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Trainer Robert Garcia says Canelo Alvarez will fight Terence Crawford in May 2025. However, he doesn’t see Crawford winning because he is getting older and Canelo is naturally stronger than him.
He also takes a good hit and has been hit by harder hitters than Crawford, who looked weak in his debut at 154 against Israil Madrimov on August 3.
Crawford’s age and decline
Robert says Crawford isn’t avoiding a fight against interim WBC 154-pound champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. He just feels the 37-year-old Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) is getting older and wants to get as much money as possible. possible money sooner. soon he retires.
Garcia says Crawford could make three times more money fighting Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) than he would against Vergil Jr. If Turki Alalshikh is willing to pay Canelo a huge amount of money to fight the older Crawford, more thin and weaker. , fight may occur.
Given that Terence would be making his debut at 168 moving up two weight classes, it would be impossible to see a scenario where he could win. It would be a business-level fight.
A celebrity party
When you have a fighter as old as Crawford, who didn’t look good in his debut at 154, moving up another two weight classes to 168, it’s not a serious fight. It’s a celebrity match.
To be serious, Crawford would have to get to 168 and prove himself against top contenders. If he gets three or four tough fights, then he could face Canelo.
Terence’s path to legitimacy
Place Crawford with these three to allow him to prove himself worthy of fighting King Canelo:
- David Benavidez
- David Morell
- Osley Iglesias
He is not interested in proving himself even with a fight at 168; That just shows you what it’s looking for. It’s the money and NOT the legacy. That’s a joke. That has nothing to do with Crawford’s purpose.
If this were the real world, Crawford would have to move up to 168 and gain the experience necessary to prove he’s fit for the job and deserving of it.
Terence doesn’t have to do that here, and the ones who will lose are the fans because Canelo will erase him or make him very, very boring like Jermell Charlo did when he moved up from 154 in 2023 to challenge Canelo. Jermell is bigger, faster and stronger than Crawford.
He couldn’t do anything with Canelo and was forced to run to save his skin. The fight was unwatchable, but Charlo got his big payday and hasn’t been seen from inside the ring. It was a cash grab for him and fans got a bad product for the money they paid to see the fight on PPV.
Financial motivations
“We would take the fight immediately. It’s not an easy fight. Crawford is a great fighter, pound for pound #1, #2 or #3,” Robert García told fight when asked about his interest in a fight between Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Terence Crawford.
“He is now 37 years old and looking for the biggest payday. “I think he’s thinking about a fight against Canelo, where he would triple the money he could make against Vergil,” Robert said of Crawford. “So, he’s just being smart. I don’t blame him. He is already 37 years old and is looking for the best fights that exist for him when it comes to finances.
“What I heard is that (Canelo-Crawford) could happen in May. I think Crawford is one of the best fighters out there, but he’s the same age. We won’t know until he fights again. There is that possibility. It happens in boxing,” Garcia said of fighters who age overnight, especially as they approach age 30, like Crawford.
Terence is aging and approaching 38. He looked horrible in his last fight against Madrimov at 154, and would likely be destroyed in a rematch or if he faced the division’s guy, IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Muratazaliev. That guy is now fighting at a higher level than Canelo and has more power. What he would do to Crawford with his left hooks wouldn’t be pretty.
“I choose Canelo. He’s bigger, stronger (and younger than Crawford). Canelo can take a very good blow. I see Crawford putting up a good fight. “Cnaleo is the physically bigger, stronger guy,” García said.
