Mayweather picked up Crawford as a surprise opponent instead of Alvarez

Legendary American boxer Floyd Mayweather has suddenly offered WBA, WBC and WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford to fight WBC interim second middleweight division belt holder David Benavides.

"Crawford wants to move up to second middleweight and fight Canelo. Benavides really wants to fight Canelo. If they don't fight Alvarez, they could face each other. They're both after the same fighter, but they can't get him. So they both have to say, "We'll fight each other."

I don't know. I just brought it up because you told me that Benavides is trying to fight Canelo. And I know Terence Crawford tried to fight Alvarez. They were both trying to make that fight. They both seem to be extremely eager to get it. If you can't get it set up, get a fight, guys. Say, 'Fuck it,'" Mayweather stated.