Promoter Oscar de la Hoya doubts that Terenka Crawford will be able to defeat the united champion of super medium weight, Canelo Alvarez when he moves on two divisions to challenge him for his lanes on September 13. De la Hoya states that “a good little man” “never beat a good large man.”
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Fighters who defeated larger guys:
Sugar Ray Robinson
Roy Jones Jr.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Manny Pacquiao
Too much jump?
Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) is achieving this feat, because he will basically move three classes of weight after a delicate performance in his debut in August 154 against Israil Madrimov. This fight was close enough to be a draw, but the judges gave it to Crawford and you can understand why. He was a page A.
Crawford’s reluctance to fight in 160 or 168 to remain busy and prove that he is another reason why he does not intend to defeat Canelo. Terenka apparently paired with warriors in these weight classes and knows that it would be a bad idea to compete with one of these killers before he started fighting Canelo.
“I have been in this game for so long and I like to say that I am a historian. There has never been a good little man who beats a good vast man. It did not happen,” said Oscar de la Hoya Warrior When asked about his thoughts whether Terenka Crawford can transfer two classes of weight to defeat Canelo Alvarez in super middle weight.
“Pacquiao can defeat me an exception, but this situation was completely different. I was at the end of my career, I was a warrior, and Pacquiao came, and he defeated me. But a good little man who is Crawford, never defeated a good large man who would be Canelo in the history of this sport.”
Crawford’s age
Of course, many fighters have moved many divisions to defeat larger fighters in the past. What makes Crawford’s task more problematic for him is his advanced age, inaction and lack of impact strength. Bud will be 38 years elderly in September; He looks it. What’s more, Crawford fights only once a year since 2020 and releases from 13 months of release.
The fighter can escape from this kind of inaction when they are younger or fight with a smaller opposition, but when they age, and move and fight with someone good, they lose. Maybe Crawford doesn’t care if he will be beaten. He was in advance about one of the reasons why he wants to fight Alvarez so much. It’s money.
Crawford, from Nebrask, can nowhere near the same type of cake fighting at the age of 154, and some guys in this weight class threw him off the fries. Guys such as Bakhram Murtazaliev, Vergil Ortiz Jr., Sebastian Fundor and Serhia Bohachuk would elderly Crawford. If he fights only once a year, he would never fight even half of these guys before he was defeated.
“If Crawford can do this, give this man the title”The largest in history. This is probably motivation for Crawford and his trainer. “Look, if you can beat Canelo, you can go down as one of the historical best fighters in the world.” This is sufficient motivation for every warrior. I just don’t consider it a warrior.
“Canelo is a great blow. Yes, he goes to Quicksand, and this is one thing that Crawford can apply against him. The pressure of a heavier guy. Canelo will be 200 pounds on this ring. So it’s a complex fight, but I will admit Crawford if he pulls it out,” said De la Hoya.
Shopnonn Canelo?
De la Hoya exaggerates with what Crawford would have achieved if he defeated 35-year-old Canelo Alvarez soon. Terenka would not be “the greatest in history” if he defeated Canelo, because the Mexican star has been disappearing over the last three years and has not fought from 2022.
If Crawford defeated this faded version of Canelo, he would only beat a guy who would probably lose many times if he fought with the best 168 pounds instead of avoiding them. Canelo twisted the former super medium-sized weight of David Benavidez and David Morrella, and now he is clearly avoided the best 168-pushers.
Crawford’s victory against Alvarez would only prove what boxing fans already know: Canelo is above the hill. That is why he does not want to fight real killers at the age of 168 and why he avoided Benavidez and Morrell when they were in the division.
Roy Jones Jr has named one fighter as the “new Canelo” and, by extension, considers them to be the ‘face of boxing’.
Some might argue that Canelo Alvarez remains boxing’s biggest commercial star but, with the 36-year-old approaching retirement, the sport is surely crying out for another mainstream attraction to take his place.
It is also unusual for the four-division world champion that, by the end of this year, he will not have fought on Cinco de Mayo or Mexican Independence Day weekend.
Instead, occupying the latter date earlier this month was Ryan Garciawho retained his WBC world title with a second-round stoppage of Conor Benn, taking his record to 21 knockouts from 26 victories, with just two defeats.
In doing so, the 28-year-old has kept himself in the mix for unification matches with Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney but, until such fights materialise, he seems eager to remain active and defend his welterweight belt.
As far as a next opponent goes, Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz has been mentioned as a possible option following his emphatic sixth-round knockout of Nestor Bravo last weekendand it seems that pound-for-pound legend Jones would enjoy that clash.
That is because Jones has told All The Smoke Boxing that Garcia-Cruz is a stylistically similar matchup to Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier.
“Ryan is the new Canelo – everybody wants to see Ryan.
“[Cruz] has the style – the perfect style – that you want to see against Ryan. Ryan’s a classic boxer-puncher; Pitbull is a brawler-puncher. That’s Ali and Frazier, almost.
“Who would not, on planet Earth, want to see that fight?”
“Ryan is the new Canelo!”
Roy makes the case for Pitbull Cruz vs Ryan Garcia being one of the most exciting fights to make in boxing 🎟️👊 pic.twitter.com/PWVwO68sTj
— ALL THE SMOKE Boxing (@atsboxing) September 22, 2026
While Cruz is, indeed, a tenacious brawler-puncher, the 5ft 4in super-lightweight would be contending with a glaring size disadvantage if he moves up to 147lbs and faces Garcia.
A pair of German prospects hope to follow in the footsteps of Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, who became the first brothers to simultaneously reign as world heavyweight champions.
The two highly-decorated Ukrainians achieved this feat between 2008 and 2013, after Vitali reclaimed his WBC title by dethroning Samuel Peter with an eighth-round finish.
‘Dr. Ironfist’ would then retire from the sport and pursue his political career, while Wladimir became the longest-reigning world heavyweight champion in history before losing to Tyson Fury in 2015.
While holding all four major titles between them, though, the Klitschko brothers established themselves as a dominant force and became mainstream celebrities in Germany.
Since then, the German boxing scene has struggled to generate such widespread attention but, now, over a decade later, Ismet Ademi (24) and Endrit Ademi (21) are bidding to emulate the Klitschko duo.
With seven national titles between them, the pair turned professional earlier this year and caught the eye of several promoters in the UK and US.
It can now be revealed, however, that the Ademi brothers have inked multi-year deals with Ringside Zone, who considers itself the leading boxing promotional outfit in Germany.
With Ismet returning to action on October 10, the 1-0 (1 KO) prospect explained that he and younger brother Endrit, 2-0 (2 KOs), would rather establish themselves on home soil than chase opportunities overseas.
“My brother and I had massive offers from abroad, but Germany is our home and this is where we want to build our legacy.
“Ringside Zone has already shown they can put German fighters in world title fights, and that mattered to us. We made a promise to each other years ago that we would become world champions together – signing here is another step toward keeping it.”
With lofty plans for the future, the Ademi brothers make for intriguing additions to the heavyweight scene as they aim to eventually reach world level and reach the heights that the Klitschko brothers once did.
Muhammad Ali once revealed who he believed to be the pound-for-pound greatest fighter of all time.
Ali is arguably the biggest name to ever grace boxing, becoming a global cultural figure not just for what he accomplished inside of the ring, but also for his activism efforts outside of it.
He was a three-time world heavyweight champion, and claimed wins in a number of epic battles, including the ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ against George Foremanand the ‘Thrilla In Manila’ against Joe Frazier.
Ali finished with a record of 56 wins from his 61 professional bouts, and despite all of his success, Ali conceded that another man ranked above him as the number one fighter in boxing history, admitting that he feels Sugar Ray Robinson is deserving of that honour.
“That man was beautiful. Timing, speed, reflexes, rhythm, his body, everything was beautiful.
“I’d say I’m the greatest heavyweight of all time, but pound-for-pound, I still say Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest of all time.”
Robinson competed professionally from 1940 to 1965, having a remarkable 201 fights during that time, winning 174 of them. At his peak, Robinson once had a record of 129 wins from 132 fights, with 85 of those wins coming by knockout.
He went on a 91-fight unbeaten streak during that time, as he held the world welterweight title for five years, before becoming world middleweight champion on multiple occasions.
Ali isn’t the only boxing legend that believes Robinson is the best ever, with fellow heavyweight icon Mike Tyson also sharing the same view.
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