Terence Crawford Won’t Change Fighting Style for Anyone

Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority and president of the Saudi Boxing Federation. Announced that there will be a bonus for a knockout. Canelo Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs)  vs Terance Crawford  (41-0, 31 KOs) face off for the undisputed super middleweight championship on the line against Terence Crawford on Sept. 13 in Las Vegas

The announcement came during the kickoff presser for Canelo-Crawford in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Alalshikh has been steadfast in putting an end to “Tom & Jerry fights,” where one fighter is “running around the ring and another fighter is chasing him.” To counter this, he has installed a KO bonus that will be implemented in future fights he promotes, starting with Canelo-Crawford.

“We will not have Tom & Jerry fights anymore,” Alalshikh said. “We will have in this fight and our next fights a bonus for a KO.”

Alalshikh did not specify how much the bonus would be. Or whether it would be installed for the undercard. The implementation mirrors what his promoting partner, UFC CEO Dana White, uses in the UFC with Performance Bonuses.

Crawford won’t change his style

Terence Crawford made it clear that he was not going to let anyone dictate how fights. He spoke out on the “Tom and Jerry” comment made earlier.

“However I got to fight, I’m going to win,” said Crawford. “I’m not going to let someone else tell me how to fight when I’ve been doing that my whole life. I won’t be running. I can tell you that. But I will be doing a lot of touching.”

Canelo said that there was “nothing different” about Crawford in comparison to his previous opponents and said that he would not lose to the former two-division undisputed world champion. Stopping his quest from leaving Las Vegas as boxing’s only male fighter to be undisputed in three different weight classes.

“He’s not going to beat me,” Canelo said. “Don’t worry about it…I’m a winner.”