Coach Stephen Edwards says Terence Crawford’s year out of the ring will not negatively affect his performance against Canelo Alvarez on September 13. Edwards points out that Crawford (41-0, 31 CO’s) has never shown ring rust in the many years he was inactive, and he feels that it will not harm his performance against the undisputed super-middleweight champion Canelo (63-2-2, 39 COs) in their mega fight.
Crawford can’t hurt Canelo
Fans believe Crawford, 37, shoots himself in the foot by sitting on the sidelines, giving power nutrition to plentiful and choosing not to test himself against a 168-pound top fighter to be ready for Alvarez.
“I always like Crawford in battle. I think Crawford is going to win, ‘said coach Stephen Edwards Fight Hub TVTo choose Terence Crawford over Canelo Alvarez in their battle on September 13. “I just think he’s going to be too much. Yes. Anyone can be injured in a fight, “Stephen said if asked if Terence Alvarez could injure. “Canello has a wonderful chin, but each can be injured on any given night.”
Crawford is not going to hurt Canelo. Let’s take it out there now. He doesn’t hit hard enough, and if he puts out his neck to strike the Mexican star, he’s going to be in the shooting line to blow out. Canelo fought Gennadiy Golovkin three times, Sergey Kovalev, Callum Smith and Dmitri Biscvol, to name just a few fighters with much more power than Terence.
Crawford’s easy opponents after discharge
“Every time he’s gone, he never looks rust,” Edwards said when asked if Crawford’s inactivity would be a factor against Canelo. “He’s one of the guys who never looks rust. It applies to many fighters, but he defies the logic in it because he does not look rust in his discharge. ‘
Edwards does not mention the level of opposition that Crawford fought after his long dismissal. He did not fight any murderers. The best fighter Terence who has fought for the past five years, with his time, is Israil Madrimov, and he deserved to lose the fight in the eyes of many fans. Canelo says he saw Madrimov as the winner. Crawford fought Errol Spence, Kell Brook and Shawn Porter, with long discharge, but they were all rinsed.
None of them were nowhere near where they were when they were in their lead. It would have been a different story if Crawford returned from his four dismissal against murderers such as Bakhram Murtazaliev, Dmitry Biblical, Jaron Ennis, Vergil Ortiz Jr., Janibek Alimkhanuly and David Benavidez.
Crawford has had five extended layoffs from 11 months to 1 year since 2019. Although he has not looked rust since coming from these layoffs, he has always fought a good opposition. The one exception was his last battle against Israel Madrimov, which he probably lost, but achieved victory.
Crawford’s dismissal history since 2019
December 14, 2019 vs Egidijus Cavaliauskas
November 14, 2020 versus Need Brook – 11 months inactive
November 20, 2021 against Shawn Porter – 12 months
December 10, 2022 against David Avanesyan – 11 months
July 29, 2023 versus Errol Spence – 7 months
August 3, 2024 Against Israel Madrimov – 13 months
“He seems to have a very quick processing. He seems to adapt to anything,” Edwards said about Crawford. “He’s like a savant in a goat ring. He probably can’t even explain how he adapts to everything. He can only adapt to anything in a fight. He is a wonderful fighter. ‘
Who has CRAWFORD adjusted? If you are fighting against guys like Avanesyan, a car accident that ruined Spence, and a past his first porter, it doesn’t say much that you can adapt to what they do.
Signs of Crawford’s decline
“Sure,” Edwards said when asked if Crawford had any advantages over Canelo. ‘Better endurance, better conditioning and better feet. It is clear that Canelo is the harder puncher and probably the stronger man. But I think he (Crawford) has a better skill and more agility. He’s going to be better in the later rounds. He is a little higher, and his arms are longer. Yes, I think he has many benefits. ‘
Stephen is right that Crawford has better endurance, arm’s length and height than Canelo. However, he did not look so agile or proper in his fight against Israel Madrimov. He looked like he had rust in his joints of inactivity. This happens when a fighter takes a year off between fights for five consecutive years. If Crawford was fighting three times a year, he would not have had the problem.
“I don’t agree with that. I think Crawford is going to be the stronger fighter in the later rounds. I think the early part of the fight is where he should be careful, ‘says Edwards. “I think the early part of the fight he can be cut if he’s not careful. But I think he functions better in the later rounds than Canelo does. ‘
Crawford did not look strong in the 11th and 12th rounds against ‘Little GGG’ Israil Madrimov last August. He lit through the right hands and looked like a 40-year-old. There was nothing strongly about the way Crawford looked in the last two rounds, and he certainly did not look youthful unless you compare him to one of the long -lived Large sink treeswhich is over 4,000 years old.
Last updated on 05/19/2025
