An interesting post-fight bonus is on the line for Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford next weekend, but the Mexican must buck a worrying trend to land it first.
Defending the undisputed super middleweight crown for the first time in his second reign, Canelo Alvarez will welcome the title charge of the unbeaten Terence Crawford on September 13.
And in the blockbuster title affair backed by Saudi adviser Turki Alalshikh, an interesting post-fight bonus is up for grabs for the main event victor.
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However, if Canelo in particular is to avail of that premium, he will have to bring an end to an unwanted four-year streak.
Knockout bonus on the line for Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford
While both Canelo and incoming challenger Crawford would likely be more than happy with a win by any method in their title fight; however, they would be leaving some lucrative spoils on the table.
As confirmed by the royal adviser Alalhsikh, in a bid to bring around more activity, a post-fight financial bonus is up for grabs between the duo.
And following their respective disappointing performances en route to wins over William Scull and Israil Madrimov last time out, Canelo and Crawford have been offered an incentive.
“We will not have [a fighter who is running] anymore [on our shows], this is the first thing,” Alalshikh said in June. (H/T The Ring)
“The second [thing], we will have in [Alvarez vs. Crawford] and [future] fights, bonuses for KOs,” He continued.
Having being forced the twelve-round distance in each of his six most recent wins at the super middleweight limit, Canelo will have to go against the grain to take advantage of that post-fight bonus, however.
Canelo Alvarez’s most recent knockout win
Racking up six straight wins since his light heavyweight title fight loss to Dmitry Bivol, interestingly enough, Canelo’s most recent win by stoppage came in his first undisputed super middleweight title fight.
Pitted against then-IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant in a tense 2021 grudge match, Jalisco star Canelo would prevail to capture all the gold at 168lbs.
And following their bad-blooded pre-fight verbal and physical assaults on each other, Canelo would add the IBF crown to his mantle with a penultimate round knockout win at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
For Crawford to win a post-fight bonus, he would first need to overcome the odds as the smaller man against Canelo; however, his staggering 11-fight knockout spree was halted in his forgettable decision win over Madrimov last summer.
