The winds of change blew through the friendly gestures as Terence Crawford and Canelo Álvarez had to be held back by security during an epic staredown in New York City.

Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford met in Saudi Arabia for a press conference to promote their megafight, scheduled for Sept. 13 in Las Vegas.

Talk about dangling a carrot for the Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford megafight. Turki Alalshikh, the deep-pocketed chairman of the General Entertainment Authority and president of the Saudi Boxing ...

He's a great fighter at 140, 147, he seemed to be just good at 154. Now we're going to 168. How Terence Crawford reacts to getting hit by Canelo Alvarez could be a massive decider in the fight.