Terenka Crawford calls his clash with Canelo Alvarez “Generational fight “ What he believes that he will “talk for years” when they meet on September 13 in Las Vegas. Fans don’t see it that way.
Fans do not agree: fight “junk food”
This fight is seen as junk food and will be forgotten immediately. Alvarez and Crawford are senior. Casuals, who perceive this fight as similar to Sugar Ray Leonard, moving to medium weight to fight Marvin Hagler, do not know what they are talking about. Crawford is not as talented as Sugar Ray, and Canelo is not at Hagler’s level who fought Leonard.
They consider it strange, from Crawford (41-0, 31 KO), who approaches several divisions and received an immediate shot against Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KO). This is not a fight for which he asked the audience from Canelo. They did not press the Mexican star to fight another smaller warrior, especially the senior one approaching 40.
Some fans perceive this as a way to avoid complex fights that want to see how it took place against David Benavidez, Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiew. The 168-Funt division was emptied with Benavidez and David Morrell, passing to 175. What was left in the top four did not show interest in the fight. He would prefer to face Crawford.
“I wanted to go from 147 to 168 just because I wanted to challenge myself, and this is joy,” said Crawford Ring magazine About why he decides to go to Super Middle weight to get a elementary title with the undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez on September 13.
Crawford omits the role in which he raises for money, because it is not really a challenge. If he were about it, he would move to 168 and take the best pretenders who are waiting in line for a well -deserved title.
If it was a challenge, Crawford would show that he is worthy, beating these contenders in Super Middle Wweight
– Christian Milli – Diego Pacheco – Oslyys Iglesias – Caleb plant – Edgar Berlanga
“It’s a struggle for heritage. This is generations [money] fight. It will talk about it for years, “said Crawford.” I feel that I got speed above Canelo. I got coverage. It may be size, power [youth and toughness]But I got better skills. Everyone says: “Man, you are crazy.” Yes. All my life I have fought with people greater than me. I’ve always been maneuvering and I always went to the top – said Crawford.
Terenca disappearing skills, Canelo fuel tank
The skills are equal. Crawford’s last fight with Israil Madrimov showed that he was qualified and had to rely on his better engine to win a narrow decision.
Madrimov had a better technical ability than Crawford, but allowed him to fight in championship rounds. Israil still deserved to win based on his more complex, cleaner shots in the eighth round. However, Terenka was a page A, so it was obvious why he won. I had it 8-4 for Madrimov. He looked like the GGG version in the era and could not miss his right hands.
Canelo has sufficient technical ability to win, but its fuel tank is the only problem that could stop him. If it disappears after four rounds, as we saw in his last three fights, Crawford can enter and steal him in master rounds, as he did against Madrimov.
“Crawford, though great, is effective in a welterweight to 168,” said Chris Mannix.
That’s true. Crawford is basically a welterweight, an senior one that may not have enough to defeat Alvarez. Fighting once a year from 2020, it is doubtful whether Terenka will be edged enough to beat Canelo. He looked like he lost a lot of fight with Errola Spence Jr. In 2023, in the expression of a 13-month dismissal to challenge Madrimov for the title of WBA Junior Middle Wich on August 3, 2024.
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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