LAS VEGAS: Super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and three-time champion in lower weight divisions Terence “Bud” Crawford, appeared on stage together at a press conference on Thursday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, attended by Arab News.
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The audience of thousands of boxing fans had a strong Mexican-American presence that favored Canelo, who was born in Mexico.
Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority and president of the Saudi Boxing Federation — which is sponsoring the fight with Riyadh Season, Netflix and the UFC — thanked Canelo for accepting the match with Crawford, calling it “the biggest fight in the history of boxing.”
Alalshikh emphasized the symbolism of staging it in Las Vegas, a city synonymous with legendary boxing nights: “This is a unique and exceptional moment, with a great company, on a global platform, and featuring two of the sport’s greatest legends.”
