Ennis’s derek coach “Bozi” says that Terenka Crawford has a “great” chance to defeat Canelo Alvarez on September 12. Zakijana states that the movement that Crawford will employ (41-0, 31 KO) “paralyze” The undisputed master of the super medium weight Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KO), just like William Scull last Saturday. He notes that the difference is that Crawford will “fight” Canelo.
The point is that Crawford should strive to frustrate Canelo, moving, hitting and binding him all night. This style was used by Erisland Lara against Canelo in 2014, which worked well, but the judges did not give the Cuban a decision.
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Crawford would have to fight more in trenches than Lara to make a decision against Alvarez. There is too much money for these two warriors to make Crawford ugly, hoping to win a decision.
“This movement is balanced to everyone, until Canelo is frustrated,” said Derek coach “Chak” Ennis Sports media YSM About how Canelo Alvarez is fighting fighters who move. “He just goes to you and so on. If he can’t touch you, that’s all.”
God mixes, thinking about Crawford, which existed before age, inactivity and weight gain, slowed him down. Terenka was a great applicant in 2017 and earlier, but he did not show that he can do it in the last four fights.
Crawford’s ability to move seemed reduced during his last fight with Israil Madrimov in August 2024. He gained a lot of weight and was out of the ring for over a year. In addition, within 13 months it was apparent within 13 months of victory over Errolem Spence Jr. In July 2023
“As I said, Terenka has a great chance to defeat him,” said God. “Terenka can box, move and hit. Terenka will not do like Scull. He will fight you. Terenka comes from the street, man. She knows what to do. As it comes to, I think she will finish frustrating Canelo.”
Crawford’s only chance to defeat Canelo is in his pocket and jumping out. He did not beat him with any methods described by God. He wants him to nail a lot, which will not win the judges. This is not Israil Madrimov, with which Crawford fights, where he can nod, doing very little. In fact, he must fight Canelo, because it is a superstar, and the judges will not give him a inexpensive win.
Entertainment pressure
“The way I had to do my warrior. I bother him and he approaches me, and I hit him, Bop, Bop, Bop, Bop,” said Ennis. “As soon as he positions, I bind him And go to the center. Continue frustrating. HIPRO with stab. Boom. Boom. Move on, but also hit him. It is frustrated and allows himself to be guarded, and this is a good night. “
The base sounds as if Crawford broke down and made him a tedious fight with Canelo. I hope he doesn’t do it because Alalshikh’s Turks pay him $ 100 million for this competition. Last Friday evening at the Times Square we saw three tedious fights, with fighters and Ryan Garcia, Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney, who change in tedious performances, despite the fact that they received millions for their fights.
“I wasn’t surprised. Terenka is about 5’9 ″, something like that?” he said God, asked if he was surprised that Crawford was higher than Canelo during their meeting. “I think Teunego will do what he is doing. Terenca can stop him. Yes, but he was not hit by Terence. Terenca can hit. “
Crawford showed no power in his debut in 154 against Madrimov. If he cannot hit at level 154, he does not intend to turn into a terrible lethargic up £ 14 to 168. Crawford is not adolescent. It is 40 years and he has only fought five times since 2020. At his age, jumping into weight, it is completely unreal that he will show the power of a natural super medium weight. Crawford will fight in a welterweight force, but wearing many additional muscles that will sluggish it down, which makes it easier to hit.
The danger of close range
“I know that he was with some enormous punchare and so on, but their blows must be placed,” said Bozi. “And Terenka puts them blows. These bodies, senior.
Crawford does not intend to throw blows, because it will require him to stand within the reach of Alvarez’s blows, and will be caught with something great. If he tries to lie down with Canelo, it will end badly for him, but he must do it if he wants to win. Again, the judges will not win him with the Canelo Supergivia, boxing him.
“So I would go to the body, go to my head and go down to my body. When you go to the body, he is [Canelo] He will drop his hands. When he drops his hands, good night, he said God.
Top trainer and former world champion Robert Garcia has considered the outcome of a fantasy showdown between Terence Crawford and Manny Pacquiao.
The two generational greats reportedly came close to squaring off in 2021, back when Crawford was the WBO welterweight champion and ‘Pac Man’ held the WBA title.
Their unification match never materialised, though, as Pacquiao was scheduled to face Errol Spence Jr before ‘The Truth’ pulled out with a torn retina.
Instead, the Filipino legend ended up losing his WBA title to Yordenis Ugas at a stage when, while still serviceable, he was quite clearly past his best.
Crawford, meanwhile, was hitting top form around this time, just a few fights away from producing arguably a career-best performance against Spence.
He did, of course, manage to stop his welterweight rival in nine rounds, before moving up to 168lbs and becoming a three-division undisputed champion by dethroning Canelo Alvarez last September.
Based on those two performances, coach Garcia has told ESNEWS that he would favour ‘Bud’ to defeat even a prime version of Pacquiao.
“The Crawford that beat Spence – and the Crawford that beat Canelo – would probably beat Manny.”
While Crawford’s prime almost certainly came during his run of eight stoppages at welterweight, it is harder to pinpoint when Pacquiao ultimately reached his peak.
In terms of his most destructive performance at world level, however, many will point towards his second-round finish over Ricky Hatton in 2009.
While facing the ‘Hitman’ at 140lbs, Pacquiao would cement himself as a formidable welterweight champion soon after, dethroning Miguel Cotto with a 12th-round stoppage for the WBO title.
Former world champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk has been left between a rock and a hard place afterhis promotional contract with Zuffa Boxing has been terminated.
The Ukrainian dethroned long-reigning light-heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson in 2018, scoring an 11th-round stoppage that left his opponent with a brain injury.
Gvozdyk then made a WBC title defence before losing to Artur Beterbievwho extended his ruthless surge with a 10th-round finish in their 2019 encounter.
Since that defeat, ‘The Nail’ suffered a unanimous decision loss to David Benavidez in 2024, before entering a perceived 50/50 contest against Radivoje ‘Hot Rod’ Kalajdzic in February.
With both making their Zuffa debut, the two veterans delivered a thrilling battle in which Gvozdyk scored two knockdowns and had built a sizable lead.
In round seven, though, the 39-year-old found himself on the canvas and was ultimately stopped on his feet after getting dropped a second time.
Given his overall performance, one would suspect he had done enough to justify another meaningful opportunity, yet Gvozdyk has since told vRINGe that he will no longer be fighting under the Zuffa banner.
“They terminated the contract in February after a loss. That is, every promoter has the option that if a boxer loses, they have the right to terminate the contract. That’s exactly what they did. After the fight, everyone was saying how great it was. That everything was great. I rested. I started preparing as planned – somewhere around May. And then, around April, they told me I’d received an email terminating the contract.”
This is because his contract has been terminated, while Kalajdzic’s next outing with Dana White’s promotional outfit is confirmed for September 26 against Craig Richards.
As for Gvozdyk, it is difficult to predict what will come next but, at the age of 39, one would suspect that he is close to hanging up the gloves.
Still, he could hardly have been happy to part ways with Zuffa, which also terminated its contract with Robert Meriwether following his defeat to Tony Hirsch Jr in April.
Former British champion and Olympic bronze medallist David Price has assessed whether his countryman, Conor Bennpossesses the necessary hand speed to defeat Ryan Garcia.
The two welterweights will square off at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on September 12, with Garcia making a first defence of his WBC world title.
It was arguably a career-best performance that saw him dethrone Mario Barrios in February, scoring a first-round knockdown before winning a wide unanimous decision.
But despite coming off this dominant display, Garcia was far less impressive when he returned from a year-long doping ban and lost on points to Rolando Romero in May 2025.
Still, many would argue that the 28-year-old has shown signs of world-class quality, while Benn remains glaringly unproven at the top level.
The 29-year-old has also not fought at 147lbs since 2022, with his last two outings resulting in unanimous decision victories over faded versions of Chris Eubank Jr and Regis Prograis.
Against Eubank, in particular, Benn’s speed seemed a key factor in their two middleweight encounters last year, despite him suffering a points defeat the first time around.
As he approaches this welterweight contest against Garcia, though, former heavyweight contender Price has told The Smith Brothers that he sees Benn contending with an unfamiliar disadvantage.
“I think I [favour Garcia]. Conor Benn’s got great hand speed, but I think [Garcia’s] hand speed could make the difference in the fight.”
Like Garcia, Benn tested positive for a banned substance – clomifene – and was eventually removed from his cancelled 2022 encounter with Eubank.
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