Help or help Shakur Stevenson Crawford’s chances against Canelo?

Shakur Stevenson revealed today that he had it “Good rounds” Sparring with the goat, Terence Crawford. WBC lightweight champion Shakur tries to help Crawford (41-0, 31 COs) get ready for his title challenge of the four-belt super-middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on September 13 in Las Vegas.

Why Shakur had to talk

Shakur’s movement to boast about his sparring is strange. Fans on social media now roast Shakur and ask him, “How many miles did you run?” Unless Crawford easily used it on him, it must have been a bad session for Stevenson.

The use of Shakur for Sparring is not the best method for Crawford (37) to use to get him ready for a fight against the larger, stronger and younger Canelo (63-2-2, 39 COs). Interestingly, Stevenson reported the news of his sparring to his followers on X immediately after the session instead of keeping quiet.

Good rounds today with the 🐐 @terenceCrawford

– Shakur Stevenson (@shakurstevenson) August 19, 2025

Crawford jumps on two divisions from 154 to 168, and he needs all the help he can get from super -middle weights, not lightweights. He chose not to take any tune-ups during his year after his victory over Israil Madrimov in August 2024.

A waste of valuable practice time

This is an error for Crawford to waste valuable sparring time On a feathery fighter like Shakur, because he has to use every minute of his training camps that focus on the fight against guys who can prepare him for Canelo.

Sparring Shakur would have made sense in 2014 when he was still fighting lightweight, but not now. It would be the same for Shakur. When he gets ready for a talented lightweight like Andy Cruz, the last thing he wants is to bring the 186-pound Crawford into the camp to mimic the fighting style of the talented Cuban. He couldn’t do it. Crawford is too big, slow and old. He is also not as technically talented as Cruz.