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The highly anticipated fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Terence Crawford has a new date — one that abruptly raises questions about the relationships between the promotional entities involved.
Alvarez's undisputed super middleweight title defense against Crawford will now take place on Saturday, Sept. 13, rather than the Friday, Sept. 12 date that was announced in the aftermath of Alvarez's win over William Scull to unify the 168-pound belts earlier this month.
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Ring Magazine, which is owned by Turki Alalshikh, broke the news Tuesday afternoon.
With the change of date comes a change of venue — and potentially city — as well. Allegiant Stadium, the home of NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, is unavailable for Sept. 13 due to a preexisting booking, which means that Alalshikh is now looking for a new venue for his superfight.
Five potential venues are being explored across New York, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles to stage the bout, and the site offering the best financial deal will be successful in their bid to host Alvarez vs. Crawford.
Alvarez vs. Crawford will now also be a Riyadh Season pay-per-view event, Alalshikh confirmed. The fight was previously expected to take place on the streaming service Netflix, off of pay-per-view.
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The shift to Sept. 13 means that Alvarez vs. Crawford will directly clash with 2025's annual Noche UFC pay-per-view offering, UFC 320.
TKO's boxing efforts — spearheaded by Alalshikh, UFC CEO Dana White and WWE President Nick Khan — were originally announced as the promoter for Alvarez vs. Crawford, but now, with the event directly competing with a UFC pay-per-view card and being labeled as a Riyadh Season show, it throws TKO's involvement with the fight into question.
In October, Riyadh Season signed a multi-year deal with DAZN, which saw the streaming service become the exclusive host broadcaster of all Riyadh Season boxing events.
Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs), Uncrowned's No. 7 male pound-for-pound boxer, and Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), Uncrowned's No. 3 male pound-for-pound boxer, are both four-division world champions. "Canelo" is a two-time and current undisputed super middleweight champion, while Crawford has held all four belts at super lightweight and welterweight in the past.
It will be a two-division jump for Crawford, 37, who was last in action this past August when he won a decision over Israil Madrimov to capture the WBA super welterweight title.
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