Terence Crawford had some fun with the Canelo Alvarez fans who attended their second press conference Sunday in New York.

Soon after Alvarez acknowledged that he might eventually participate in WWE events, Crawford played the heel while they promoted their super middleweight title fight Sept. 13 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

"I want all the people in the stands that boo me, they gonna cry when they go home," Crawford said. "They gonna cry."

Crawford's statement elicited the desired response, as fans packed inside Javits Center for Fanatics Fest 2025 booed him. The four-division champion also assured anyone who thinks otherwise that he will be aggressive when they fight for Alvarez's Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight championships.

"Imma just keep it real — I'm huntin' him," Crawford said. "That's it. I'm huntin' everything that he got and Imma take it come September 13th."

He is already a first-ballot Hall-of-Fame fighter, but Crawford, 37, can enhance his legacy by beating Alvarez, who is 11-0 in super middleweight fights.

" I'm all about making history," Crawford said. "I was the first two-time undisputed champion of the world. And I can assure you that Imma be the first three-time undisputed champion of the world."

Max Kellerman, who was announced Sunday as part of Netflix’s broadcast team, asked Crawford why he would take this type of risk when he has already accomplished so much during his 17-year professional career.

"I always say, 'Why not?' All the greats do things that people think that's impossible," Crawford said. "I have the confidence, the skills, I got all the tools to beat Canelo. So, why not?"

Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), of Omaha, Nebraska, has not boxed above the junior middleweight limit of 154 pounds since he made his pro debut in March 2008.

He has fought only once above the welterweight maximum of 147 pounds. Crawford's 11-bout knockout streak ended in that fight, a unanimous points victory over Uzbekistan's Israil Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 KOs) on Aug. 3 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

The former undisputed junior welterweight and welterweight champion is confident nonetheless in his ability to outbox and even hurt Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs), who has displayed one of boxing's most reliable chins of the 21st century.

Alvarez hasn’t been badly hurt since Jose Cotto rocked him with a left hook in the first round of a bout that he came back to win by ninth-round technical knockout in May 2010 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Alvarez and Cotto competed at a catchweight of 150 pounds. The durable Alvarez never appeared nearly that hurt in any of his fights thereafter at the junior middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight or light heavyweight limits.

The four-division champion's subpar performance in his last fight — a unanimous points victory over William Scull (23-1, 9 KOs) on May 3 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — has helped tighten the odds on his fight with Crawford. DraftKings lists Alvarez as only a slight favorite (minus-185/plus-150) to defeat Crawford in a main event Netflix will stream worldwide to a subscriber base that exceeds 300 million.