time in his career as he bids to dethrone the Mexican superstar of his undisputed championship at 168lbs.
The 37-year-old from Omaha has spent his recent years campaigning at welterweight, where he won the undisputed championship and became the first fighter to accomplish this feat within the ‘four belt era’ when he defeated Errol Spence Jr in July 2023.
Canelo wrote his name into boxing history once again on May 2 when he defeated former IBF super-middleweight champion William Scull in Riyadh, becoming the first two-time undisputed super-middleweight champion.
In an interview with Seconds Out, retired Puerto Rican great and former opponent of Canelo, Miguel Cotto, shared his thoughts on his former rivals upcoming battle with Crawford.
“The set of skills that Crawford has can cause a lot of trouble for Canelo.”
Canelo outpointed Cotto in November of 2015 to capture the vacant WBC world middleweight title, although the Puerto Rican icon had entered the final years of his outstanding professional career.
The Mexican had previously lost to Floyd Mayweather and has been bested by Dmitry Bivol since, marking his only two losses in an incredible 67 fights. He has never been beaten in the super-middleweight class, but Crawford is adamant that will change this year.