Crawford’s ambiguous ‘whatever’ indicates a search for the greatest struggle

Terence Crawford says he’s open to “Whatever” When asked if he was interested in a Rematch with Canelo Alvarez after defeating him to become undisputed Super Middleweight Champion in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

A profitable ‘whatever’

The answer, Crawford (42-0, 31 COs), probably means he will take the biggest payday that Turki Alalshikh can offer him for his next battle. If it is Canelo, 35, he will take the battle to get the money. Crawford is likely to be pleasant to fight Hamzah Sheeraz next if the money is right, because he is defeatable.

“I’m open to whatever. Like I said. I’m going to sit back and enjoy my victory with my team, ‘says Terence Crawford at the Press conference after battle When asked about his thoughts on a re -broadcast with Canelo Alvarez.

The Riyadh season options

We will have to wait and see what Canelo (63-3-2, 39 COs) and Turki Alalshikh say about doing a re-broadcast. Crawford is not the shot caller in this case. Turki and Canelo are. He may have other ideas for Terence against one of these fighters competing for his Riyadh season events:

• David benavidez
• Dmitri BIVOL
• Artur Betterbiev
• Hamzah sheeraz

If I were Turki, I would give him the first three options on the above list and make it an offer-or-leave offer. In other words, fight one of the top three or nothing.

Was Crawford really stronger?

“I was stronger. I pushed harder, and it was just that, ‘says Crawford. “A lot of people are too much about getting up in weight. Canelo is not a big guy. He is a smaller man fighting in a larger weight class. We are about the same size. ‘

Crawford gives himself too much credit. His shots didn’t look as powerful as Canelo’s. You could hear the difference in sound of the push that Canelo lands, compared to him. Crawford’s power was no better than Canelo’s or those of the top fighters at 160 or 154.

His shots were not the reason he beat Canelo tonight. That was the movement, and the way he prevented Alvarez from landing. William Scull did the same as Crawford using movement, and he came close to Alvarez on May 3.

He lost 115-113 on one judge’s scorecards, and it was probably the score that matched the fight most. I believe that Scull hit harder than Crawford and threw better combinations.