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Canelo Alvarez vs. Terenca Crawford: Strategic analysis

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Terenca “Bud” Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) is trying to do what no other male boxer did, which is to be a three-name unquestioned champion. To do this, he must defeat the prevailing unquestionable champion super medium in medium weight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KO), which was never defeated in a super middle weight, wearing a 11-0 record in the division.

Basically, Crawford goes up three weight divisions to fight Canelo. In August last year in August last year in August last year in August last year in August last year in August last year in August last year in August last year in August in August last year in August last year in August last year in August in August Madrimov at Madrimov in August Madrimov. It’s been a little over a year since this fight; Crawford had time to prepare and build his body for an average of 168 pounds.

The biggest question is: can Crawford overcome Saul with this weight? The 147-pound version of Crawford, which everyone saw dominates and defeated Errola Spence for the undisputed Crown of Circle will not be the one who enters the ring against Canelo. We will see a 168-pound version of Crawford, which will be larger and stronger. How much his speed and agility will lose due to additional weight? In his fight with Madrimov, he did not look as dominant as in welterweight. The fight was much closer than she expected.

Crawford released Madrimov in 7 rounds, but in 4 of these rounds the difference was only one blow. Israil did a good job defensively – evaporation, catching and slipping of Crawford blows. Offensive Crawford sometimes fought, landing only 17.9 percent of his stabs. Madrimov rejected the rhythm with constant movement and excessive feeting.

The opponent who was confined and the debate of the discussion was shot, who was recognized as slipping against Crawford, was Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas. So far, he has landed the most blows against Crawford at 118 blows at a joining rate of 30.2 percent, which is comparable with 30.5 percent Madrimov.

Although Kavaliauskas lost the match with a technical knockout in the ninth round, his success in the first six rounds indicates potential flaws in Crawford. As in Madrimov, Kavaliauskas had the upper body movement with Feinting, which Crawford gave early. The mean machine overwhelmed Bud 78 to 65 in the first six rounds and won the perceived knocking in the third with a challenging law. Terenca showed defensive weakness; He is susceptible to the right while in Southpaw. Both Madrimov and Kavaliauskas landed on several laws when he was in this attitude. Bud must tighten his defense against Canelo if he intends to survive the match because one of his best blows is right.

Will Crawford decide to fight in the Southpaw or Orthodox position? The ability to do both will give him a tactical advantage if he does it strategically. However, one thing that he can’t do against Canelo is how he did it against Madrimov or Kavaliauskas, who stays in his pocket for a long time; This may be steep if he does. The undisputed ventilation champion, Jermell Charlo, found himself outside in a lost effort. His production was anemic, landing only 71 blows in the match. Like Crawford, Charlo raised the importance of fighting, but Canelo’s power turned out to be too much. When Charlo boxed outside to survive, limiting the exchange and its exposure. Crawford swore to fight differently and try to win by exchange with Alvarez.

This is a known fact that Canelo’s greatest weakness is his hefty legs when he fights with mobile and agile boxers. Is the 168-pound version of Bud Agile and elusive to cause difficulties in Saul? Maybe it is not like that, especially if he intends to trade with Canelo. He must tactically apply movement, but he must do it in a way that does not minimize its production, as Charlo did. To speak Canelo, he must also highlight him, which means that he must do offensive enough to allow what is not an basic task. He can’t just make an absolute minimum and expect it to win. Although Canelo is not a volume impact, it is effective and right with the blows he throws, containing a total percentage of 36.1 percent, which ranks fifth in sport. Because as great as Crawford can be defensive, it will finally be hit by Canelo; How good it is able to absorb your blows, dictates the match. If the blows turn out too much for the kennel, it can be outside more than he wants, for its survival.

Alvarez fought with such as Gennades Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev and Dmitry Bivol. He was able to take their best blows. Canelo proved that he has a granite chin; He was never knocked down in his professional career. It is very unlikely that Crawford’s strength affects Canelo to such an extent that it scares him away from racing him all over the ring. Canelo has not yet been withdrawn with the facilitate of the opponent’s strokes. Textory is a great boxer, but in Super Middle WWWEight he will be able to make his plan, as he did in welterweight?

If his fight with Madrimov indicates his ability to perform stronger punchers, we can see a less effective bud, which boxes on the range to minimize the damage he maintains. Canelo must test Terenca on this weight and do it by attacking his body and breaking the guard, aiming at his arms, as he did against Callum Smith, who suffered a left biceps injury because of a multiple hit by Alvarez’s impact. If Canelo is a greater warrior in terms of impact force, he must be a bang and apply his strength to break down Crawford and punish him. Bud is definitely combat and never had to withdraw offensively. If he stubbornly decides to exchange when he should be simply defensive, it can be his fall. His margin of error in this match is extremely low, because any mistake can cost it a lot.

Last updated 21.08.2025

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Terence Crawford Confirms Ryan Garcia Will Defeat Conor Benn: I Got Him | Boxing News

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Next month, Ryan Garcia will go toe-to-toe with Conor Benn in the first defence of his WBC welterweight title, and now former pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford has doubled down on his prediction for the clash.

Crawford hung up the gloves whilst recognised as the pound-for-pound number one in December, but that has not stopped ‘Bud’ from developing a heated rivalry with Garcia since his retirement, with the pair making regular jibes at one another in recent months.

Garcia has now revealed his intentions to tempt the undefeated southpaw out of retirement if he retains his title against Benn, but the Omaha-born sensation has declared his belief that Garcia will lose his belt to the Briton, favouring the challenger’s size and power.

Now, as fight week edges closer, Crawford has once again insisted that Benn will pull off the upset, as he told Fight Hub TV that he is picking ‘The Destroyer’ to come out on top.

“It’s going to be a good fight. I got Conor Benn!”

Benn will be competing at welterweight for the first time in nearly five years, looking to wrestle away the belt that Garcia won back in February with a win over Mario Barrios.

The event takes place on Saturday, September 12, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and on the undercard, Jai Opetaia is set to take on current WBC cruiserweight world champion Noel Mikaelian.

It currently remains to be seen whether the Armenian will still be the reigning titleholder when fight night comes around though, due to rumours that Mikaelian will be stripped for avoiding a fight with David Benavidez.

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Carl Froch Claims One Welterweight Champion Could Have Stopped Terence Crawfords Unbeaten Streak

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Terence Crawford faced and defeated 42 different opponents during a 17-year career, but super-middleweight icon Carl Froch believes that there is one welterweight who would have put an end to Crawford’s unbeaten streak if they were to meet in their primes.

Crawford became the first post-war boxer to claim the undisputed title in three separate weight divisions last September; a run which began as a super-lightweight in 2015 by defeating Thomas Dulorme, then unifying against Viktor Postol before halting Julius Indongo in an undisputed title showdown.

‘Bud’ then moved on to the welterweight scene and knocked out Jeff Horn to capture the WBO world title on his 147lb debut, making five defences of the title before colliding with fierce rival and three-belt unified titleholder, Errol Spence Jr, in 2023.

In a unforgettable fight, Crawford brutally beat Spence down in an authoritative ninth-round stoppage win to capture the undisputed welterweight throne. Talk then turned to an unprecedented three-weight move up to super-middleweight to take on Canelo Alvarez.

After stopping off at super-welterweight to dethrone Israil Madrimov on his way up, Crawford debuted at super-middleweight in a challenge for Canelo’s undisputed crown and outboxed the Mexican superstar in an iconic win last year, hanging up the gloves three months later.

Despite those legendary achievements, Froch picked Floyd Mayweather Jr to come out on top in a potential fantasy fight against the Omaha southpaw, in an episode of ‘Froch on Fighting’.

Mayweather’s achievements speak for themselves, retiring with a perfect 50-0 unbeaten record after claiming world honours in five divisions, with his most impressive reign coming at 147lbs, where he defeated the likes of Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley.

Mayweather has been rumoured to make a comeback, but while there would be huge finances that would be on offer, Crawford has revealed that he would have no interest in ending his retirement for a bout with ‘TBE’, believing that the 49-year-old is ‘old’ and ‘done’.

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Conor Benn Reveals His Pick: Oscar De La Hoya vs Terence Crawford Showdown in Boxing History

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Conor Benn Reveals His Pick: Oscar De La Hoya vs Terence Crawford Showdown in Boxing History

Terence Crawford has been hailed by many as the best fighter of this generation following his retirement, and now WBC welterweight title hopeful Conor Benn has shared how he thinks ‘Bud’ would have fared against six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya.

Crawford became boxing’s sixth five-division world champion with an iconic win over Canelo Alvarez back in September; joining Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in that elite and exclusive club reserved only for legends of the sport.

Of that group, only De La Hoya and Pacquiao have gone on to conquer a sixth division, with De La Hoya’s 2004 WBO middleweight world title win over Felix Sturm seeing the Californian become the first boxer to ever become a sextuple champion.

Crawford could have joined ‘’The Golden Boy’ and ‘Pac-Man’ in achieving that feat, having been offered a middleweight world title shot during the aftermath of his triumph over Canelo late last year – a proposal which later fell apart due to a failed doping test by Janibek Alimkhanuly.

Continuing the praise that the Omaha-born southpaw has received since announcing his retirement last December, Benn told Daily Mail Boxing that he would favour the undefeated star to get the better of De La Hoya, if they were to meet in their primes.

Benn also went on to predict that Crawford would retain his unbeaten streak against other greats of the game, picking him to come out on top against each of Mayweather, Julio Cesar Chavez, Pernell Whitaker and Roberto Duran.

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