Turki Alalshikh has announced that Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford will fight on September 12 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
The mouth-watering showdown will see them compete for the undisputed super middleweight title.
The confirmation came just moments after Canelo beat William Scull by unanimous decision in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night to become a two-time undisputed super middleweight world champion.
Ring Magazine’s Mike Coppinger revealed the fight will take place on a Friday night to avoid clashing with Saturday’s traditionally busy college football schedule on primetime American TV.
After the announcement was made in Saudi Arabia, the pair had their first face off in the ring.
Crawford, who has a 41-0 record with 31 knockouts, will come up from 154 pounds to 168 pounds for the September showdown, having fought only once over 147 pounds in his entire career.
Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford will fight September 12 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas
Turki Alalshikh announced the fight just after Canelo beat William Scull in front of Crawford
It will be a huge task for Crawford given Canelo has never lost a fight at super middleweight.
It will be a huge task for the American given Canelo has never lost a fight at super middleweight. Crawford will also not have fought in over 13 months by the time September rolls around.
The 34-year-old Alvarez is a four-weight world champion and entered the fight against Scull with the WBA, WBC and WBO titles at 168 pounds.
He was stripped of the IBF belt last July when he declined to make a mandatory defense against Scull. Alvarez became a two-time undisputed champion in the division for the second time when the judges scored it 115-113, 116-112, 119-109.
Alvarez was fighting outside the U.S. or Mexico for the first time and had to make plenty of adjustments, including adjusting to the time zone.
The fighters walked into the ring and the anthems started around 6:20am local time in Riyadh, timed so it was in prime time on America’s West Coast.
The opening rounds were slow with both boxers feeling for range and the intensity gradually lifted with Scull throwing many more punches but barely landing any. Alvarez, by contrast, stayed patient and was landing powerful body punches.
Scull kept moving around, dodging and shuffling, frustrating Alvarez, who later said he hated fighting that style of boxer.
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