Boxing may simply have its latest chilly warfare that includes Canelo Alvarez and Turki Alalshikh, who has been making the latest greatest splashes within the sport. Alalshikh’s had been actively pursuing a battle with Canelo on behalf of Terence Crawford, however only in the near past expressed a change of coronary heart. That stark distinction appeared to insinuate some behind the scenes tensions between the 2, which has began to spill over publicly.
So when requested about his ideas on combating Crawford, Canelo continued to keep up that it’s not one thing he’s significantly on the lookout for.
“Crawford must battle Teofimo after which we’ll see, proper,” Canelo mentioned. “On the finish of the day, like I say earlier than, I’m not asking for that battle. They wish to make that battle as a result of it’s a payday clearly, however I don’t need that battle. I feel Teofimo deserve [that fight] greater than me.
Then when requested about Turki Alalshikh saying he’s now not inquisitive about making that battle anyway, after brazenly pushing that agenda for a while now, Canelo despatched this message.
“My response to Turki is that this,” Canelo started. “Yesterday, they textual content me. They textual content me and say ‘we will speak concerning the battle in February with Crawford. They textual content me yesterday and I say ‘look, I’m not going to speak about another battle, I’m targeted 100% on this battle.’
“Look, I don’t like the way in which he speak, and I’m not on this place due to [anyone else]. I’m on this place. If he desires to work with me it’s in my means, not of their means. I don’t want it.
“It’s not the way in which to strategy to me. Look, I respect everyone, and I respect Turki, however look, if he desires to work with me it must be my means.”
Alalshikh would then situation a public response taking photographs at Canelo upon listening to the feedback.
“I heard what Canelo mentioned that he respects me however doesn’t like the way in which we do enterprise,” Alalshikh wrote. “As for him respecting me, it doesn’t matter to me if he does or not. As for the way in which I do enterprise, I do know why he doesn’t prefer it, as a result of I solely goal large fights at truthful costs, so in fact anybody who likes simple fights received’t like that. And I understand how he feels after shedding to Bivol, so he’s been on the lookout for simpler fights ever since.
“Additionally, I’m not the one who’s afraid of combating Benavidez or Crawford. Due to this fact, I knew he was losing our time and making excuses with large quantities of cash that may’t be paid. So I’m persevering with my method to make large fights that serve the boxing world, and he’s on his method to making simple show-only fights.”
