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Terence Crawford says he feels the media is dismissing his probability of beating Canelo Alvarez at tremendous middleweight like they did when he fought Errol Spence.
Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) states that the media says they’ve by no means seen a smaller, “Great fighter” transfer up two divisions and beat a much bigger, “great fighter.” He feels that he’s already confirmed he can beat a much bigger fighter when he defeated Spence in 2023, and he’ll do it once more when he faces Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs).
“Never Been Done?”
Crawford claims that it’s “never been done” earlier than the place a “great” fighter moved up two divisions to defeat a “great” world champion. Contemplating himself as “great” is a little bit of a stretch, given his weak resume. The TRUE nice Sugar Ray Leonard moved up two weight lessons from welterweight to defeat middleweight champion Marvin Hagler on April 6, 1987. Leonard’s resume is much better than Crawford’s barren one.
Greatness Outlined
Within the first 4 years of his profession, from 1977 to 1981, Sugar Ray Leonard assembled a superior resume than what Crawford produced in his whole 17-year profession. Leonard already fought Roberto Duran x 2, Tommy Hearns, Wilfried Benitez and Floyd Mayweather Sr.
Spence isn’t a superb gauge for Terence to make use of to show to followers that he’ll beat Canelo as a result of the 2 are three divisions aside in measurement. The victory over the post-car crash wrecked, weight-drained, and depleted Spence solely reveals that Crawford may reap the benefits of what was left of this man.
Why the media doubt Crawford
Continual Inactivity
Shifting up two divisions
Poor Exhibiting in final battle
Age: 38 in September
Preventing Canelo for the fallacious causes: Cash, not legacy
Selecting to take a tune-up at 168
Weak resume: Spence solely title on Crawford’s 17-year resume
Even when Crawford does win, he’s prone to make it boring by following the Mayweather blueprint and hitting, shifting, and holding Canelo all evening. That’s going to cheapen any win Crawford may get, making it controversial. If Canelo is doing all of the pressuring and touchdown the tougher photographs all evening, it’s going to naturally result in controversy if Crawford wins by hitting and operating like Floyd did.
“My thought process about moving up two divisions is doing something that has never been done before,” mentioned Terence Crawford to Ring Journal about him probably shifting up two divisions from 154 to problem unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez at 168 in September.
Spence: Deceptive
“Within the media, if you hear them discuss, you at all times hear them say, they’ve by no means seen a smaller, nice fighter, beat a giant nice fighter. ‘He’s the larger, he’s the stronger, and he’s the extra highly effective fighter.’ These are the issues they mentioned about [former welterweight champion Errol] Spence.
“We don’t know what to expect with Crawford because we’ve never seen Crawford at this weight before. We’ve never seen Crawford take a punch from a bigger guy like Canelo. We know Crawford can box and move, but can he take a punch?” mentioned Bud, attempting to construct curiosity in his battle with Alvarez.
