Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn believes Terence Crawford will never fight again unless he’s given the Canelo Alvarez fight.
Hearn reiterates that four-division world champion Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) only wants fights that will pay him an “absolute fortune. ” The only one who can do that is Mexican mega-superstar Canelo.
A spoiled warrior’s attitude
In other words, the 36-year-old Crawford is spoiled at this point in his 16-year career and is going to mess things up for himself by stubbornly pushing for a fight that is out of his reach. This is just a classic example of a fighter being hopelessly spoiled rotten to the point where they have a sense of entitlement, and they can’t handle it when someone says ‘No’ to them.
He can get it if he moves up to 168 and beats David Benavidez, David Morrell and Christian Mbilli. However, those guys are too big, young and talented for Crawford. He wants the Canelo fight handed to him on a silver platter based on his close win over Israil Madrimov. Unfortunately for Crawford, that doesn’t happen.
Hearn says Crawford won’t fight either of these fighters:
– Israil Madrimov: rematch
– Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis
– Vergil Ortiz Jr.
– Sebastian Fundora
The unrealistic dream of a Canelo fight
“I don’t think Crawford will fight again unless it’s Canelo Alvarez. I don’t think he’ll fight Vergil Ortiz, and he won’t reconsider (Israil) Madrimov. He certainly won’t fight Boots. So who are you going to fight? I don’t think he will fight Fundora,” Eddie Hearn told KO Artist Sport about Terence Crawford being finished in the sport.
Crawford can make so much money in fights against Vergvil Ortiz, Boots, Madrimov and Fundora. Obviously, it wouldn’t be in the same league as what he would receive against Canelo, but he doesn’t get that fight because the Mexican star isn’t interested in fighting unless he’s paid a gigantic pile of cash.
“He’s made a lot of money, and he’s not interested in fights that will pay him an absolute fortune or really excite him and the one that’s excited in his mind is Canelo,” Hearn continued about Crawford. “If he can’t get that fight, I don’t think he’ll fight again.”
Canelo’s Unstoppable Money Machine
Canelo has a reported net worth of $250 millionand the way he’s going, he could end up with half a billion before he retires. He doesn’t need Crawford to keep the money rolling. Canelo is like the Spindle top oil well in Texas, which started the oil boom in that state in 1901. Alvarez will faithfully continue to pump in that dough no matter who he faces, and he doesn’t need fighters like Crawford unless the match pays.
