Promoter Eddie Hearn says that he is worried that the “pumped” body, age and inactivity of Teuchnid Crawford can negatively affect his superfigura against Canelo Alvarez this Saturday, September 13, at the Allegian stadium in Las Vegas.
Hearn says that Crawford is 37 years aged, he fights once a year for the last few years and did not look great in his last fight, 13 months ago against Israil Madrimov. He asks if Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) will cope with the power of the undisputed super middle champion in Canelo (63-2-2, 39 KO), because he moves up two classes to face him.
Hearn also has concerns about Canelo, especially about his age and legs. He noticed that Canelo’s legs showed signs of slowdown with his inability to cut off the ring against his last opponent, William Scull, May 3, 2025.
Hearna’s doubts about Crawford’s body
“I’m worried that I see the size of Crawford. It looks like pumped, much larger than usual. It is very complex to do it for your body and go and perform as you always perform. I don’t know if it will facilitate him,” said Eddie Hearn supervisor Stamping ground About the physical transformation, which Terenca Crawford went through with the size, which he put in the fight Canelo Alvarez.
The additional weight that Crawford put on can make it complex for him if Canelo is pushed to a swift pace. However, it is doubtful whether the Mexican star has Cardio required to force Tereska to fight enough to play his weight.
What can be a decision -maker in this fight is the power of Canelo and his striking body. Crawford was not hit in a professional fight by a warrior about Canelo’s power. Delived from Omah, Nebraska, Crawford, he was wounded in his fights with Yuriorkis Gamboa in 2014 and Egidijus Kavaliauskas in 2019.
Both warriors show their age
“I’m worried if he is [Canelo] The same warrior at this stage of his career. They are both aged in terms of fighters. What is Crawford, 36, 37 [Note: Terence turns 38 on September 28]. Canelo 36 [correction: 35]. I remember watching [William] Fighting with Scull. I just felt that his legs slowed down a little. “
Canelo showed signs of deterioration since the fight against Jaime Munguia on May 4, 2024. He fought well in the first three rounds against Mungui, but then he seemed to get tired, and did the minimum of the rest of the road to get a 12-round unanimous decision.
It was the same in the last two fights of Canelo with Edgar Berlang and William Scull. He fought early, but then he threw the sporadic impact of the rest of the road to win a pair of 12-round decisions.
Fight once a year
“Can Crawford cope with the power at 168? Let’s be sincere. He didn’t look great against [Israil] Madrimov at 154. He was so inactive. He has fought once a year for the last two years, even three years [correction: Crawford has fought once a year since 2021]. At the moment my head slightly bends towards Crawford. I want to see him next week in the scales – said Hearn.
Canelo-Madrimov’s fight was so closed that she could go to Madrimov’s path because more complex, cleaner shots landed. Terenka won a 12-round unanimous decision, but his age, rust ring and lack of power influenced him in this fight. It was an infusion of witches who acted against Crawford in this competition. The judges gave him victory, but in my opinion Madrimov should be a winner. Hearn feels the same. Madrimov won. It was not the perfect performance of Crawford to go into Superfight against Canelo.
“I think they are both aged. It’s almost as if they are getting aged faster. Canelo has not stopped anyone since then [Caleb] Bet [on November 6, 2021]Hearn said.
Crawford’s reflex
Terenka looked as if he had become day by day in his last fight with Madrimov on August 3, 2024, Crawford was out of the ring for over a year since victory over Errol Spence on July 29, 2023. In 13 months after the ring Bud was not reminiscent of the same warrior physically against Madrim, because he was against Spendin.
Crawford has repeatedly hit the uncomplicated Madrimov’s laws of the entire 12-round fight. In my opinion, reflexes for 36-year-old Crawford looked on erosion. Now Crawford is inactive for another 13 months from the Madrimova competition, and he is approaching 38 when he goes into his superpower against Canelo.
Although Crawford was able to successfully fight, despite the repetitive breaks in 2021, the opposition he met with was not starred.
Crawford opposition returning from 3 long annual breaks:
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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