Canelo vs Terence Crawford Fight Suffers Another Major Change Weeks After Official Announcement

The Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford fight has had another big change.

Two of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world are set to do battle later this year when ‘Bud’ steps up to 168lbs to challenge Canelo for his undisputed super-middleweight titles.

It was originally set to take place on Friday 12 September at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, but earlier this week it was revealed that the fight would be pushed back 24 hours to the Saturday, with the venue also now currently undecided.

The surprise changes haven’t ended there though, as Turki Alalshikh has now announced on social media that the event will no longer be promoted by Dana White and TKO.

“We have confirmed the promoter for Canelo v Crawford will be Sela for Riyadh Season. The broadcaster we have not decided yet but the date will be Saturday 13th September. More details soon.”

The event was set to mark the first major step into boxing for UFC CEO White, having previously explained how big his role in the fight was going to be.

“This is one of the biggest fights ever. I’m honoured to be promoting. When they say we’re promoting it, I’m doing the promotion, the production, the event ops, the PR, everything to do with the fight just like doing a UFC fight.”

No reason has yet been given for why White and TKO are no longer set to promote the event, but he did also reveal in an interview earlier this week that he ‘hated’ the idea of hosting the fight at a stadium.