Canelo Alvarez has opened the door to a money-spinning showdown with Terrence Crawford.
The 34-year-old Mexican took his record to 62-2-2 by beating Edgar Berlanga via a unanimous decision in September.
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David Benavidez‘s name has been touted and William Scull says his team have been approached over a unification fight.
Canelo was stripped of the IBF title after refusing to take on Scull, who was his mandatory opponent.
But 37-year-old American Crawford is the fight fans want to see and Alvarez has finally broken his silence.
“There’s always a chance there,” he told Ring Magazine. “We’ll see, but there’s always a chance there. We’re here to make the best deals, and there’s always the chance.”
Crawford is 41-0 and has won world titles in four weight classes from lightweight to light middleweight.
As Alvarez suggested, it would take a large purse to tempt him into fighting the dangerous southpaw.
But fans may get their wish as Turki Alalshikh is desperate to see the bout happen.
Alalshikh has named five fights he’d love to see before 2025 has come to a close.
“I want to see Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn, I want to see of course Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua, he said on Froch On Fighting.
“I want to see Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford, and I also want to see Devin Haney vs Ryan Garcia the rematch.
“For Oleksandr Usyk he will wait for the card of February. He has said he wants to fight one or two fights more, and I would like to see the Dubois rematch.”
Crawford has been calling out Canelo since the Mexican’s win over Berlanga.
“Yo Turki, tell them we are going to go for Canelo next,” he said on an Instagram live video following Canelo’s dominant win over Berlanga.
The camera was then turned to Alalshikh, who replied: “Yes. Let’s go! Canelo, come on. We are ready.”
Crawford added: “You heard it from him. Just put me in the game b****.
“Canelo-Crawford, the biggest fight in boxing. But we stay ready though.
“We stay ready, that way we ain’t got to get ready.”
Canelo and Crawford could potentially meet at a catchweight but the American has claimed he would move up to 168lbs to make the fight happen.
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