Hamzah Sheeraz predicts Canelo Alvarez Stoppage on Terence Crawford: Weight Class -Natural for “Bud”

Hamzah Sheeraz predicts a ‘stoppage’ victory for Canelo Alvarez against Terence Crawford in their fight on September 13 in Las Vegas. He feels that there are “weight classes for a reason”, and think that the two-section jump that Crawford (41-0, 31 COs) will make for this battle will be too much for his body to handle.

Age, discharge has hurt Crawford

Crawford is not young, turns 38 in September, and he is cheating on his career as a part-time fighter since 2020. You can only get away on a one-year basis for just as long before it catches you up.

We saw that in Crawford’s last fight, with a 13-month dismissal, made his debut at 154, and he barely won. Rather than staying at 154 to prove himself against the young Lions, Crawford moves two divisions for a fight against the undisputed super-middleweight champion Canelo (63-2-2, 39 COs). It doesn’t look good for Terence.

Canelo’s strength, great benefit

“My perspective on it is #1, there are weight classes for a reason,” Hamzah Sheeraz said Fighting type When asked about his thoughts on Terence Crawford that moved two weight classes to challenge the undisputed super -middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez.

We clearly saw in Crawford’s last fight on 154 that he had reached his ceiling of what was possible for his frame. He would not be the dominant fighter at junior middleweight that he was in his era on 147, 140 and 135. If he stayed at 154, he would probably be beaten by the younger, physically larger and stronger fighters in that weight class.

Madrimov exposed Crawford’s ceiling

He will not return to that section because the script is on the wall. Israil Madrimov exposed him. Of course, Crawford would not move to 160 to fight against the champions in that section, because it would be even worse for him. He would be too small and old.

“And if we base it on their last performances, Canelo had a better performance, I believe, though he had a negative fighter (William Scull) before him,” Hamzah said. “And I feel like Crawford has struggled with (Israil) Madrimov’s physicality. Yes, it was very physical, and I felt like he was struggling with it. ‘

Sheeraz puts it lightly when he says Crawford struggled against Madrimov. He was probably beaten by him, but exterminated by the three judges who worked the battle. They recorded it 115-113, 116-112 and 115-113 for Crawford.

I watched the fight and had it 7-5 for Madrimov (115-113). He landed the cleaner, much harder bumps in every round of the fight. Crawford threw many more bumps than Madrimov, 433 to 275, but landed only 11 more. He tied Terence spiritually in knots.

Canelo’s strength, great benefit

“You must remember. Canelo is a big guy. He is strong, ‘says Sheeraz. “He knows how to use his size, but at the same time, at that level, you can’t write fighters like Crawford because he’s so skilled. So, if he goes up two weights, he can face the chance because he is a generation. “

Crawford may end up more shots than Canelo, but it will be similar to his fight with Madrimov. His shots will be significantly weaker. The judges are not going to give Canelo the business because he is a superstar. They will record it fairly and give him the decision. If your Crawford is, you should try to get a knockout because he will not achieve a cheap victory as in his last fight.

“But if I had to put my money on it, I would have put my money on Canelo to win via stops,” Sheeraz said.

It will be difficult for Canelo to strike Crawford, as he will probably be the full 12 rounds going on, after the William Scull blueprint on how to go the distance with the Mexican star. It will be ugly, but Crawford can at least claim a moral victory.