Crawford vs. Canelo: A generation battle or junk food?

Terence Crawford calls his clash against Canelo Alvarez A “Generation fight ” That he believes he will be ‘talked about’ for years’ when they meet in Las Vegas on September 13. Fans don’t see it that way.

Fans do not agree: ‘junk food’ fights

This battle is seen as junk food and will be forgotten immediately. Alvarez and Crawford are both old. The comfort that this battle considers, similar to Sugar Ray Leonard moving to the middleweight to fight against Marvin Hagler, does not know what they are talking about. Crawford is nowhere as talented as Sugar Ray, and Canelo is not at the level of Hagler who fought against Leonard.

They consider it strange, with Crawford (41-0, 31 COs) going up a few sections and gave an immediate title shot against Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 food). This is not the battle for which the box that the public asked of Canelo. They did not point out that the Mexican star is fighting against another smaller fighter, especially an old one who is 40.

Some fans consider it a way for Canelo to prevent them from taking the difficult battles they want to see against David Benavidez, Dmitry Biblical and Artur Betterbiev. The 168 -pound division is empty with Benavidez and David Morrell who both moved up to 175. What’s left in the top four, Canelo showed no interest in fighting. He would rather face Crawford.

“I wanted to go from 147 to 168 just because I wanted to challenge myself, and that’s the joy of it,” Terence Crawford said Ring magazine About why he chooses to get a straight title on September 13 to get a straight title against the undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez.

Crawford leaves the part where he is heading for the money, because it is not really about challenging himself completely. If he was about it, he would have moved up to 168 and pulled out the top contenders waiting in line for their well-deserved title.

If it is about himself, Crawford would have shown that he is worthy by beating these contenders for Super Middleweight

– Christian Milli
– Diego Pacheco
– Osleys Iglesias
– Caleb plant
– Edgar Berlanga

“It’s a legacy fight. It’s a generation (money) battle. There will be talk for years,” says Crawford. “I feel like I got the velocity over Canelo. I got the reach. He may have the size, the power (youth and toughness), but I have the better skills. Everyone is like ‘man, you’re crazy. “Yes. I’ve been fighting bigger than me all my life.

Terence’s fading skills, Canelo’s guest tank

The skills are quite proportional. Crawford’s last battle against Israel Madrimov showed that he was outside and that he had to depend on his better engine to win a now decision.

Madrimov had the better technical ability than Crawford, but let the fight slip away in the championships. Israil still deserves to win based on its harder, cleaner rural shots through the eighth round. However, Terence was the A side, so it was clear why he won the victory. I had it 8-4 for Madrimov. He looked like this era’s version of GGG, and he couldn’t miss with his right hands.

Canelo has a good technical ability to win, but his guest tank is the one problem that can hold him back. If he fades after four rounds as we saw in his last three fights, Crawford can go on and steal it in the championships like against Madrimov.

“Crawford, as big as him, is effectively a welter weight that moves to 168,” says Chris Mannix.

This is correct. Crawford is essentially a welterweight, an old one who may not have enough left to beat Alvarez. Since 2020 fighting once a year, it is doubtful whether Terence will be sharp enough to defeat Canelo. He looked like he lost a lot from his fight against Errol Spence Jr. In 2023, when he was on August 3, 2024 from 13 months to challenge Madrimov for his WBA junior middleweight title.