Terence Crawford’s misleading allegation: Canelo -struggle ‘biggest in the history of the box’, and ignores a lack of PPV appeal and benavidez rivalry

Terence Crawford says his fight against Canelo Alvarez on 168 is ‘the biggest fight in boxing’, bigger than a match with ‘the Mexican Monster’ David Benavidez against Alvarez.

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Crawford (41-0, 31 food) mentions that when you get an African-American fighter with a Mexican, it’s’Always the greatest struggle in history.‘To strengthen his view, Bud points out that the 1993 battle between Julio Cesar Chavez and Pernell Whitaker was a big one 32 years ago. It was not as an example.

The real problem with Terence’s argument about his struggle with Canelo as the ‘biggest’ in the sport, greater than one involving benavidez is that He is not a popular Fighter with casual box fans. Crawford is only popular with a segment of hardcore fans, and he had only one successful PPV match throughout his 17-year career. It was against Errol Spence.

He is the one who brought in all the PPV purchase for that fight, not Crawford. Despite Terence’s attire, the event was successful. The average casual box trailer of today will not be able to choose Crawford from a series. For them, he’s just an old guy with a falling hairline. Canelo is the star here. I will never know what Turki sees in Crawford.

Crawford’s PPV history

Israil Madrimov: 200k on Dazn
Errol Spence: 700k Showtime
David Openyan: 120k is BLK Prime
Shawn Porter: 190k on ESPN
Amir Khan: 200k on ESPN
Viktor Postol: 60k on HBO

If Canelo had the courage to fight Banavidez, those combat centuries ago would have taken place, and it would be over now. I think Benavidez would have aroused Canelo and took over the upper place if the face of boxing. Canelo kept himself artificial in the top by swinging benavidez.

“I look at history. It’s a legacy fight, and it’s the biggest battle in box right now, ‘said Terence Crawford to pound with Kamaru 4 pounds Youtube Channel and Henry about his fight against Canelo Alvarez on September 13. “Many people can say,” We want to see Benavidez and Canelo. ‘

Crawford sounds fraudulent and desperate to make his fight against Canelo look more than it is – a pathetic money grab to deceive the fans from their dough. If it was about legacy, Crawford would have moved up to 168 and put his soft skin on the line against Benavidez, David Morrell and Osleys Iglesias to get it off. It’s just about money, and it’s so painful that even your average half white can see the truth.

Fan Disconnect

“As a box fan, it would be a battle to see, but to be real, Canelo against Terence Crawford is the biggest battle in box today. There is no bigger battle out there that is larger than Canelo-Crawford. 100%, ”Bud said when asked if his fight against Alvarez would be bigger than Canelo against David Banavidez.

If Crawford was a PPV star, his last battle against Israel Madrimov would not have beaten, and brought a gloomy 200,000 purchases to Dazn, despite having a loaded bottom map. Fans don’t care about Crawford.

“African American, always makes them the biggest fights in history, and returns to Pernell Whitaker-Chavez (on September 10, 1993),” says Crawford. “It’s going to be electrifying. I can easily fight for Vergil Ortiz, Fundora or whoever makes a quick money, but I look at the bigger picture.

“It’s a legacy fight, a generation battle that will be talked about for years. When I’m gone, they’ll talk, ‘Man, you remember when Crawford came to 168 to fight against Canelo, two top pounds-by-pound fighters in the world in their lead and fighting against each other. ‘