Overview
- Canelo Alvarez holds the undisputed super-middleweight title and is the bookmakers’ favorite with Crawford installed as a 13-8 underdog.
- Terence Crawford will move up two weight classes from light-middleweight to headline his first super-middleweight main event.
- Promoters Turki Alalshikh, Dana White and Sela are organizing the bout as part of the Riyadh Season schedule.
- A three-city international press tour kicks off in Riyadh on June 20 and continues in New York on June 22 followed by Las Vegas on June 27.
- Netflix will stream the fight live at no extra cost to its 300 million-plus subscribers, aiming to set a new viewership record.