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got Saudi Arabia host of one of three press conferences kicking off the leadup to this once-ina-lifetime event
for decades now boxing's most formidable opponent has been well boxing
not the fighters but the business negotiations that prove treacherous the
sport is broken and fragmented you can't make the fights that everybody wants to see torturous how many years have I been
clamoring so we can get the fights that we want to see when we want to see them and ultimately fruitless
that left generations of fans asking "What if?" We have a big vision the sport is very important for us what if
Kings would meet what if they were likely the two greatest active fighters of the 21st century the sport's biggest
draw big shot by Canelo Alvarez and its savviest predator
that's it the fight's all over what if Canelo Alvarez
But Terren Crawford
guess what no more what if
it's on and you are looking live at the
beautiful Boulevard City which has become host to some of the biggest fights in recent memory and of course
the host to today's press conference in the heart of Riyad in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
and this is step one of the trifecta of press conferences that's just how big this fight is ladies and gentlemen we
are here Friday June 20th we'll jump on a plane and head to the Big Apple ladies and gentlemen 6,500 miles over 10,000
kilometers for the Big Apple's New York City Fanatics Fest that's press event number two from there the original fight
capital of the world will head to Las Vegas the site of the fight that's Friday June 27th press event number
three as we get set for September 13th showdown
and if you're in the New York City area on Sunday make sure you head down to Fanatics Fest and join us for the second
press conference live it starts at 1:30 Eastern time canelo in Crawford the
second showdown on our three-stop press tour and then again the third and final
stop of the press tour is one week from today Friday June 27th live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas you can
catch it live in person come down and see it ladies and gentlemen as we count down the days towards September 13th
live in Las Vegas
good evening and welcome to those of you here joining us at Boulevard City in Riad as well as those of you watching us
live around the world as we're getting set for the blockbuster battle the world
has been waiting for in Las Vegas Nevada for the undisputed super middleweight
championship of the world Canelo Alvarez taking on Terrence Bud Crawford we begin
by extending our sincere thanks to the custodian of the two holy mosques King
Salman bin Abdulaziz and to his royal highness Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin
Abdulaziz al-Swad Crown Prince His Excellency Turkey Al-Shik the chairman
of the General Entertainment Authority JIA the Saudi Boxing Federation Riad
season and of course CILA and TKO my name is Todd Gisham privilege to be here
but without further ado let's now welcome the fighters
and fighting out of the red corner hard work ain't never killing nobody
we working terren
here he is loading up shots jerus unleashes a barrage sickening punches
from Kville look at this bang the head steps back oh it get cut again again
listen to the crowd you know me whoa he swing i swing he drops him on his nose
his profit turning it up a notch he keeps battling it's all over terrence Bud Crawford is
just getting better and better stay tuned
he is a four division world champion the first man to become undisputed in two
different weight classes a pound-for-pound star and the man moving up two weight classes 14 lbs to
challenge for the undisputed super middleweight title put your hands together from Omaha Nebraska Terrence
Bud Crawford let's
go i know they see what's coming let's go
let's go
i can tell
it in the hole we dig it out we get in the stick it out they got to go we sending
them home and giving them And now it's time to meet the chick
the winner Canelo oh buddy
canelo Alvarez is one of the hardest hitters in all of boxing and there is Canelo dropping trouble with a straight
fight canelo Alvarez there's a reason why he's
the man there's a reason why he is one of the best finishers in all of boxing
he is proving beyond the shadow of a doubt that the world is his
canelo Alvarez with the highlight reel knockout victory
kovalo's down kovalo's out it's over that fast this is real this is a real
fight
he is a man that needs no introduction but I'll give him one anyway ladies and gentlemen a four division world champion
a pound-for-pound star and future hall of famer he is the undisputed super
middleweight champion of the world from Guadalajara Mexico Saul Canelo Alvarez
that a little different
and now please join me in welcoming to the stage the man who made all of this possible His Excellency Turkey Alsh
and joining his excellency is Dr rakan Alharti the managing director of Zella
turkey the floor is yours sir i don't know why they put me here i want to be in the side of Crawford
in the beginning I want to thanks the crown prince Prince Muhammad bin Salman
for all his support for us
for his people supporting us in the boxing federation
Riat season Gia Sila i want to thank my partner
my dear friend Dr raan
I want to thank the two legend the great fighters in the end it's happened thanks
to God
thank you uh Bella Netflix i am sure it will be something amazing
and I promise it will be something amazing bella and all the team of Netflix we will do big big things
together and this is the beginning of great relationship between the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia Jia and Netflix inshallah
we decide yesterday after 12:00 before 12:00 we have a dinner together
and that's it they are professional yesterday in front of me and after 12:00
the the the prestige and the everything is disappear
now they will start as I said last week
I hate Tom and Jerich's kinds of boxing I am sure they will deliver for me
smashing face and blood and this is the boxing i don't want to force to be
having ring 12 by 12 or something like this to have something like this big
fight we assist to have it in Vegas because Vegas is the capital of this the
capital of the boxing and their fans and the for all the fans around the world to
see it in the perfect time uh we own this fight
and this is the beginning and I think inshallah on the 13th of
September we will see great fight one of the best fight and at least the last 10
years
boxing is the purest form of sport it is the literal imposition of one
man's will on another that's why boxing's biggest fights are
massive cultural events and when you get two of the greatest fighters who've ever
lived you're about to witness the best moment in sport
and that moment is now upon us
but the best in the world he remains
undefeated i got all the belts on my waist and on my shoulder this is the Terence Crawford era who do you want
next well you already know who I want
the undisputed super middleweight champion of the world this is a resume that is Hall of Fame worth he's the king
of boxing the greatest ever
this is a fight that's been marinating for years i've been preparing my whole
life for this moment this is one of them fights that will be talked about forever
canelo Alvarez one of the greatest Mexican boxers of all time all of Mexico
is marching with him terrence Bud Crawford he is on a whole
another level it doesn't get any bigger than this this is truly a super fight
the sport of boxing will change forever
all right I have some questions for the fighters but before we do that we'd like to hear from the media first we have an open mic for some questions let's turn
it over now
question
madame Next time I want the question in English
please and start with the international media please thank you for the questions it mean that
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia now is big
player in the boxing field around the world now the great fight in the last
three years happened here in the kingdom but this fight is the biggest and we
assist to have it in America to go worldwide sponsoring and financing and
everything by us
all right looks like we have another question from this side
i have a question for his excellency you said many times now that you don't want any more of these Tom and Jerry fights
where one fighter is chasing the other one what is your plan to kind of stop these fights we will not will not have
have him anymore this is the first things the second we will have in this
fight and the next fight bonus for KO and then secondly there's been some
social media speculation we'll say about when this fight is going to take place so when when will it be who's asking
about the time and the place can you be specific yeah we saw Oscar de lawyer
trying to say that the fight was going to take place maybe in the daytime yeah this is what I want from you to to say
his name uh yeah uh I decide with Dana White to to to have a breakfast in MGM
at 10:00 a.m inshallah then we will go to the to the arena to have the the
fights quick and after that we will go dinner to Carbon and in the night we will watch conjouring because it's will
launch in in September you waste Oscar de la Hoya waste my time with this
question of course this is in the beak this is the boxing the sport number one in the
world this is Canelo and Crawford
all right on the left hand side here your Excellency Tazzy Brown from Australia fight.com
first of all congratulations for everything you've done for boxing since you've come into the game you've you've
gave us many great fights and you continue with your excellency to keep giving us greater greater fights you're
a boxing historian yourself do you think this fight resembles Marvin Haggler Sugar Leonard in the 80s the fact that
Canelo and Terence Crawford for the the two great pound-for-pound legends both first Hall of Famers in the future and
you know Terrence is going for his third undisputed Canelo defending his second undisputed do you think it's a
resemblance of sugar Marvin Hegler i will start with Crawford crawford
coming to this fight two and two time undisputed champion with the O in his record of losing
he dreamed to have to be the third time the undisputed champion
second it is Canelo canelo who's fighting everyone you if you see the the brilliant CV of
Canelo in the last 20 years he he he's he's there in the ring he fight everyone
and I don't think Canela will give Crawford chance to beat him especially
if Crawford go to weight up it will be something Canelo not doesn't want it in
his record this is will be one of the best fight in the last at least 10 years
And I need to mention why we choose Netflix netflix is the big platform second if
you ask about the numbers of the subscriber and the pay-per-view oh uh
let's see the record in that time in 2015 2013 the internet and the piracy
was not like now now is the best options to go with the big platform and I think
this fight we will have the big record around the world and we will show the
world what is real boxing especially Netflix we will will show them what is
the real boxing
all right and the final media question right over here um question to his excellency um you said earlier about the
fact that you had both Canelo and Crawford um round for a dinner last night can you talk to us a little bit
about the reason behind that what was discussed and whether any future plans are in the works because I know you're
constantly trying to tick off new venues and break new records um what could be next after this fight
this is from our traditional way in Saudi Arabia to have our guests in our
home and to see them together and you know in the last three years you you've
been here in the kingdom a lot we deal with our people who is coming here as a
guest as a like a king they came here like a king and we deal with them with
respect and we talk about the future you know what we have with Canelo for the
next two years and we will try to extend this relationship it will not be only in
boxing and you know my my relationship with Crawford we have a lot of plan in
the future um we talked yesterday and they are professional but I think
starting from last night they know what they need to do thank you so much and I
will make the the legend continue thank you
okay now let's hear from the fighters and I'll start first with the undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo
welcome back to Riad of course the last time we saw you here fighting under the uh here in the kingdom under the Riad
banner you fought William Skull what were your impressions of that fight night and that fight itself
you mean William at school yes that fight the whole I think that was a fight no I don't think so that's a deception
for me because you know I come to fight but you need to have both fighters think
the same right and a little deceptional but we win that's the all that matters
and we are focused 100% on this fight in this fight because you know this fight
this fight is is is big and for me making history is is is my goal my whole
life so I'm very excited for this fight and Terrence it's been a while since we saw you in action it was last summer
under the Riad season banner in Los Angeles what did you think about your fight against Madre off in fighting
under the Riad season i thought my fight was u a clearcut victory um it may have
not been what the fans is used to seeing being that I was on a um KO streak so um
I'm cool with my performance and my victory and I'm looking to be bigger and
better in this next one see you heard uh his excellency saying "No more Tom and Jerry no more running." But you're
moving up two weight classes it's not going to be smart for you to stand there and hammer it out with this guy so how do you kind of balance that not running
but being elusive and fighting Canelo however I got to fight I'mma win simple
as that i'm not going to let somebody else force me or tell me how to how to
fight when I've been fighting my whole life you know um I won't be running you
know I could tell you that but I will be you know um doing a lot of touching
well you don't move up two weight classes to fight someone like this and you've been calling out forever if you don't see a path to victory you don't
see holes in his game what areas do you think you're better than Canelo and how do you see yourself beating him well
listen I called Canelo out because like I said he the last great fighter amongst
the error that surpassed us you know the the Floyd the the Pacquiao the Del Hoya
we we both came up in that era and he was right there with those those fighters and he got the chance to fight
the Miguel Cotto the Floyd Mayweathers and you know the Kovalevs and Triple G's
and I wasn't able to get those mega fights you know so this is my mega fight
this is my moment and that's the reason why I wanted to fight alltime great like Canelo hey Canelo you were recently
asked about Terence Crawford you said he's good but he's no Canelo what can you do that Terrence cannot do no don't
get me wrong he's a great fighter like but I like I say he's not Canelo
obviously I've been in this situation u for a long time and and I have the
experience um they only focus on my power but I'm I
have more than that and and I think this fight is going to be one of my best
fights in my in my history in my record and I'm very excited i'm very excited
motivated because this is all about this is all about uh I want to make history
and and I'm very excited for this fight you've accepted this fight now but in the previous years you said it doesn't
interest you because you have nothing to gain and everything to lose if he were to beat you how damaging would that be
to the Canelo brand he's not gonna beat me don't worry about it he's not gonna beat me don't worry about it i think
this fight is going to is going to be in the books of the history of boxing for
sure that's for sure for sure them belts coming with me they coming home with me
i'm telling you you can see it but you It's going to be It's going to be difficult you take it to your I'm taking
them and ain't nothing you going to be able to do about it come fight and I know Turkey is in your corner but I promise you but look look it's going to
be very difficult he's going to be so mad that day believe me
i see you i I see you you see I'm different i see you too you see I'm different than all the other ones i see
you no you don't know different you nothing different i'm different nothing different i'm different we'll see you
going to see you know it we'll see we'll see we going to see terrence how did you think he did against William Skull no
comment he won we on to the next it's me and him some people said he should have
done a better job cutting the ring off it was the fewest punches ever landed did you see it that way listen I'm not
here to talk about his his past fights i'm here to talk about his present fight and that's him versus me and that's what
I'm here to talk about me versus him not him versus any other his previous
opponents do do you expect him to run like a lot of people i hope not you
don't think so i hope not i hope not because I think people deserve a good fight and that's why why we are here
right to make a good fight and the best fighter win and I expect he put a great
fight you've heard the critics i'm sure this this fight at one point I think was 5 to1 odds for you now it's tightened up
to under two to one odds your recent performances do you think you've fought to your level of expectations are you
pleased with the way you've fought your last couple fights yeah I do what I supposed to do in my in my fights you
know I'm not focused i'm never focused about if I'm the
favorite or not and being in both sides i always focus on how I train and how I
prepare myself and that's it i know uh I
know my abilities and and I'm confident about that this fight is in Las Vegas
obviously there's going to be a huge Mexican crowd there for him how confident are you that the judges will give you a fair shake after the end of
the 12 rounds listen I can't focus on the judges i just got to focus on doing what I can do and controlling what I can
control inside the ring and that's you know going out there and and winning a fight decisively
you're bulked up now you're you're bigger than ever do you feel stronger do you feel like you can knock Canelo out
man listen like I said before any fighter can be knocked out canelo got a granite chin he's tough he's durable you
know we've seen him hurt a couple of times but not to the point where you
know it's not respected but given the right circumstances anybody can get
knocked out do you expect this when the fight's over to be a razor close fight or are we going to say "Wow Terrence
beat him convincingly." Listen I'm always going to rise in the big occasions i always did my whole career
you know this this is my moment and I'm not letting to Canelo take it away from me simple as that and Canelo you've been
the smaller fighter in a lot of your fights do you feel like you can bully this guy around since he's coming up 14 pounds you know I've been in his
position before and I'm not thinking about that i'm just going to do my job and and and and take everything serious
and not thinking about if smaller or bigger i always prepare myself uh for
the best fighter out there this fight is on a massive platform this could be the biggest audience that's ever watched one
of your fights is it good enough for you on Netflix just to beat Terrence or do you have to put on a show you know I'm
I'm a winner i I always thinking about the win and I'm I'm coming to win and
you know Netflix or not I always coming to win my mindset is different and I'm
very thankful with Necklace with Turkashi with all the
guys involved in this fight because uh for me is all about make history and and
I'm glad to be here who would you say is the toughest opponent you've ever faced and where would you rank Terrence and
he's he's one of the tough fighters I'm going to face in my career for sure he's a great fighter
but I have many many great fights in my career and when you visualize how
this fight's going to play out what are we going to be saying about you and about this fight when it's all said and done i I don't really know because you
know you expect something and then other things coming in the fight but uh uh I'm
going to prepare myself for for for everything for everything terrence I
know you guys were on Pierce Morgan recently and talked about what would happen if this was a street fight i know you have a wrestling background if this
fight took place in Omaha on the streets you and Canelo what would it look like come on man y'all know what I do i ain't
got to talk about it on the streets i'm me against anybody i ain't never going
to say another man going with me so you know what I mean that's your answer right there i guess in Guadalajara you
think it'd be a little different on the streets if Terrence came to town i think every every city every place is
different no it's different but we don't talking about the streets we're talking about boxing the the the beautiful sport
of boxing so that's different way different than the streets and and a lot of people are watching right now what's
your message to your fans as we prepare for this fight on September 13th why should they tune in and watch this
battle you know they know I always come to fight i always come with my best and
I just thank you for with them for all the support and I hope them uh will be
there watching or or in the arena sharing for me and and and enjoy the the
win and Terrence the same question for you i guess a lot of people will be showing up from Omaha in Las Vegas for that weekend what's your message to your
fans as you take on the biggest challenge of your career listen I just tell them you know I mean suit up we
about to bring some more jewelry home you know and it's going to be an exciting day for boxing history will be
made terence Crawford will be the first male boxer three-weight undisputed
champion of the world and I mean that you know he he has a lot to lose in this fight but you I mean this in this day
and era of boxing that O is so important why are you risking all of that to chase
Canelo Alvarez that perfect record that amazing resume you have big risk big reward
i'm a risk taker and I ain't scared any chance you beat Canelo and ride off into
the sunset is this the the way it ends i ain't even thinking about that right now my focus is you know what I mean
september 13th you're still in your prime still ready all right and now we'd
like to welcome to the stage from The Ring Magazine please welcome Rick Reno ladies and gentlemen
and this is what it's all about ladies and gentlemen this is what they are fighting for the brand new ring belt
this is for the undisputed 168 lb championship of the world
for a mega fight of this magnitude we wanted to create an ex an exclusive mega
belt so we spoke to numerous companies all over the world and eventually
settled on a top tier company from the UK this company often gets commissioned to
create items for kings for queens jewelry high-end metals for the British
Army and for the belt that Canelo has over there
we spent £100,000 for this belt we up the ante to £140,000
this is by far the most expensive Ring magazine belt ever created the finest
gold the finest craftsmanship canelo Alvarez Terrence Bud Crawford are
the two very best fighters of this era but there can only be one and only one
of them is going home with this belt Saturday night September 13th in Las
Vegas watch it live on Netflix i thank everyone for coming out see you in Las
Vegas
and now ladies and gentlemen it's time for our first staredown between these two champions as we get set for se
September 13th's Undisputed Super Middleweight Championship of the World and of course the last time these men
went nose tonose was after Canelo beat William Skull here in Riad in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia all smiles then today a little different
story
undisputed glory on the line
about to make history you're the first to do it
work
once in a lifetime ladies and gentlemen give it up for Terrence Bud Crawford and Canelo Alvarez we'll see you Sunday for
the second leg of this three- stop world tour so long from the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia