Coach BoMac: Crawford wants to “show the world” he’s the best

Trainer Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre says Terence Crawford was willing to fight Canelo Alvarez without a rehydration clause because he doesn’t feel he needs them to prove he is “the best.” BoMac says Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) wants to “show the world” he’s the better fighter.

Payday

Fans see that as swill and that Crawford’s real reason for wanting to fight Canelo is the huge payday he will receive. This proving to be “the best” crap BoMac is spouting sounds like nonsense considering Crawford isn’t interested in proving himself at 168.

Fighters face top contenders in weight classes before challenging the champion. Crawford skips that part and goes straight to a title fight against Canelo.

In reality, Crawford, 37, could not impose conditions on superstar Canelo like he could with Errol Spence. If Terence had insisted on the weight stipulations for the fight with Canelo, he would have gotten nowhere and been stuck fighting dangerous young fighters at 154 for much less money.

Crawford could have avoided a loss had he fought WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora. However, he would probably lose if he faced any of the junior middleweight killers like Vergil Ortiz, Serghii Bohachuk or Bakhram Murtazalev. The game would be over for Crawford as he would be exposed and his value in the sport would diminish.

Canelo-Crawford hasn’t been made official yet, but it’s likely to happen in September, over the Mexican Independence Day holiday weekend. It would be interesting if Turki Al-Sheikh ruined Crawford’s job by insisting that he beat one of the top super middleweights to earn the fight against Canelo instead of giving it to him just because of what he has done during his career. .

Canelo angered Crawford last week, saying he’s beaten.a good fighter” throughout his entire 17-year professional career, and that was Errol Spence after his car accident. BoMac didn’t have much to say about that comment other than repeating what Crawford said with his rebuttal about how they were someone until he made them look like “nobodies” by punching them. However, Crawford’s resume lacks quality opposition. He has beaten many good fighters, never excellent or elite level ones.

Canelo was simply telling it as if it were Crawford gliding through a long career without taking any chances. Terence can’t blame his promoters for not being able to get him fights because if he had moved up to 154, 160 or 168, he would have had plenty of opportunities for big fights during his career.

If Crawford had wanted big fights over the past 17 years, he could have moved up and fought middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin when he was still around. I don’t think it would have ended well for Crawford, but it could have. The lack of risk conversations was never present for Crawford like it was with Canelo. That’s why Bud only has “one good fighter” on his resume, the broken Spence.

If I were Canelo, I would have Terence win the fight by facing the winner of the fight between David Benavidez and David Morrell. That would give Crawford a big enough battle to build his name to the point where the boxing world would give Canelo a pass to fight him.

Fans will attack the Mexican star for fighting another guy who comes from two weight divisions to fight him for a big payday without earning it. Two years ago, Jermell Charlo moved up from 154 to challenge Canelo for his titles at 168, and the fight was a complete mismatch due to Alvarez’s power advantage. It will be worse with Crawford because he is smaller and weaker than Jermell.

BoMac: No stipulations needed

“I think Crawford’s rebuttal was that everyone always says, ‘Oh, he hasn’t fought anyone’ or ‘everyone he fought didn’t have a name,’ but I’m going to tell you this way. What Crawford said, ‘Well, they were something’ until Crawford fought them,” trainer Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre told social boxingreacting to Canelo Álvarez saying that Terence Crawford has only fought one good fighter during his career, Errol Spence.

“So obviously he (Crawford) is doing a great job because he makes everyone look normal. That’s what Crawford wants. He wants to show the world that he is the best. Why make stipulations when you know you can be the best? So, let’s put ourselves to the test,” BoMac said about Crawford agreeing to fight Canelo at 168 without a rehydration clause.