The Hang-Dog Look Canelo Alvarez was standing next to Terence Crawford after his fight against William Scull on May 3 appeared to be a fighter who was disconnected, unmotivated for their collision on September 12.
Canelo (63-2-2, 39 food) looked sad and old. Crawford is a fight that Canelo doesn’t really want, but he takes it because of the pressure and the money he gets. It’s easy to read Canelo.
Bergman?
You could see that he was not satisfied with his actions against Scull, because he looked poor and knew he had it. It is a fighter who would have destroyed Alvarez in his first years from 2016 to 2021. He couldn’t do it, and he looked old like the hills in that battle. If Crawford wins, it will ruin Canelo. He might respond like Ted kaczynski And move back to society to hide in the mountains.
Some people respond to shame in different ways by hiding. For Canelo to lose against a smaller, older fighter than him, like Crawford, it would be a difficult pill for him to swallow. I could see him like Kaczynski in a hut in the mountains, keeping the loss and being tortured by it.
The performance may have broken the self -belief of Canelo and forced him to confront reality that he is not the young fighter he was years ago, when he fights like Floyd Mayweather Jr. And Shane Mosley.
The contrast in desire
It is the classic appearance of an unmotivated person who doubts himself and deals with the age. Crawford is also old, but his motivation seems to be more about the money in this novelty circus fight. He will not lose sleep if he is beaten because he has a built -in excuse. He moves two weight classes at 38.
The money is what it’s all about. If he believed he could really do it, he would have moved up to 168 and fought the best fighter in the division as a setup. He doesn’t want any part of a tune-up. It unmaskes what its focus is on this battle – the money.
Last updated on 05/10/2025
