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Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has agreed a four-fight deal with Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Season to set up a super-fight with American Terence Crawford in September.<\/b><\/p>\n
Alvarez, 34, will fight in Saudi for the first time in May, before facing Crawford in September and then competing in two more Saudi-organised bouts in 2026.<\/p>\n
“The deal is done,” Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s general entertainment authority, posted on X, external<\/span><\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n Four-weight world champion Alvarez, who holds the WBA, WBC and WBO super-middleweight titles, replied, external<\/span><\/a>: “Let’s go brother.”<\/p>\n Negotiations for the blockbuster Alvarez-Crawford bout had appeared to have broken down earlier on Thursday. It is understood Alvarez was instead in conversations to fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in May in a separate deal.<\/p>\n But Alvarez, who has won 62 of his 66 professional fights, performed a U-turn late on Thursday following further talks with Alalshikh.<\/p>\n Crawford is the first man to have been undisputed in two weight classes.<\/p>\n The 34-year-old \u2013 who is the WBA light-middleweight champion \u2013 has won all 41 pro bouts, but will be an underdog against the much heavier Alvarez.<\/p>\n “I’m waiting on Canelo in September and going to shock the world in Riyadh Season,” Crawford posted on X., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n