Canelo Alvarez receives fresh blow to Terence Crawford rematch chase in new development

Rematch clause ditched for Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford

Following long and rather drawn-out talks, Canelo and Crawford eventually agreed to face off with each other in one of the biggest blockbuster fights in recent boxing history.

However, according to boxing reporter Dan Rafael, as part of the fight talks, no rematch clause for the pairing was introduced by either Canelo or the unbeaten champion Crawford’s team.

“What I am told by Canelo’s (Alvarez) people is that absolutely there is no rematch clause [to fight Terence Crawford] in the contract,” Rafael told Boxing Social.

“He does have two more fights on a contract with Turki (Alalshikh),” Rafael explained.” Now, if Turki said, ‘I wanna do the rematch,’ I guess, they could make the rematch, but there’s nothing, you know, that he can invoke and say, ‘I’m getting an automatic rematch with Terence Crawford.'”

Canelo Alvarez urged to ditch 20-year partnership in return

Without a championship in tow for the first time in seven years, Canelo will likely enter the ring as a title challenger in his return to the ring.

And with a pairing against Crawford now seeming more and more unlikely as the duo remain sidelined, Canelo has been urged to make wholesale changes to his boxing approach.

According to a former close friend and promoter, the Mexican legend must ditch a boxing relationship dating back to his professional debut if he’s to make one final run to a championship reign.