Mike Tyson vs. Crawford Fighting Canelo Alvarez at 168

Mike Tyson says he doesn’t like the idea of ​​Terence Crawford jumping up to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his three titles in that weight class.

“Iron Mike” Tyson notes that Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) did not look good in his last fight, moving from 147 to 154 to fight Israil Madrimov for his WBA junior middleweight belt on August 3. Tyson says Madrimov was great, and Crawford shouldn’t have fought.

Madrimov was hitting Crawford with powerful right hands all night and clearly landed the hardest and cleanest shots in each round. I watched the fight and had Madrimov winning based on landing the better punches, but the judges scored the contest as it was under amateur rules.

The judges gave Crawford a narrow 12-round unanimous decision victory, but it wasn’t the kind of performance that showed the soon-to-be 37-year-old Crawford could move up to 168 to take on the WBA, WBC, and. WBO super middleweight champion Canelo.

It’s obvious that Crawford just wants Canelo’s fight purse to give him money to go into his retirement years to live in luxury as one of the robber barons from the The golden agebut it’s fair to the fans. If Crawford wants to get that retirement day against Canelo, he needs to move up to 168 and prove himself against these Big Four:

1. David Benavidez
2. David Morrell
3. Christian Mbilli
4. Osley Iglesias

If Crawford can get through these four tests, he can move on to the next level to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his three super middleweight belts. It’s that simple. To get that golden parachute, Crawford has to earn it the hard way as anyone would in life. There are no hands. His resume is weak, filled with over-the-mountain fighters and lesser guys who are never good to begin with.

“I don’t like that fight (Canelo vs Crawford). Too much weight. He had a close fight with the last guy he beat (Israil Madrimov) because he was big and really clumsy. He shouldn’t even fight this guy,” said Mike Tyson at the It is What It Is YouTube channel, talking about his thoughts on Terence Crawford possibly jumping up to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for their unified super middleweight titles.