A look behind the curtain: Terence Crawford’s irritability and bend in the midst of criticism

Terence Crawford sounded confident today and told the media that he was ‘1000%’, which is a victory over Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night in the Allegiant Stadium. Crawford repeatedly said, “I’m going to win.”

The way Bud kept saying it sounds similar to a rule from the children’s story, The small engine that could“I think I can. I think I can. ‘

“I’m going to conquer, and everyone’s going to talk about it on Sunday. I’m 1000% sure now, ‘Terence Crawford said during today’s press conference About his confidence in defeating the 168-pound four-belt champion, Canelo Alvarez, Saturday.

Truth behind the facade

It sounds like Crawford is either too confident or deliberately a facade of courage To prevent Alvarez from seeing how uncertain he is in their fight. Given what Crawford looked like in his last performance in 2024 against Israil Madrimov, it makes it no sense for him to be such a victory of the victory that two weight classes arise to face Canelo.

“If a fighter says,” I’m 1000% sure, “they lie. I’m more than ready to perform this Saturday, ‘says Crawford.

“I’m definitely going to win this battle. I don’t think I’m losing to myself or Canelo chasing our legacy, ‘says Crawford.

Sure it does. It hurts one of these fighters if they lose on Saturday, especially if it is through a knockout or a one -sided defeat. However, I think it hurts more than Crawford, because he is the bigger fighter, the favorite and the star. Bud has an excuse that will isolate him from making his legacy disappear as much as Canelo would do, but it will still be injured if he loses.

Terence claims that they both still go to the Hall of Fame, even if they lose Saturday. It sounds accurate. The Hall of Fame Committee here would be overlooked because of the achievements they had in the course of their careers.

Crawford says he was ‘was’underestimated ” Through people who are going on this battle in every way, but he says he doesn’t care. Obviously, he mentions that it bothers him, and that he has a slide on his shoulder that goes into battle.

Deflecting criticism with scull

When Crawford was asked about his last fight against Madrimov, he touched and chose to bow by pointing out that Canelo did not do well in his recent competition against William Scull on May 3, 2025.

The irritable fighter’s defense

Rather than change the topic quickly, Crawford outlined his point and the media told them to talk about Canelo’s actions against Scull rather than him. He sounded annoyed here with his criticism by distracting the subject on what Alvarez looked like.

Terence could have encountered better at that moment if he openly acknowledged that he had not fought well against Madrimov, but learned from it. Instead, Crawford pulled the conversation and threw Canelo under the bus.

That short interaction enabled the media to get a look at what Crawford looks like, and it wasn’t a pretty picture.