{"id":606580,"date":"2026-05-27T12:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606580\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:38:13","slug":"canelo-disappointed-crawford-retired-without-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606580\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo disappointed Crawford retired without rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The photo-op at the Pyramids of Giza was too good to pass up, unlike how <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/fighters\/terence-crawford-3BUUw0J9lK9e38kwy1Rlgt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crawford<\/a> passed on a lucrative sequel by <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/news\/terence-crawford-38-retires-from-boxing-three-months-after-beating-canelo-alvarez-dl0CXzmTO9ZylgJ8IoOl6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">retiring in December at 38<\/a>, a development that has left Alvarez disappointed.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s sad, because I think the people deserve the rematch. But you know, things happen and I am going to look forward to my career,\u201d Alvarez told reporters. <\/p>\n<p>Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) beat <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/fighters\/saul-alvarez-3lSXPL6daNc9pJ61LQtalY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alvarez<\/a> (63-3-2, 39 KOs) in September by unanimous decision, stepping up two weight classes to claim the undisputed super middleweight crown. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned a lot,\u201d Alvarez said. \u201cI learned my lesson, and this time I took the time to take care of my body, my injuries, and all my stuff. I feel great. I can&#8217;t wait to come back. I&#8217;m ready now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The photo-op at the Pyramids of Giza was too good to pass up, unlike how Crawford passed on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[59273,2560,151516,6102,37750,101,6826,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-606580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-object-object","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-articles","tag-boxing-news","tag-featured-article","tag-sports","tag-the-ring","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}