Edgar Berlanga thinks Terence Crawford can’t be stretched in a fight against Canelo Alvarez at 168. Even though Crawford is older and would give away weight against unified middleweight champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs), the recently beaten Berlanga feels he would have a shot.
Crawford turns 37 this Saturday, September 28, and he has to start thinking about retirement if the Canelo fight doesn’t fall into his lap.
It would help if Crawford was willing to get off his back and work for the title shot against Canelo by running the gun against these four talented killers: David Benavidez, Osleys Iglesias, David Morrell and Christian Mbilli.
I’m sorry, Berlanga. At 168, you don’t consider Crawford to be one of the big four in my book to fight to earn the Canelo fight. Jewelry-wearing, crafted fighters with poor resumes don’t count.
Provided His Excellency Turki Alalshikh comes through with the $150 million for Canelo to make the fight happen, Crawford will move up two weight classes from 154 to challenge him for his WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles.
Turki recently joined Crawford in calling out Canelo on Sept. 14 following his one-sided 12-round unanimous decision against a hopelessly outmatched Berlanga. However, when asked about that bout in the post-fight press conference, Canelo seemed disinterested and said, “No comment.”
How Canelo made this comment was clear: ‘Stop bothering me already.’ Crawford needs to get the hint and move on because Canelo isn’t going to help him in his pursuit of generational money for his golden parachute retirement fund. David Benavidez has already offered Crawford a fight, and other top fighters like Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis are also interested in fighting him.
“I truly believe anything can happen in boxing, and Terence Crawford is a legend. He is a great fighter. The only thing I see favoring Canelo is his weight, and he is much bigger. That’s the only thing,” said Edgar Berlanga Swing Universe on his thoughts on Terence Crawford possibly fighting Canelo Alvarez at 168.
“In terms of skills and IQ, Crawford can match anyone and probably do much better. Crawford is a legend, bro. You can’t count him out,” Berlanga said.
Is this a legend’s resume?
– Errol Spence: *After car accident
– Shawn Porter:
– Kell Brook:
– Amir Khan
– Viktor Postol
– Ricky Burns
– Yuriokis Gamboa
– Israel Madrimov
– Felix Diaz
– Jeff Horn
– Julius Indongo
