Terence Crawford’s teammate Bernie ‘Tha Boxer’ Davis says Canelo Alvarez will not be able to prepare for Terence’s style because no one is fighting like him. Canelo (63-2-2, 39 food) believes that he has fought enough fighters in his long career to know how to navigate in Las Vegas in Crawford (41-0, 31 food) on September 12.
Potential strategies
Crawford is expected to box to box as Mayweather did, and avoid his powerful shots he uses to win rounds. The Mexican star’s work rate has dropped in recent battles, but he can still win rounds based on the cleaner, louder shots he lands. Bud is likely to switch views regularly in the hope of throwing Canelo off. It can be a waste of time. The smarter thing is the smarter thing, because Alvarez is not a newbie thrown by Crawford’s gimmick.
“Crawford has the speed and IQ to counteract everything Alvarez has,” Bernie Tha Boxer said of how Terence Crawford will win Millcity. ‘Canelo is sharp. He hits the broad push to where you are going to be. Canelo Alvarez is an everyday fighter. ‘
Crawford has less speed and power than the last opponent of Canelo, William Scull. That man is faster, younger, bigger and a better puncher. Alvarez struck him fairly easily and benefited from his lack of power and aggressiveness to win a wide unanimous decision of 12 round last Saturday.
“Bud Crawford is from the highest level and an everyday fighter. It’s going to be fireworks on September 12. Canelo controlled the pace, landed the bigger shots, and he won the fight,” Davis said about Canelo’s fight against William Scull last Saturday night in Riyadh for the involuntary at 168.
The question of 168 pounds
Terence is a top fighter at 154, but you can’t say it at 168 because he was chosen not to take a setup. It doesn’t matter if he’s top 15 at junior middleweight, because he’s going to fight at Super Middelig. This is a very different situation.
We also don’t know how Crawford is out of the ring after a year and a narrow victory over Israil Madrimov. The way Crawford looked, he struggled in a re -broadcast against Madrimov and would have equal problems with Bakhram Murtazaliev, Vergil Ortiz, Sebastian Fundora, Jorge Garcia Perez and Janibek Alimkhnuly.
“Canelo looked good. He looked the same. Canelo lives in the gym, and the skills he has, and features he has are unmatched,” Davis said.
Bernie sounds like he’s trying to record Canelo, so that if and when his fighter, Crawford, loses, he can say the supporters: “Bud has lost for the best fighter in the sport.” The reality is different. Canelo is faded and nowhere near the fighter he once was. At this point, Canelo is likely to lose at four or five super -weight contenders.
Replicate the Spence victory?
“He can’t get anyone to prepare for him. We’re going to make him look like sludge,” Bernie Davis said Millcity Boxing On Canelo Alvarez, no one can help prepare him for the Terence Crawford match on September 12. “He’s going to (Crawford) kill him.”
The only fighter Crawford has made “like sludge” over the past five years is Errol Spence, and that’s because he was inactive, with weight reduced and just a shell from his former self after his car accident in 2019.
‘Crawford is going to get that man. Crawford is going to waste him. It’s going to be more shocking than Errol Spence, although he may not have whipped himself as badly as he beat Errol Spence. It may not be devastating as he demoralized Errol Spence, but it will be clear that he beat him. “
It will be interesting if Crawford tries to beat Canelo as he did Spence, because he will have to stand in the bag to do so. If Crawford is going to box Canelo as he did in his last battle against Israil Madrimov, he won’t whip him. He may even lose. If Canelo lands the harder shots in every round, it won’t matter that Terence surpasses him with weaker shots. The judges will give Alvarez more weight.
Last updated on 05/07/2025
