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Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero predicts Terence Crawford will outbox Canelo Alvarez initially, as Amir Khan did, after which get caught with an enormous shot out of nowhere to get knocked chilly on September thirteenth.
Rolly feels that Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) is freely giving numerous measurement on this battle, going as much as 168 to problem Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) for his three belts. He sees Crawford in the identical place Canelo was when he moved up from 168 to 175 to battle Dmitry Bivol in 2022. He was too small. It’s worse for Crawford as a result of he’s transferring up 14 lbs from 154 to 168.
Crawford simply received to 154 in his final battle and he didn’t carry out properly in his debut in opposition to Israil Madrimov final August. That battle confirmed that Crawford isn’t going to have the ability to seize all of the belts with out shedding repeatedly. He’s too small, previous and weak to beat fighters like Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Bakhram Murtazaliev.
Terence would have a greater probability if he moved as much as 168 and received a few fights below his belt in opposition to these fighters:
– Osleys Iglesias– Diego Pacheco– Christian Mbilli– Caleb Plant– David Morrell
Crawford isn’t about to battle any of these killers as a result of the probabilities of him taking a loss can be too excessive. Turki Alalshikh clearly would nonetheless let Bud battle Canelo, however he’d go into the match half-stunned, nonetheless reeling from the beat down the above fighters would dish out. Nonetheless, at the least he would get some expertise first, and be giving himself an opportunity in opposition to Alvarez.
Age Tells
“He’s 38 years old. Yeah, he saw something in Canelo. He’s about to see the canvas,” mentioned Rolly Romerto to Fighthype, speaking about Terence Crawford’s withered age forward of his battle in opposition to Canelo Alvarez on September thirteenth. “Canelo doesn’t even jab no extra. All he throws is left hooks.
Bud Crawford seemed his age in his final battle in opposition to Madrimov. He was not the younger fighter that first arrived at 147 in 2018. His hair is popping silver, receding just like the tide. That’s age. He received hit extra instances than I might ever bear in mind by ‘Little GGG’ Madrimov, and his face seemed all swollen up.
“Crawford’s not even a mover. He just used his length to stay far away. He has good timing on his shots. He can crack people going backwards. It’s not like Crawford would be switching during the round. He either comes out orthodox or southpaw,” mentioned Rolly.
Crawford can transfer nonetheless, however just for temporary durations as a consequence of his age. If he tries transferring like Mayweather did in opposition to Canelo, he’ll blow a gasget and be caught on the facet of the street, helpless.
KO Incoming
“Bivol was way bigger than him. The same s*** that you saw Canelo fighting Bivol is the same s*** of Crawford moving up two weight classes to fight Canelo,” mentioned Rolly. “Bivol will not be a puncher. Canelo was making an attempt to win the entire time, however Bivol was too huge.
“Crawford is going to go in there and box Canelo’s head off the same way Amir Khan did, and of nowhere, boom. Then we’re going to see a dead roach on the ground,” mentioned Rolly.
