Terence Crawford confronted the victor in the ring, and that brought the announcement he and Álvarez will face off on Sept. 12 in Las Vegas: This battle is a long time coming given Crawford and Canelo's respective places within the sport. Bleacher Report's Lyle Fitzsimmons ranked them as the No. 3 and 6 pound-for-pound boxers in the world.

Canelo Alvarez won a strange fight to become undisputed super middleweight champion, then faced off against his next opponent.

It is no secret that Canelo is one of the highest paid athletes in the world, which is the result, in the first instance, of his sporting success, but also of a great business acum