Tim Bradley uses the victory of the great Jess Willard 106 years ago the great Jess Willard victory of the great Jess Willard to support his argument that the smaller Terence Crawford will defeat the Greater Canelo Alvarez on September 13.
A century-old dismay provides clues
24-year-old man Dempsey knocked out the 6’6 ″, 245 pounds of Jess Willard in the third round to win the World Heavyweight Championships on July 4, 2019. Bradley mentions that because Dempsey, 37-year-old Willard, Crawford, will adversely overcome his size to stop the Bigger Undisputed Super Middleweight Canelo (63-2-2, 39 food).
“They said Jack Dempsey couldn’t beat Jess Willard. 6’6”, Jess Willard, at 250+ pounds, but the little old Jack Dempsey knocked him out, “Tim Bradley said on his channel.
This is a very different situation for the Canelo-Crawford match than the Dempsey-Williard World Heavyweight Championship match. Crawford is not 24 as Dempsey was. He presses 38 and is not a brawler or an angry puncher like the late Jack.
“They say Terence Crawford can’t beat Canelo Alvarez. I beg to postpone. He’s going to break Canelo Alvarez. It’s not going to be a fair battle, because once he’s tackled at the punch, it will be over for Canelo, ‘Bradley says.
It could be a mistake for Crawford to exchange with Canelo. When Terence fought on 147, he was not a big puncher. His knockout came in the later rounds of landing of an accumulation of shots. If Crawford fights like that against Canelo, he will leave himself open to get caught up with a big shot.
“Crawford trained for a whole year for this. He thought of the one man all day, watched videos and studied film,” says Tim.
The training could be better used if Bud of the top contenders on the super -middle weight fought instead of sitting on the sidelines. Fans do not understand why Crawford chose not to fight in the division because he had a lot of time. His last battle was on May 3, 2024, and he could have adopted Christian Mbilli, Diego Pacheco or Osley Iglesias to water his feet to Alvarez.
Bradley claims Canelo is soft
‘Crawford has become a little lazy. He is lazy. I know he fought and collected checks for them. He stayed away from benavidez because he did not want the pain. It tells me about Canelo is that he is soft, ‘Bradley says.
Interestingly, Crawford calls the word ‘lazy’, and uses it to describe Canelo. This is a label that some people have given to Crawford because of his decision not to take one or two tune-ups at 168 to arrive at the division before challenging Canelo for his undisputed super-middleweight championship. Why didn’t Crawford fight?
You can’t blame Canelo that he didn’t fight David Banavidez. The size difference between the two was great when Banavidez had a campaign on 168. Many fans felt that Benavidez was a weight bully and had to fight at 175 or 200. ‘The Mexican monster’ looked big when rehydrating for his fights at Super Middle Wight.
Last updated on 09/04/2025
