Coach Abel Sanchez says that the strength of Canelo Alvarez “will affect Crawford in the sixth round, which will cause that the Mexican superstar” has been traveling “to victory on September 13.
Sanchez believes that Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) will be slower due to the burden he packed and Canelo will take advantage of its lack of speed, pounding him with massive shots.
Omitting the melody was a mistake
“Terenka is a great talent, but we have a weight division for some reason. If Two or three guys on this weight fought to prepare for Canelo, I think it would be a better fight,” said Abel Sanchez to do it Secondsindicating that the lack of habit of Terence Crawford to divide a super medium weight may cost him against Canelo Alvarez on September 13.
Abla’s comment on Crawford making a mistake will not get in 168, is what many people say. He should have used 13 months after his last fight to squeeze into two or three melodies in 168. Even if they were pliable opponents, Crawford should still fight them. It’s obvious why he didn’t do it. Crawford did not want to be unveiled because fighting or potentially beaten.
Canelo’s power will overwhelm Crawford
“Canelo’s strength and size will reflect their toll to Crawford in the middle of a fight and I think Canelo cruises to victory,” said Sanchez. “Terenka is fighting with a huge truck now. He is him [Canelo] Wearing you with its size. When he starts to hit him [Crawford]He wears it. “
It will be a up-to-date experience for Crawford, which was hit by Canelo, because last year he was not heavily hit in his debut in 154 against Israil Madrimov. Madrimov simply touched Crawford and did not put all his power for fear of counteracting. Canelo will hit Crawford as difficult as possible, and it will be a shock for him.
The escalate in body mass causes problems
“If it consumes it, People’s, attaching the weight that is applied, may not be the fastest,” said Sanchez. “Maybe he is not the strongest in this weight. He had difficulty with the master of 154 pounds [Israil Madrimov] that he defeated. It is difficult for me to believe that Crawford can hurt him. “
Crawford from Nebrask may pay attention to his arrows, but he will not be able to stay in his pocket to add it without paying a high price. Receiving a return by Canelo will be an unpleasant experience, especially if it is for the body. He will not want to let Canelo hit him on the liver or solar plexus for a long time without getting on the bike.
No knockout strength of Crawford
“Madrimov showed us that Crawford does not have such a knockout. He will have to put a blow,” said Abel. “He can put blows on 147 and 140, and they will be swift blows.”
Even at the age of 140, Crawford did not have one -off power. He had to endure opponents in this weight class, and thus at 147. Most of the knockouts he got, fought, in which he banged his opponents by many rounds before he stopped them. The only early breaks that Terence received against faded British fighters, Amir Khan and Kell Brook.
“Against Canelo, they will be a little slower. So Canelo will be able to see them. He will be able to do them. Maybe he did not necessarily hit him with a shot with which Khan hit, but he will be able to touch him. When he touches him, this is a 12-round fight.
Age and inactivity hurt Crawford’s speed
We already see the loss of speed in Crawford with boxing and pad training. It is not as swift as in his last fight with Madrimov in 2024 and definitely not when he fought at the age of 147. Soon, on September 28, Crawford is aging, and his inaction has worsened in the last five years since 2020.
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’.
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.
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.
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