Canelo Alvarez isn’t right here to your boxing slander.
This weekend, Alvarez places his undisputed tremendous middleweight title on the road in opposition to Terence Crawford of their extremely anticipated superfight in Las Vegas. On Thursday, the 2 males, plus a number of different figures related to the bout — together with UFC CEO Dana White — took half within the pre-fight press convention. White is establishing for a significant push into boxing beginning in 2026, with this serving as one of many first occasions he’s selling, and through the press convention, boxing commentator and analyst Max Kellerman took the chance to heap reward on the UFC CEO, suggesting he’s about to “save” the game.
“Dana White is the best fight sports activities promoter in my lifetime,” Kellerman stated. “He constructed an establishment. Boxing’s not as fashionable because it was once anymore, proper? UFC is admittedly fashionable. That’s due to Dana White. He constructed one thing just like the NBA. Cease [booing], as a result of he’s about to do it once more, for boxing now. You need an NBA or an NFL in boxing? Right here it comes, as a result of he is aware of the way to construct an establishment.”
It was an attention-grabbing assertion to be made, significantly at an occasion being promoted as one of many largest fights in boxing historical past, and Alvarez clearly didn’t respect Kellerman’s angle towards the game he’s spent his life pursuing.
“Hey Max, boxing is at all times larger,” Alvarez stated. “Larger and greater. Don’t say boxing just isn’t large enough. Boxing is massive. You know the way massive is boxing. Perhaps it’s going to be larger, however look, boxing is at all times massive, and massive, and greater, and greater. Discuss that too. Boxing is boxing. Respect for different sports activities. Nice job and all the things, however boxing is boxing.”
For his half, Terence Crawford appeared to agree with Alvarez, chiming in with a few “no lies” whereas Alvarez spoke, whereas White stood behind the entire scene smiling.
White has come underneath hearth not too long ago for his statements about shifting into boxing and TKO’s assist of the Ali American Boxing Revival Act, which seeks to roll again facets of the Ali Act to make boxing promotion function extra like MMA.
Canelo vs. Crawford goes down this Saturday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and shall be broadcast dwell on Netflix.
