Comment of Terenka Crawford on his victory over Canelo Alvarez, winning him the highest place on the list of all time for a pound for a pound, a debate of this topic, and many of them think He is completely uneducated about the history of this sport.
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Historical naivety
They believe that Crawford does not know about past great ones, so he naively thinks that the victory at Canelo is enough to put him in front of the fighters who did much more in their career. Great from the past did not only have two good names on their CVs, as Crawford does.
They had records full of powerful talent. You can’t blame Terenka for not knowing the past of great fighters. Crawford is not the only vigorous warrior who is not aware of the history of this sport.
In an interview with Manouk AkopyanCrawford (41-0, 31 KO) pointed out that he would be up with three weight classes when he challenges Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KO) for what he predicts will be the undisputed championship of the super medium medium average on September 13.
It would be impressive if Crawford defeated Canelo to become three unquestioned champion. Still, it would be arduous to put it high because of the constrained CV.
Compared to the fighters from the past who fought with the excellent opposition throughout their career, the record of Terence is almost completely idle of the elite opposition. He won with Errol Spence, but not much more in his CV would suggest that he belonged to the top 3 or in the top 50 pounds for the pound of all time.
The best pound fighters from the past
Sugar Ray Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Oscar de la Hoya
Roberto Durán
Henry Armstrong
Willie Pep
Pernell Whitaker
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Manny Pacquiao
Roy Jones Jr.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Julio César Chávez
Jack Johnson
Jack Dempsey
Ezzard Charles
Archie Moore
Sandy Saddler
Ricardo López
Carlos Monzón
Bernard Hopkins
This is only a tiny list of fighters who have compiled better records than Crawford. Even if Terenka is experiencing her best Canelo on September 13, it would be crazy to place him over these fighters.
Illusions or reality?
It’s okay that the warrior has confidence, but when their assessment goes overboard, they are unhappy, illusive and do not contact reality. Crawford’s inflated sense of his achievements has been around for years.
So it’s not just a up-to-date thing. He consistently assessed himself at the top and so far no one paid attention to him, because he never fought with a significant opposition.
At this point, Alvarez is widely perceived as he lost his ambition and fighting only for money. Crawford is a bit on the same boat. He also does not take risks. It seems that he focused on obtaining the largest payment day, not fighting the most powerful pretenders. Canelo is the largest payment day for Nebraska Native.
Canelo currently has three lanes, but he is a favorite to pick up the last remaining lane against the IBF 168-LB William Scull on May 3. Crawford fought only once in 154 after passing from 147 in August last year. So it is arduous to call him a younger average weight, because experience in this weight class is constrained to one fight with Israil Madrimov.
Crawford did not want to heated up in 168 before he called Canelo to the lanes in September, but he could. It was his choice and decided to sit and wait.