Canelo-Crawford winner can earn knockout bonus

There volition already beryllium a batch connected the enactment erstwhile Canelo Alvarez puts his undisputed ace middleweight title connected the enactment against Terence Crawford connected Sept. 13 successful Las Vegas, unrecorded connected Netflix. But to adhd further incentive, Turki Alalshikh , president of the General Entertainment Authority and president of the Saudi Boxing Federation, announced that determination volition beryllium a bonus for a knockout.

The announcement came during the kickoff presser for Canelo-Crawford successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia connected Friday. Alalshikh has been steadfast successful putting an extremity to "Tom & Jerry fights," wherever 1 combatant is "running astir the ringing and different combatant is chasing him." To antagonistic this, helium has installed a KO bonus that volition beryllium implemented successful aboriginal fights helium promotes, starting with Canelo-Crawford.

"We volition not person [Tom & Jerry fights] anymore," Alalshikh said. "We volition person successful this combat and our adjacent fights a bonus for a KO."

Alalshikh did not specify however overmuch the bonus would beryllium oregon whether it would beryllium installed for the undercard. The implementation mirrors what his promoting partner, UFC CEO Dana White, uses successful the UFC with Performance Bonuses.

As for the fighters, Canelo and Crawford were cordial, yet stern successful their assurance for the upcoming fight.

"However I got to fight, I'm going to win," said Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs). "I'm not going to fto idiosyncratic other archer maine however to combat erstwhile I've been doing that my full life. I won't beryllium running. I tin archer you that. But I volition beryllium doing a batch of touching."

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Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) suggested that determination was "nothing different" astir Crawford successful examination to his erstwhile opponents and made it wide that helium would forestall the erstwhile two-division undisputed satellite champion from leaving Las Vegas arsenic boxing's lone antheral combatant to beryllium undisputed successful 3 antithetic value classes.

"He's not going to bushed me," Canelo said. "Don't interest astir it...I'm a winner."

Crawford has knocked retired 11 of his past 12 opponents but volition beryllium jumping up 2 value classes, from 154 to 168 pounds, to situation the Mexican superstar. Not lone does helium judge his grounds volition stay unblemished, but helium volition besides marque past with by adding each 4 large satellite rubric belts successful a grounds 3rd value division.

"For definite those belts are coming location with me," said Crawford. "I'm taking them and ain't thing you tin bash astir it travel combat night."