Terence Crawford says if he gets his wish, a fight between him and Canelo Alvarez will prove who is the No. 1 fighter in the “post-Mayweather era.” A fight between Canelo and Crawford will not confirm who is the No. 1 fighter in this era of boxing.
It would be a simple cash grab between Crawford, a small, aging fighter on his way to retirement, and superstar Canelo. There are many outstanding fighters in the sport who deserve to be ranked above Crawford.
A fight between him and Canelo proves nothing other than how desperate Crawford is for a golden parachute to raise money to create a Rockefeller-esque dynasty of sorts with a giant nest egg handed down from generation to generation.
This fight means so much more to Crawford than to Canelo because it only helps one person. It’s Crawford. Mexican star Canelo already has an estimated net worth of $275 million, which is now likely $300 million after his last fight against Edgar Berlanga.
Canelo won’t get credit for beating Crawford because the fans said he beat a smaller guy, which would be true. Crawford went down to 154 last August and looked like a shell of his old self, struggling to beat Israil Madrimov.
The few fans who believed that Crawford had a chance to beat Canelo gave up on that idea after seeing him go to and fro with Madrimov. That matchup proved that Crawford is too weak, small and old to move past the 154lb division.
It would be the equivalent of Crawford leaving Earth and trying to colonize the exoplanet TOI-700 e. Crawford’s chances of handling the tough environment at 168 against Canelo proved too much for the 37-year-old.
“I feel like it’s a legacy fight, and I feel like it’s a fight I can actually win,” Crawford told ESPN. on a match against Canelo. “I think I would say to (who is) the No. 1 guy in the post-Mayweather era, that he is the king of kings.
No one is taking Crawford seriously about his true intention to move up to 168 to challenge Canelo. They see this as just a money thing, which Crawford has already partially admitted. If Crawford really wanted to prove himself, he would move up to super middleweight and fight Benavidez instead of his tired Canelo accommodation.
“If the money is right, why not, at this point in my career,” Canelo said about the Crawford fight.
Canelo is open to fighting Crawford if he pays more than $100 million+, but so far, no one has been willing to meet his price to make the match a reality. What will likely keep the match from being made is Crawford’s unproven PPV history. It’s not a draw. So, whoever pays the kind of money to make the fight happen will lose a huge amount of dough.
Mf just hate to enter.
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) September 18, 2024
