After fighting both Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez, former boxer Amir Khan has warned the American fighter that he could get hurt if he faces the Mexican in the future.
The chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority previously had the super fight at the top of his boxing wishlist.But in a massive U-turn, the Saudi boxing chief now insists that he's no longer interested in staging the blockbuster showdown.
Taking to X, he wrote: "Just wrapped up an important meeting now with my team, planning for the upcoming fights that we will make for 2024-2025.Oleksandr Usyk lost amateur fight via 'mercy rule' after being dropped by opponent "I decided to disregard the Canelo fight, as I don’t want it anymore. Instead, I will be focusing for the US market with bigger fights, especially for the legend Crawford."Regarding Tim Tszyu, there’s something unclear with the communications from his team with our team, so I believe I will reconsider his situation.
Providing he gets through that fight unscathed, we should receive another update from HE Alalshikh on the potential of Crawford vs Ortiz.Usyk and Fury's undercard is dependent on the results of the Joshua vs Dubois and Bivol vs Beterbiev billsHis statement continued: "And for the rest of the world, definitely, I am focusing on Riyadh Season card, Wembley edition 21st of September .
Unlike their inaugural encounter, Usyk and Fury's rematch won't be for all four major sanctioning body belts after the Ukrainian slickster vacated the IBF strap to pursue a second fight with 'The Gypsy King'.
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