Terence Crawford posted a photo on Instagram today of his transformed body for his title challenge against Canelo Alvarez on September 13.
Crawford (41-0, 31 COs) is slowly adding muscle to his wire frame over the past 13 months, and he now looks like a muscular but still small, super-middle weight. The extra weight can lead to Crawford fading against Canelo early.
“Crawford has to be very careful with the body shots. He can’t be lured into a firefighting. He’s going to lose if it’s a back and forth,” promoter Tom Loeffler said Fighting type About how Terence Crawford should fight Canelo Alvarez.
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Why Crawford might feel forced to fight
Crawford may feel that he has the size and power to stand before Canelo to trade. He probably knows from the fighting of Canelo’s fights that the opposition that chose to box him is always lacking. Another thing that Crawford can force a war is that Turki Alalshikh said he didn’t want Tom and Jerry to fight at his Riyadh season event.
Crawford may feel as if he has no choice but to exchange with Canelo because of Turki, his mandate and the massive payday he receives. If someone pays $ 50 million, they will experience a sense of obligation to anyone who paid them the money. They would like to make the person feel that they believed enough in them to give them the money.
“He has to stay on the outside, use his speed, his skills and Box Canelo,” Loeffler said about Crawford. “If he hurts Canelo, he can go there and go from toes to toe. But Canelo is the type of man you really don’t want to advocate because he can really choose you apart. Both of these guys are going to be well prepared. ‘
Crawford stood in front of Israil Madrimov last year, and he seems to hit almost as hard as Canelo. Granted, Bud Crawford’s face hit at the end of the fight, but he took everything Madrimov won a unanimous 12 -round decision on August 3, 2024.
Netflix streaming is a lot for fans
“It’s such a big event. Such a big build-up of this opportunity. You’ll see the best of both of these guys. I think it’s going to be a real fun for the fans to have a big game, and it’s not on PPV,” Loefler says, talking about Canelo-Crawford on Netflix rather than Pay-Per-View.
It is much that fans do not have to pay $ 60 to $ 75 to order the battle on PPV. The disadvantage is that fans showed an ominous interest in the bottom map, which is missing from big names. It is filled with prospects with different levels of skills.
“If he can beat Canelo at 168, it’s a big feather in his cap. You will have to put him there in the top -10, ‘says Loufer.
It might go a little far to place Crawford in the top 10 of all major fighters if he defeated the 35-year-old Canelo. Who would he replace? In my opinion, Canelo is too old for this victory to give Crawford a top 10 or even top 20 of all time. Crawford’s resume is too weak for him to be placed in the top 10.
Last updated on 09/05/2025
