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Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford Set For Historic Netflix Boxing Event In Las Vegas

Since the moment this announcement was in the world, it was breathtaking news: "Turki Alalshikh announced that in the much-hyped 'Fight of...

X/@TripleH Since the moment this announcement was in the world, it was breathtaking news: “Turki Alalshikh announced that in the much-hyped ‘Fight of the Century,’ Canelo Alvarez will fight Terence Crawford on September 13 in Las Vegas.” The Megafight for Canelo’s undisputed super middleweight championship and The Ring Magazine belt will be streamed live to the world on Netflix, probably for the first time ever, through an unprecedented partnership with Riyadh Season. To be weird and spine-chilling, the strangest thread arose from Arabic-speaking folks who, besides pointless boxing chat, escalated into a theological debate regarding Islamic prophecies and successors to the Prophet Muhammad. Competitively, that is a bold move by Crawford to go three weight classes up to face the sport’s biggest star, with Canelo defending the 168-pound crown probably against the most skilled technician in the world right now.

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