Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford are just a few months away from their monumental showdown.
The pound-for-pound stars will meet in an unconfirmed venue in the USA on Saturday September 13, with Canelo putting his undisputed super-middleweight championship at stake against Crawford.
The fight was confirmed just moments after Canelo defeated former IBF super-middleweight champion William Scull in Riyadh on May 3 to achieve undisputed status at 168lbs for the second time in his outstanding professional career.
‘Bud’ Crawford is bidding to become a world champion in a fifth weight class, as well as the first fighter in male boxing history to win the undisputed championship in three divisions within the ‘four belt era’.
Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs has weighed in on the upcoming ‘mega-fight’ between Canelo and Crawford, revealing in a clip on Fight Hype that he is backing his countryman to stop the Mexican superstar in emphatic fashion.
“Crawford all day! Crawford all day. He might stop him, I’m gonna bet, and I don’t even bet. My son be doing all the betting, I don’t do too much betting, but I’m gonna tell you, Crawford’s gonna stop him, stoppage, stoppage! I’m telling you, stoppage, I’m telling you I’m sticking with that, he’s gonna stop him, knock out! I’m rarely wrong.”
It will be Crawford’s first ring appearance in a weight class higher than 154lbs, after spending the majority of his glittering career coming in at the welterweight limit of 147lbs.
The 37-year-old has set his sights on defying the odds and becoming just the third man to defeat Canelo in what could be a legacy defining victory for the unbeaten switch-hitter.
