Mike Tyson Delivers Bad News To Terence Crawford Ahead Of ‘Agreed’ Canelo Alvarez Fight

Mike Tyson has had his say on the upcoming showdown between Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez.

The pound-for-pound superstars have reportedly agreed to face each other later this year, after months of negotiations between the camps of both fighters which were overseen by Riyadh Season’s Turki Alalshikh.

‘Bud’ Crawford has set his sights on becoming a five-weight world champion, just months after he defeated Israil Madrimov to capture the WBA super-welterweight title, becoming a four division champion in the process.

Canelo’s domination at super middleweight began in 2021 when he claimed the undisputed championship with an impressive win over Caleb Plant. Since then he has defeated the likes of Gennady Golovkin, Jermell Charlo and Jaime Munguia. The 34-year-old still holds the unified WBC, WBA and WBO titles at 168lbs, after he was stripped of his IBF title last year.

Speaking to K9 Boxing, ‘Iron’ Mike gave his opinion on the clash between Canelo and Crawford, admitting he ‘doesn’t like’ the idea of the American moving up a further two weight divisions from his last outing.

“I don’t like that fight. Too much weight, you know he had a close fight with the last guy he fought [Madrimov], because this guy was big and he was awkward, he shouldn’t have fought that guy.”

It has been reported that the highly anticipated clash will take place in September, despite it initially being expected to happen in May. Las Vegas is also said to be the likely location for the fight, with the Allegiant Stadium emerging as the preferred venue. An official announcement is expected to be made in the coming weeks.