The anticipation for the September 13 fight between Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez is at an all-time high and as the ...

By 2013, Canelo Alvarez had already built an incredibly impressive record at 41-0-1 with multiple defenses of the WBC light middleweight title already under his belt.

And more recently, Canelo faced Jermell Charlo, the 154-pound champion who, like Crawford, jumped two weight classes to face Canelo in 2023. Charlo lost that lacklustre fight on the scorecards.

Many insiders had expected Canelo to face Jermell's older brother, WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo, on September 16, as part of Mexico's Independence Day weekend.