Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford fight preview: Tale of the tape, fighter records, stats, what's at stake
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A closer look at the mega showdown set for Allegiant Stadium on Saturday night in Las Vegas
One of the biggest superfights of the century will take place on Saturday in Las Vegas when Mexican icon Canelo Alvarez defends his undisputed super middleweight championship against the unbeaten, four-division champion Terence Crawford. Nickname Canelo Bud Record 63-2-2, 39 KOs 41-0, 31 KOs Titles Undisputed super middleweight WBO junior middleweight Age 35 37 Height 5-foot-7 1/2 5-foot-8 Reach 70.5 inches 74 inches Stance Orthodox Both Hometown Guadalajara, Mexico Omaha, Nebraska Best wins Gennadiy Golovkin (MD12, 2018), Miguel Cotto (UD12, 2015), Sergey Kovalev (KO11, 2019) Errol Spence Jr. (TKO9, 2023), Shawn Porter (TKO10, 2021), Yuriorkis Gamboa (TKO9, 2014)
The fight between two future Hall of Famers, which will mark the first combat sports event at Allegiant Stadium, doubles as the inaugural boxing fight promoted by Dana White and UFC in their new deal with powerful financier Turki Alalshikh and Saudi Arabia. The bout will also air free to subscribers on Netflix (9 p.m. ET), without an added pay-per-view upcharge, which means it could become one of the most watched fights since 2024's Jake Paul-Mike Tyson (65 million concurrent streams on Netflix) and 1978's Muhammad Ali-Leon Spinks rematch (90 million viewers on ABC).
Not only will Crawford, who captured a 154-pound title in his debut last summer, be moving up an additional two weight divisions to challenge Alvarez, he will look to become the first three-division undisputed champion of the four-belt era.
