Chris Algieri doubts Canelo vs Mbilli
The insistence that Canelo Alvarez versus Christian Mbilli goes ahead in Riyadh on October 31 no matter what happens around it is what Chris Algieri can't get past. He's got real doubts about the whole thing, and the reported security situation is the reason. For him the concern runs deeper than just getting the event staged. Fighters have families watching from home. Fighters have to lock in mentally for what could be the biggest night of their careers, and doing that while everything around the card stays uncertain is a different kind of weight. So the question he's raising isn't small. Does the show go on as planned, or does protecting the people in it come first?
Transcript (en)
I don't know if this fight is going to actually happen on October the 31st. When I first heard about the first bombing, I was like, yeah, that's kind of a stretch. But, you know, you have a fighter on the card. Yeah, these guys are not going to want to go. And it's also, you got to think a little bit psychology-wise, for the fighters themselves. I think too often times, as a lot of times where promoters or event coordinators will think of fighters as racehorses. All right, we're just going to go, all right, yeah, okay, go and fight. But Ndolfo Delgado fighting for his first world title opportunity. It's a very tough fighter. It's a very, very tough fight. It's not a gimme fight whatsoever. Just had a baby. You know, he's got a family. He's at a whole camp. You've got to think of the psychology of the fighter also. Just throwing them into these positions where it's going to affect their performance. And I think this is one of those situations where I think cooler heads will prevail. But I don't know. This is a very dangerous situation. And I'm not going. You're supposed to go. I'm good watching this from afar if this does go off the way it's supposed to. But I think it's funny to hear Turkey or Canelo be like, oh no, no matter what, it's happening. Well, that's a stretch. A lot of things can happen. A lot of things have been happening on that side of the world. Yeah, but look, we also have to-
