Danny Garcia says the power of Terence Crawford will not be enough at 168 to have a chance to defeat Canelo Alvarez on September 12 for his undisputed super -middleweight championship. Garcia notes that the power of Crawford carried to 154 to 154 on August 3 last year in his fight against Israel Madrimov. He says that with Crawford, two weight classes are jumping up to 168 to fight one of the largest punchers in the section, Canelo, it will be ‘tough’.
Crawford’s decision not to move up and taking one or two tune-ups at Super Middlelig to prepare for Alvarez will make his work more difficult. He chose to play it safely, sit and wait for the huge pay -day fighting rather than risking his skin against one of the contenders to prepare. What does it tell you about what Terence’s true purpose was to fight with Canelo? He says it is for legacy, but his actions indicate that it is cash.
168 power shortage?
“I judged Crawford’s last performance when he went up to Madrimov until 154. Fighting typeAnd doubt that Terence Crawford will have enough doll in his shots to be a threat to beat Canelo Alvarez on September 12.
Crawford’s power did not come up from 147 to 154 in his last fight. He was never a big puncher, even at 147, and looked weak at junior middleweight against Israil Madrimov. Some of them are the age of his ugly head. If you are 40 like Crawford, and only fight once a year since 2020. ‘Little GGG’ Madrimov knocked down chips with his right hands of Crawford and repeatedly beat him with shots with head. At the end of the battle, Crawford’s face looked like he was hit by a truck. In contrast, Madrimov seemed like he wasn’t even in battle.
One victory to rule everyone?
“If he pulls it out, you have to put him there the top three of all time. This means that he (Crawford) has united all four belts in three divisions. If he goes up all the weight classes to beat Canelo, ‘says Danny.’ If he wins this battle, you must place him in the top three of all time. But it’s going to be a steep, steep hill to climb. It’s going to be difficult. “
You can’t call Crawford “Top Three of All Time” if he pulls out a dismay of Canelo, because he’s over the hill and is nowhere near his lead at this point in his career. If Crawford beat the 2017 version of Canelo who fought in their first fight against a controversial draw against Gennady Golovkin, you can place him in the top 30 or 40 of all time, but not in the top 3. Canelo was 27 at the time.
For Crawford to be in the top 3 of all time, he will have to beat these fighters:
– David benavidez
– Dmitri BIVOL
– David Morrell
– Artur Betterbiev
– Jai Ottaia
You don’t get a top three place of all time the cheap way by defeating an old barn like Canelo, and then saying that you are the best? Danny should slip when he thinks that Crawford, only needs to defeat Crawford to be among the greats of all time. He won’t even belong in the top 50 if he beats this faded old Canelo.
“If he can do it, praise him, but I think it will be too much for him. It’s a naturally bigger old (Canelo). You are talking about a man (Crawford) who started his career at 135, to fight 168. It’s crazy. As soon as he starts to get with the bombs, he goes like ‘whoa,’ Garcia says.
If Crawford moved up to 168 and got some rise under his belt to show what he could do, he could have the chance to beat Canelo. He had to wage some quick fights against Super -Middelweight contenders, Osleys Iglesias and Christian Mbilli, before fighting against Canelo. If Crawford was still physically in one piece after those games, fans would give him a better shot to win against Alvarez. What Terence does, 14 pounds went up after a poor performance in his debut at 154 against Israil Madrimov, it doesn’t look good to him. He will still get the $ 100 million payday, which is probably the only reason he campaigned for the Canelo match. But as far as it wins, I don’t see it, not even against this rinsed version of the Mexican star.
Mobility lost
“Crawford likes to fight,” Danny said when asked if Terence would box against Viktor Postol in 2016 at 140. “He can make it easy, but it’s just something he wants to fight. Therefore, he is sometimes hit. He has to have a perfect battle while making no mistakes. She absorbs and takes the pressure. “
Crawford no longer has the same mobility he owned when he fought at the age of 28 of Viktor Postol. Bud is about to turn 38 years old on September 28. He is not the movier that he was almost a decade ago when he fought Postol, and with the weight he was in the 180s in the 180s, he was not going to be light enough to move much.
Last updated on 05/12/2025
