Terence Crawford confronted the victor in the ring, and that brought the announcement he and Álvarez will face off on Sept. 12 in Las Vegas: This battle is a long time coming given Crawford and Canelo's respective places within the sport. Bleacher Report's Lyle Fitzsimmons ranked them as the No. 3 and 6 pound-for-pound boxers in the world.

The Ring reported that Canelo vs Crawford will be the first card under TKO Boxing and Dana White and the TV platform will later be revealed. After Alalshikh's announcement, the tw

Alvarez is a four-weight world champion and entered the fight against Scull with the WBA, WBC and WBO titles at 168 pounds. The 37-year-old Crawford (41-0) has won titles in four divisions from lightweight to light middleweight.