Terence Crawford posted a must “I’m going to shock the world” message on X today about his fight against unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on a yet-to-be-announced date in September.
Shock The World? doubt
Crawford is in his Edgar Berlanga momentgetting a massive payday he didn’t rate against Canelo at 168 and talking jibberish to make the fans believe he has a chance in this fight. We all know that Terence has to box and move because he is too small and old to slug. Crawford is obviously thinking about all the money he’s going to get for this fight, so he’s in a happy, babbling state of mind. He just won the lottery.
He’s probably so happy for that payday. Without this gift fight that was given to him by Turki Al-Sheikh, Crawford would be slogging away at 154, faced with having to fight real sharks like Bakhram Murtazaliev, Serhii Bohachuk, Vergil Ortiz Jr., and Sebastian Fundora.
This isn’t a wrecked, rusty, slow Errol Spence car crash that Crawford is fighting. Canelo is still an active and very dangerous fighter. Canelo is like an M93 Hornet landmine and he’s going to wind up on the Nebraska native if he has any ideas.
Most likely, Crawford will agree with his trainer Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre of the plan to use the movement and follow the plan of Mayweather and Dmitry Bivol against Canelo.
Exposed and overrated
The soon-to-be 38-year-old Crawford says he hid his best in his “back pocket all this time.“It’s a little hard to believe after seeing him eat a right hand from Israil Madrimov last August and come close to losing to him in his debut at 154. Terence just looked old, small and weak in that fight.
“I don’t think it’s a fight that Canelo really wants, if I’m honest, because I think he feels like he’s not going to get a lot of credit fighting at light middleweight, and Crawford is going to be moving around a lot in that fight. , which is not ideal. for Canelo,” said Eddie Hearn to Fight Hub TVreacts to the news of Canelo Alvarez fighting Terence Crawford in September.
“What are his (Canelo) options? If (Dmitry) Bivol wins (against Artur Beterbiev on February 22), he can fight for undisputed. It will be a very tough fight. Benavidez is at 175. Obviously, His Excellency wants make that fight. So, I think we can see later,” Hearn said about the Canelo vs. Crawford fight.
Sorry for the worldview!!! The best is yet to come. I’ve had it in my back pocket all this time.
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) January 13, 2025
