Mayfight by Canelo Álvarez: Who will face?

The promoter Eddie Hearn does not know who Canelo Álvarez will fight against in May before facing Terence Crawford in September. The super medium -sized champion of the FIB, William Scull, is the one that makes sense if Canelo wants to recover that belt to be indisputable again.

There are not many options for Canelo to fight in May unless you want to hire tougher fighters, such as Christian Mbilli or Diego Pacheco. Hearn doubt that Pacheco, 23, fights with Canelo so early in his career and see him defeated.

Canelo’s loyalty

“I don’t know who is going to fight Canelo in May. Who will he fight with, William Scull? Charlo? It does not seem that PBC is doing business with Crawford’s fight. I don’t think they necessarily want to fight. Canelo, it is not that he does not have loyalty, but he doesn’t care about a fuck either. Business is business. If it works for Canelo Álvarez, it works for Canelo Álvarez, ”said Eddie Hearn to Sean Zittel When asked if he thinks Canelo will fight for the Riyadh season in May.

“It’s like with us. We did incredible job for him. When we had nothing for him, he went to the other side. As long as you understand that and know and have that relationship. I thought he loved to work with us, but, suddenly, we can only give him the rematch with Bivol, and he does not want the rematch, he will go elsewhere.

“I feel that if he feels that he can negotiate that fight with his excellence, he will do it himself, and I think that is what he is doing. I think it will be in the United States. The problem with Riad’s fights for the American public is that his excellence will not fight at 7:00 in the morning at Riad time, which is the time zone required for a PPV in the United States.

Hearn believes that the fight between Canelo and Terence Crawford will be in the US. Instead of in Riad because, to attract numbers in the United States, it would have to be in the normal schedule of the payment events per event. Putting it on Riad would mean that it would be projected early in the afternoon, and that would not work.

“Crawford-Canelo in the afternoon at 2:00 pm will not achieve the numbers it would,” said Hearn. “Crawford-Canelo would make large numbers in PPV in the United States. I don’t know, but I think that fight will take place in the United States. Canelo appeared at the Ring Magazine awards and would not do so if there was no great financial opportunity for him because it is not his kind of things, ”said Hearn.