{"id":393885,"date":"2025-09-03T06:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/393885\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T06:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:34:12","slug":"wbc-president-mauricio-sulaiman-calls-for-canelo-crawford-to-air-on-free-tv-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/393885\/","title":{"rendered":"WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman Calls For Canelo-Crawford To Air On Free TV In Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boxing fans in the United States couldn\u2019t be happier about Netflix streaming the Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford<\/a> fight September 13.
Even if it requires signing up for one month of Netflix, American fight fans won\u2019t need to pay a steep fee to watch a \u201cmega fight\u201d for the first time since pay-per-view became boxing\u2019s preferred platform of promoters and network executives 30-plus years ago. If you\u2019re one of the more than 81 million U.S. residents with a Netflix subscription, you won\u2019t need to pay a penny more than the streaming service\u2019s monthly charge to watch Crawford<\/a> challenge Alvarez<\/a> for his Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Netflix\u2019s cheapest plan costs $7.99 monthly in the U.S. The Canelo-Crawford card could\u2019ve cost as much as $100 on pay-per-view in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Mexican boxing fans are far less enthused about Netflix\u2019s involvement in Canelo-Crawford. Alvarez\u2019s fights are usually broadcast on free TV in his home country, but Netflix owns the exclusive worldwide rights to Canelo-Crawford.<\/p>\n

Mauricio Sulaiman, president of the Mexico City-based WBC, pointed out in his sanctioning organization\u2019s most recent press release that his showdown with Crawford will mark Alvarez\u2019s first fight in 16 years that won\u2019t be available on free television in Mexico.<\/p>\n

TV Azteca has aired Alvarez\u2019s past 21 fights free of charge in Mexico. Televisa, TV Azteca\u2019s primary competitor, televised Alvarez\u2019s bouts for free before he signed an exclusive contract with TV Azteca.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mexican people will be deprived of shouting with joy on the night of this traditional Mexican holiday,\u201d Sulaiman said, \u201ccheering on their idol.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most recent reports estimated Netflix has nearly 14 million subscribers in Mexico, where boxing is the second most popular sport, behind only soccer. Sulaiman, who has a longstanding relationship with TV Azteca, hopes Netflix will reconsider and allow Alvarez-Crawford to at least be broadcast on delay in Mexico the night of their fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope Netflix reflects,\u201d Sulaiman said, \u201cand agrees to allow the most important boxing event in recent years to be seen on free-to-air television for the people of Mexico. The formula is very simple: air it live on Netflix for all those who have the platform and after [Netflix’s] program ends, then enter a delayed broadcast so people can watch that great fight. What a great Mexican celebration that would be! The classic soccer match between America and Chivas ends at 11 p.m. and people could watch what happened in Canelo vs. Crawford.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guadalajara\u2019s Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) is only a slight favorite to defeat Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), even though the Omaha, Nebraska native moved up two weight classes for their highly anticipated battle between four-division champions. Crawford is ranked No. 3 on The Ring\u2019s pound-for-pound list, five spots atop the eighth-ranked Alvarez.<\/p>\n

Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boxing fans in the United States couldn\u2019t be happier about Netflix streaming the Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford fight September…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,10188,10181,10187,10186,10179,4496,10182,10183,10184,10185,10180,10193,10192,10175,10173,10174,10190,10176,10172,10194,10189,79,10191,10171,10178,16,15,10177],"class_list":{"0":"post-393885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-community","10":"tag-boxing-fights","11":"tag-boxing-history","12":"tag-boxing-interviews","13":"tag-boxing-magazine","14":"tag-boxing-news","15":"tag-boxing-photos","16":"tag-boxing-rankings","17":"tag-boxing-results","18":"tag-boxing-schedule","19":"tag-boxing-videos","20":"tag-disqualification","21":"tag-draw","22":"tag-fight","23":"tag-fighter","24":"tag-fighter-news","25":"tag-knockout","26":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","27":"tag-ring","28":"tag-ring-magazine","29":"tag-split-decision","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-technical-knockout","32":"tag-the-ring","33":"tag-top-fighters","34":"tag-uk","35":"tag-united-kingdom","36":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115138977713135964","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}