“He Knows Now”: Canelo Gives His Honest Rating Of Terence Crawford’s Last Performance At 154
Canelo Alvarez has based Terence Crawford’s chances of defeating him on the American’s last showing against Israil Madrimov.
The 34-year-old from Mexico is gearing up to face ‘Bud’ Crawford in a mega-fight later this year after the superstars finally agreed on a clash after months of negotiations.
Crawford made the move up to 154lbs last August to face WBA light middleweight champion Madrimov in Los Angeles. After a competitive contest that went the scheduled distance, the 37-year-old American was declared the winner via unanimous decision to become a four-division world champion.
Despite his spectacular career success, many prominent figures within the sport, including Canelo, were left far from impressed with Crawford’s performance against Madrimov and began to question if ‘Bud’ is taking it a step too far when he moves up to 168lbs this year.
Speaking to Sway’s Universe, Canelo gave an honest assessment of Crawford’s performance against Madrimov, where he believes Crawford looked slower at the higher weight and it will be an ‘easy fight’ for him at 168.
“Don’t get me wrong, he’s a great fighter but for me, in my weight class, it’s an easy fight. Easy money…
I don’t like to fight guys like Crawford because he moves a lot and the fight is not that great, I saw in his last fight and he doesn’t move that much now… there are weight classes for a reason.”
In a separate interview with Fight Hype, Canelo said he thought Crawford should have lost his undefeated record.
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“He lost. I think he knows why there’s weight classes there, right? He make a good fight, but for me I think he lost the fight. Or draw. It could have been the other side.”
Crawford’s quest to becoming a five-weight world champion will not come easy, as he is faced with undeniably the toughest test of his glittering professional career against a man who has dominated the super middleweight division for almost five years.
Canelo will have the opportunity to re-capture the undisputed championship on May 3 when he faces IBF champion William Scull in Riyadh, leaving ‘Bud’ faced with the prospect of becoming a three-division undisputed champion if he can defy the odds against the Mexican superstar in September.
