“I Have A Favourite” Artur Beterbiev Gives Honest Verdict On Canelo vs Terence Crawford: “I Have A Favourite”
Undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev has given his thoughts on the upcoming mega-fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford.
It was revealed recently that the pound-for-pound stars have finally agreed to face each other later this year, with Canelo set to make a defence of his WBA, WBA and WBO super middleweight titles, and potentially the IBF if he first defeats William Scull in May.
‘Bud’ Crawford will attempt to become a five-weight world champion against the 34-year-old from Guadalajara, Mexico who has proven his dominance at 168lbs since capturing undisputed gold with a win over Caleb Plant four years ago.
Speaking to Fight Hype, Beterbiev gave an insight into what he believes Crawford’s chances are of prevailing against Canelo when they face each other. Though many feel that the weight jump could be too much for ‘Bud’, the Russian brands it a ’50/50 fight.’
“I’m not really a big fan of boxing, but this fight I will watch … I have a favourite from them, but we’ll see… It’s an interesting fight, 50/50 fight.”
Beterbiev has previously praised Crawford as the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, so many will assume he is the favourite mentioned.
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Crawford, who has been victorious in all 41 of his professional outings, became a four-weight world champion last August when he conquered WBA light middleweight champion Israil Madrimov, albeit in a performance that didn’t seem to impress as much as his previous efforts.
It is no secret that facing Canelo will be the biggest test of the 37-year-old’s impressive career, which has saw him claim the undisputed championship at super lightweight as well as welterweight.
Canelo captured all four titles at super middleweight with that victory against Plant in 2021, going on to make four defences of his crown which included wins over Gennady Golovkin and Jermell Charlo.
He was stripped of his IBF belt last Summer after he chose to face Edgar Berlanga instead of William Scull, who was mandatory challenger to the IBF title at the time, but will have the chance to earn that belt back when he faces Scull in May ahead of the Crawford bout.
As for Beterbiev, he rematches a former Canelo foe in Dmitry Bivol later this month.
