Their first fight took place in September. The American won by unanimous decision, stripping Canelo of four super middleweight championship titles.
There was no rematch clause in the contract, but both fighters work with Turki Al Sheikh, so a second fight is not ruled out. Recently, Crawford was also named as a potential opponent for the winner of the middleweight unification fight between Erislandy Lara and Zhanibek Alimkhanuly.