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Canelo Alvarez refuses to look previous his underdog opponent, IBF tremendous middleweight champion William Scull, in the direction of the mega-fight in opposition to Terence Crawford in September. WBA, WBC and WBO champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) mentioned at present that he’s “100%” dialed in for the combat in opposition to Scull (23-0, 9 KOs) on Could third at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Undesirable Struggle
It’s obtained to be annoying for Canelo as a result of followers need to hear extra concerning the Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) than they do about Scull. They don’t charge the Cuban fighter, and examine this man alongside the identical traces as Alvarez’s final opponent, Edgar Berlanga, who had zero going for him aside from cruiserweight dimension.
Scull isn’t the perfect fighter to assist construct curiosity in Canelo’s match in opposition to Crawford. He wanted Osleys Iglesias, Diego Pacheco, Janibek Alimkhanuly, or Christian Mbilli. Even Jake Paul could be preferable to Scull.
The issue with Jake is that the curiosity that the combat would herald would dwarf what Canelo vs. Crawford would do. Bud isn’t common exterior of the ultra-hardcore boxing fan. Casuals don’t know who the 37-year-old Crawford is, and common non-boxing followers have by no means heard of him.
The Canelo-Scull undercard remains to be being crammed out. At the moment, the one combat on the undercard is the heavyweight conflict between Martin Bakole and Efe Ajagba. Hopefully, Turki Alalshikh can get some further fights that inspire followers to need to buy the occasion. Canelo’s combat in opposition to Scull isn’t a sufficiently big attraction to draw followers to purchase the PPV occasion.
“First is May, and I don’t see any other fighter there,” mentioned Canelo Alvarez to HOT 97 about who he plans on preventing after his Could third combat in opposition to William Scull. “So, I’m centered 100% on William Scull as a result of he’s a superb fighter, he’s a champion for a motive, and I must beat him first to see different fights.
“My focus is on him 100%, and then we’ll see. I’m here for another promotion for a fight, and I’m excited for what’s coming. My whole career was here in America, and now I’m going to experience something different and motivate myself because it’s something new,” mentioned Canelo about preventing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
