Promoter Eddie Hearn doesn't know who Canelo Alvarez will fight in May before facing Terence Crawford in September. IBF Super Middlewight Champion William Scull is the one that makes sense if Canelo wants to regain that belt and become undisputed again.
There aren't a lot of options for Canelo to fight in May unless he wants to take on some of the tougher fighters, like Christian Mbele or Diego Pacheco. Hearn is reluctant to let Batko, 23, watch Canelo fight early in his career and watch him get the better of him.
Canelo's loyalty
“I don't know who Canelo is going to fight in May. Who's going to fight, William Skull? Charlo? PBC doesn't seem to be doing the work on the Crawford fight. I don't think they necessarily want to give him a fight. Canelo, it's not that he doesn't have any loyalty, but he also doesn't give AF***. Business is business. If it works with Canelo Alvarez, it works with Canelo Alvarez.” Shawn Zettel When asked if he thinks Canelo will fight for the Riyadh season in May.
“He's like us. We did a great job for him. When we didn't have anything for him, he went somewhere else. As long as you understand that and you know that and you have that relationship. I thought he loved working with us, but all of a sudden, we can only give him a Bivol match.” He doesn't want the match, and will go somewhere else.
“I feel like if he felt like he could negotiate to fight himself with His Excellency, he would do it himself, and I think that's what he's doing. I think it would be in the United States. The problem with the fights in Riyadh for the American fans, His Excellency is not going to do a fight at 7 o'clock.” :00 AM in Time Time, which is the time zone required for an American pay per view.
Hearn believes the Canelo vs. Terence Crawford will be in the US instead of Riyadh because in order for him to draw numbers in the US, he has to be in normal hours for pay-per-view events. Organizing it in Riyadh means he will show up early in the afternoon, which won't work.
“Crawford-Canelo in the afternoon at 2:00 p.m. is not going to do the numbers he is going to do,” Hearn said. “Crawford-Canelo will do big numbers on PPV in America. I don't know, but I think the fight will happen in America. Canelo appeared at the Ring Magazine Awards, and he wouldn't do it if there wasn't a big financial opportunity for him because it's not his type of thing,” Hearn said. “.
