No trash talk necessary. That was Friday’s message from Terrance Crawford and Canelo Alvarez, both complimentary of one another while downplaying a shoving incident in New York earlier this month during the media tour for their blockbuster match on Sept.

The Sept. 13 clash between Terence "Bud" Crawford and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez for Alvarez's undisputed supper middleweight championship is set as possibly the biggest fight of 2025. The fighters have begun doing media work to promote the fight, and while expressing respect for one another, their words have gotten chippy.

He's on the second leg of a three-leg tour to promote his upcoming Sept. 13 mega-fight against Terence Crawford. Most of the assembled media underneath the Javits Center is either shaking out or saying goodbye to their umbrellas -- raindrops over New York City on an 80-plus degree day in June always seem to have a little extra mustard on them.