The Canelo de Crawford dream: too old, too small, too late for a real challenge?

Tim Bradley says that Terence Crawford will be considered the “best fighter on planet Earth” if he wins against Canelo Álvarez on September 13 in his possible clash of the Riad season.

Crawford (41-0, 31 kos) will upload two divisions to fight in a weight class in which he has never fought before and probably will never fight again, win or lose, against Canelo. If Terence won, you couldn’t say that David Benavidez, David Morrell or Diego Pacheco.

Too small, too late?

There is too much size, power and young people from those boys for an old blow of change like Crawford to defeat them. Overcoming Canelo would only prove that Terence is better than the 34 -year -old Mexican star, but not the “best” on the planet. However, Crawford’s possibilities are scarce, because it is a smaller and weaker version of Jermell Charlo.

When Jermell moved to 168 to fight Canelo in 2023, many fans believed it would be too good for the Mexican star. But as soon as he felt Canelo’s power, he didn’t want to fight him and moved all night. Crawford will do the same because this fight is your retirement day.

“This is a fight for Crawford to show the entire world that he is the best fighter on the planet,” Tim Bradley told CightHipo About Terence Crawford’s fight against Canelo Alvarez, 34, September 13. “After this, there should be no doubt, and that is what he wants. He is willing to run that risk so that there is no doubt who is the best fighter on planet Earth, and he really believes that with all his heart, “Bradley said about Crawford.

“If you get this victory, it’s huge. I do not think there has been anyone who has come from 135 to 168 pounds and is the best guy. This will be an unknown territory for this sport.

“Where that is located, I don’t know, but Terence Crawford would be considered one of the best fighters on planet Earth if he gets this victory. In this generation at least, but in general, I don’t know. I’ll let fans decide that, ”Bradley said.

Boring is back

If Crawford wins this fight, it will be for him following the Mayweather Plan Boxing Canelo, moving, hitting and holding all night. You will have to play safe to win, and that will be boring for fans. The fight like Mayweather made against Canelo in 2013 will anger many fans, making them feel stupid for having thought that the fight was going to be exciting.

Many of them have never seen Crawford fight and will be trapped in exaggeration without seeing six or seven of their last fights. I have been following Crawford his entire career, and has always had a boring style, just a little more entertaining than Shakur Stevenson. It is a slightly more offensive version of Shakur. It is not exciting as those of 154 main pounds, and it is not as pleasant to see it as a prime errol Spence before its car accident.

“This is a fight that I feel that everyone will tune in and see. I think the casuals are also going to tune in. Canelo attracts casual in general, but having that name, Bud Crawford, I think everyone is going to tune in to him. They want to see if it can be great. Bud will give you everything. Want, lose or draw, he will give you everything, ”Bradley said.

Casual fans will tune in due to the exaggeration and enormous marketing impulse of Turki al-Sheikh, but that does not mean they will enjoy the product. Fans in the United States prefer action fights, and like to see cat and mouse issues where a guy is chasing a corridor in all creation. Casual fans buy this event in PPV will be disappointed with Canelo-Crawford’s fight. But what could save the day is if Turki loads the fighting fights on the billboard that involve younger fighters with entertaining styles. That will partially compensate for the boring main event between Crawford and Canelo.

“For me, there have been a couple of plans on how to overcome Canelo,” Bradley said. Has. Quite back, when he was younger and when he got into 175, when he tried the waters there and fought against Bivol. There is a way on how to bet it. Canelo will have to create a way to overcome Crawford, and it won’t be with pure pressure. ”

There is only one plan on how to beat Canelo, and that is the Mayweather. Dmitry Bivol followed the Mayweather Plan in his victory over Canelo. The only other fighter who gave Canelo problems was Gennadiy Golovkin, but did it with punches. Crawford is not able to do that because it is not as strong, resistant or as large as GGG was during his first two fights with Álvarez.

“You will have to overcome it. You will have to overcome it, and you will have to overcome it. It will have to be a combination of everything to overcome Crawford, ”said Bradley.

Back

Tim leaves a little overboard, saying that Canelo-Crawford will decide who is the “best fighter on the planet” because that is not what this fight will decide. This is just a novel fight, not different from whether Canelo will fight Jake Paul. The only difference is that less fans will see this fight. There would have been much more if Canelo had fought against Jake.

Both types are as old as the hills, which fader and look average in their last fights. Crawford will be 38 years in September, and almost lost his last fight against Israil Madrimov on August 3. Canelo looked in his last fight against the humble Edgar Berlanga on September 14, leaving after four rounds.