UFC Champion Eyes Canelo vs Crawford Winner; Wants To Repeat Mayweather vs McGregor

UFC champion eyes Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford winner

The man in question is UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria. The Georgian Spanish fighter has been on a tear and possesses a 17-0 record with 15 finishes (7 KOs, 8 submissions). He has thunderous power in his hands and arguably the most crisp boxing in the UFC.

Speaking to the Nelk Boys, Topuria said, "I would love to go against the winner of Canelo and Crawford, Canelo, because he was my idol. There's always respect for everyone, but I have to try, why not? I feel like I can do it."

Topuria will need to get sanctioned by the UFC to step foot in the ring. He believes it's possible, adding:

They did it with Conor, why not with me?

Canelo Alvarez has shown respect to Ilia Topuria

Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford did a three city press tour with the last of them being in Las Vegas. He was asked about Ilia Topuria during that event and the Mexican respectfully replied, "First of all, I have never seen him fight a full fight, but I really love him and respect him a lot, and I admire and thank him. I have a lot of gratitude for fighters that take a little bit of my fighting and respect it, it’s awesome to see other fighters like me."

Speaking about potentially fighting Topuria, he added:

Let’s see, in terms of fighting him, first things first, let’s worry about this now.

So how would Canelo Alvarez and Ilia Topuria match up?