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Former two-time heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman predicts that Terence Crawford will “outbox” unified three-belt tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez in September.
Rahman wasn’t impressed with how Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) fought Jermell Charlo in September 2023, and he says Crawford will use Jermell’s efficiency as a blueprint in opposition to the Mexican star. He says Alvarez has been spoiled these days along with his cautious matchmaking.
Hasim notes that Alvarez has been taking “soft touches” these days, and that’s going to return again to hang-out him when he will get within the ring with Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs. Alvarez has been preventing weak opposition steadily since 2021.
The one good opponent he’s fought within the final 4 years was Dmitry Bivol, and that was a basic cherry decide gone improper. Bivol had appeared horrible in his two prior fights earlier than Canelo picked him out when he moved as much as 175.
Retirement Tour?
Followers agree with Rahman. Canelo has seemingly been on a retirement tour, preventing fighters with inflated resumes, John Ryder, Jaime Munguia and Edgar Berlanga. Alvarez has dodged the sharks, David Benavidez, David Morrell, Diego Pacheco and Christian Mbilli.
“In the [Jermell] Charlo fight, I wasn’t really impressed with Canelo. Even though he won it, I really didn’t think he did what I thought he was capable of doing. I feel like that gave Terence a blueprint in how to fight him,” stated Hasim Rahmon to Fighthype, explaining why he feels Terence Crawford will defeat Canelo Alvarez once they combat on September thirteenth.
It appeared like Canelo pale early within the combat in opposition to Jermell Charlo in 2023, and didn’t put his foot on the accelerator to chop off the ring on him to attain a stoppage. You can see that Canelo was exhausted after three or 4 rounds, and it was fortunate for him that Jermell confirmed little interest in taking the combat to him. It appeared like he’d simply proven up for the payday.
“I’ve seen Canelo lose fights. They just didn’t take it from him, but I feel that Terence will outbox him. I don’t think Terence will knock him out. Terence will outbox him. Terence is clever in the ring. Terence knows how to maneuver the ring,” stated Rahman.
The fighter that Hasim failed to call, and that he’s seen Canelo lose, are seemingly in opposition to Erislandy Lara and Gennadiy Golovkin [fight #1 in 2017]. Austin Trout was one other one which followers thought Canelo ought to have misplaced.
Spoiled Champion
“I think the ring generalship belongs to Terence. I think Canelo got a little spoiled. I think he’s been fighting softer touches lately. I think that’s going to be to his disservice in this fight. I think Terence is going to win the fight,” stated Rahman.
Hasim is appropriate. Canelo has been preventing gentle touches for the final years after getting beat by Dmitry Bivol in 2022. He backed away from taking dangerous fights after that loss, and has feasted on these fighters: Gennadiy Golovkin [40-years-old], John Ryder, Jermell Charlo, Jaime Munguia and Edgar Berlanga.
