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Empire in Ruins: Like the loss of inactive Crawford destroyed the heritage of Canelo Alvarez

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Teddy Atlas claims that the heritage of Canelo Alvarez was “dent” thanks to his defeat against Terenka Crawford last week. He states that the only way Canelo (63-3-2, 39 KO) can continue her career is to “fix evil” by humming the defeat with Crawford, if possible.

Of course, the failure hurts Alvarez’s heritage. Losing with an older, inactive warrior who started his career in Lightweight puts a great dent of Canelo’s popularity towards fans. What makes it even more meaningful is that Crawford was leaving the flawless performance 13 months earlier against Israil Madrimov on August 3, 2024 in a fight, for which he deserved many fans to which he deserved.

The combination of all these things suggests several things:

  1. Canelo is a faded warrior: I believe that Alvarez has been able to hide his faded form in the last three years, fighting the lower -level rivalry, Jaime Munguia, Edgar Berlanga and John Ryder.
  2. Bud is also beating: The way Crawford fought with Canelo would probably lose to many, if not all, from 168-pounds, including fighters in 160 and 154. I don’t think Crawford could best stand Christian Mbilli, Oslyys Iglesias, Lester Martinez, or Hamzah Sheeraz at the age of 168. It is too feeble, diminutive, diminutive, and you can’t stand your land and fight. He would have to do it to beat these fighters.

The rematch is not worth money

Even if Canelo wanted or Turks Alalshikh would be ready to finance a rematch? Finally, it would not be worth it because of the huge bags that Alvarez and Crawford (42-0, 31 KO) would probably expect.

When it comes to performance, it is not worth the money they have earned recently. It cannot be said that Crawford gave a performance worth $ 50 million last week, and Canelo was not close to the level of the warrior who received $ 150 million. Turki would be better to go in a different direction than to waste money on the second fight of Canelo-Crawford, which does not meet the noise.

Crawford’s future “sink or swimming”

Fans would be more interested in seeing them if they fought fighters, where they would be perceived as weaker. Throw Crawford in sink or swim Situation against one of these fighters:

  • David Benavidez
  • Dmitriry Bivol
  • Christian Milli
  • Artur Beterbiev

Placing Crawford with one of the three would be like feeding a package of hungry wolves. I imagine a script in which these guys had ears, constantly attacking Crawford, chasing him around the ring in probably unilateral fights. It would survive the strongest. Delicate are chosen by robust ones.

There would be so much drama and emotions in these fights, and the fans wondered if Crawford would get it or not.

Fresh challenges for the weaker

With Canelo he would probably be weaker at the moment, just fighting Hamzah Sheeraz. Although he looked like Crawford, I saw how to scrub Sheeraz is a favorite. Another option for Canelo would be to adapt him to the winner of the rematch between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Bennem.

You can’t connect Canelo with any of the five best pretenders in 168 and expect that he will come out of the fight with his hand raised in my respect. I think that for Alvarez it would not end well if you fit him with the best guys, those for any reason, he decided not to fight in recent years.

“He lost to a guy [Terence Crawford] who won his first time in 135 and was inactive. It does his heritage, “Teddy Atlas said on his Podhost canalSpeaking of Canelo Alvarez losses from Terenka Crawford a week ago.

The defeat revealed Canelo, throwing delicate at him and his career. The argument has strengthened that some fans have alvareza He was never as good as he was forced. He was a warrior who made controversial decisions in his fights with Gennadiy Golovkin (1 and 2) and Erislanda Lara.

Crawford made a minimum to get a decision and was not as impressive as Lara and GGG in the fighting. The difference is that the set of judges gave Terenca a decision, but not these fighters.

“Does he want to fix badly? Does he worry about his heritage?” Atlas said, asking if Canelo pressed on a rematch with Crawford. “He drops a cut from what we had.

It would not be the first time Canelo decided not to reveal the opponent. After he lost to these two warriors, he never fought with them to encourage his failures:

  • Dmitriry Bivol [May 2022]
  • Floyd Mayweather Jr [September 2013]

Was Lara more impressive than Crawford?

Some fans would add Erislanda Lara to the list of warriors who defeated Canelo from the controversial fight on July 12, 2014. The judges gave Canelo a 12-round decision divided, but many people, including me, thought that Erisland was a winner.

Style of fighting the hit

The way Lara performed in this fight was probably better than Terenka Crawford in her 12-round unanimous decision on Canelo. In my opinion, Lara looked like a more impressive advantage over the main Canelo than Crawford, who mainly ran around the ring, winning the rounds, using the impact style.

Unlike this, Erislanda stood in front of Canelo, stabbing him many times, blocking and tipping his return of fire. Cuban Lara did not turn out to be fear and did not resort to Alvarez, which further distinguishes his results from how Crawford fought. These two fights show how subjective score can be.

Last updated 09/20/2025

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Tony Bellews Bold KO Prediction for Dubois vs Wardley 2: Yep, I Said It

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Tony Bellew's Bold KO Prediction for Dubois vs Wardley 2: "Yep, I Said It"

Tony Bellew is going against the grain for tonight’s Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley rematch.

The pair meet again just five months on from their thrilling first encounter, with Dubois now WBO champion having won the belt from Wardley via eleventh round stoppage.

After surviving two early knockdowns, the Londoner – who is now in his second stint as heavyweight titlist – took over the contest with a solid jab setting up thudding attacks that exhausted Wardley.

Though the Ipswich man stayed on his feet throughout, referee Howard Foster waved it off as the punishment because too much.

It is how the fight ended, and those last few rounds in which Dubois was largely dominating, that make him a strong favourite to retain his belt.

Giving his prediction to the BBCformer cruiserweight world champion Bellew backed Wardley to have success early again, but capitalise fully this time and end it.

“I’m going to be the difference. I am going to back Fabio Wardley by knockout within six rounds. Yep, I said [it]. I’m going for Fab within six.”

Dubois was on the canvas within ten seconds last time out, and took a knee in the third when hurt again.

Bellew has questioned Dubois’ resolve in the past, pointing to his stoppage loss to Joe Joyce as proof that there is a point he can be pushed to that he is not willing to go beyond. Many, however, will look to the first Wardley performance and disagree.

Both men recorded the highest weights of their careers on the scalessuggesting that neither will be changing the gameplan to a more measured affair, rather looking to engage in round 13 from the off tonight at London’s O2.

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Peter Fury Shares Final Thoughts on Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley 2: I Still Think That

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Peter Fury Shares Final Thoughts on Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley 2: "I Still Think That"

Top trainer Peter Fury has offered his expert analysis on the rematch between Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley, believing it is still a 50/50 fight.

Others, meanwhile, will argue that Dubois should be made a considerable favourite, based on how he was able to dismantle Wardley in their first encounter.

In order to do so, the ‘Dynamite’ puncher was compelled to climb off the canvas in rounds one and three, having been put down by blows to the top of his head.

Proceedings then became a little one-sided as Dubois, utilising his fundamentals, managed to score an 11th-round finish with his thudding jab and superior footwork.

Wardley, however, wasted little time before activating the rematch clause in their contract and, in turn, securing the chance to reclaim his WBO title at London’s O2 Arena tomorrow evening.

Many will argue that such a swift turnaround could lead to his downfall while, due to his power and toughness, others would suggest that the 31-year-old is always dangerous, no matter the opponent standing across from him.

As such, coach Fury has told Boxing King Media that, while Dubois is rightfully brimming with confidence, it would be foolish to entirely dismiss Wardley’s attributes.

“I think it’s a great heavyweight fight – Dubois has got heavy hands and a good jab as well, so it’ll be interesting.

“You’ve got to say Wardley’s got it all to do, because the confidence of Dubois will be high. And if Dubois’ super confident, he’s a problem.

“But let’s see – Wardley was able to hurt Dubois early on. I still think that fight is a 50/50 fight.”

If he emerges victorious against Wardley, then Dubois will likely be targeting a unification match with Agit Kabayel or Filip Hrgovic in 2027.

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Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley 2: Round-by-Round Live Updates and Results

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Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley 2: Round-by-Round Live Updates and Results

Daniel Dubois will face Fabio Wardley in a rematch of a heavyweight slugfest from earlier this year, with Dubois defending the WBO heavyweight title he took from Wardley on that night.

Live coverage will kick off at 2 pm ET, and we’ll have results and updates during the four-fight, main card undercard, then live, round-by-round scoring and updates for the main event itself.

How to watch Dubois vs Wardley 2

Start time: 2:00 pm ET for main card, prelims begin at 11:00 am ET

Streaming: DAZN (Ultimate subscription or Pay-Per-View)

PPV Cost: As a standalone, one-off purchase Pay-Per-View, the price is $59.99 (or £24.99). With DAZN’s Ultimate tier, the show is included as part of your subscription.

Location: O2 Arena – London, England

Dubois vs Wardley 2 full undercard and running order

Live Stream: Dubois vs Wardley 2 Prelims

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