Terence Crawford beat Canelo Alvarez by unanimous decision at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, September 13, 2025, and took the undisputed super middleweight championship. The judges scored it 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113.
Crawford retired three months later at 42-0, and Canelo fights next on October 31, 2026, against Christian Mbilli in Riyadh for Mbilli’s WBC super middleweight title, according to ESPN’s boxing schedule.
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How Crawford vs. Canelo went
Crawford moved up from 154 pounds to 168 for the fight, and both men weighed 167.5 pounds the day before. ESPN reported that he outlanded Canelo 115-99 in total punches and 45-16 in jabs. He used movement early to keep Canelo from getting inside, and by the late rounds he was pushing the bigger man around.
The announced crowd was 70,482, and the fight streamed live on Netflix. With the win, Crawford became the first male boxer in the four-belt era to be undisputed champion in three weight classes.
| Fighter | Record after the fight | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Terence Crawford | 42-0, 31 KOs | Became undisputed super middleweight champion |
| Canelo Alvarez | 63-3-2, 39 KOs | First loss since Dmitry Bivol in 2022 |
Canelo came in 10-0 at super middleweight and on a six-fight winning streak, the last of those a unanimous decision over William Scull in Riyadh in May 2025. Crawford’s previous fight was a unanimous decision over Israil Madrimov for the WBA junior middleweight title in August 2024, which left him 41-0.
What came next
Crawford announced his retirement on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. “I’m stepping away from competition, not because I’m done fighting but because I’ve won a different kind of battle,” he said on his YouTube channel. He retired at 38 with 31 knockouts, as ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter.
His undisputed runs came at junior welterweight, after stopping Julius Indongo in August 2017, at welterweight, after knocking out Errol Spence Jr. in July 2023, and at super middleweight against Canelo. ESPN counts 18 major world titles across five weight classes.
Canelo’s fight with Mbilli is on October 31, 2026, a 12-round title fight on DAZN pay-per-view.
Betting Canelo vs. Mbilli
This page names no price for Canelo’s next fight. When a line is posted, turn it into a chance first: -175 implies 63.6% and +145 implies 40.8%. The two add up to more than 100%, and the extra is the book’s margin.
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