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 best fighter.
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Fans see that as ice cream and that Crawford’s real reason for wanting to fight Canelo is for the massive payday he will get. This evidence that he is “the best” junk that BoMac spews sounds like nonsense when you factor in that Crawford is not interested in proving himself at 168.
Fighters take on the best contenders in weight classes before challenging the champion. Crawford skips that part by going straight into a title fight against Canelo.
In reality, Crawford, 37, couldn’t dictate terms with superstar Canelo like he could with Errol Spence. If Terence had insisted on weight stipulations for the Canelo fight, he would have gotten nowhere and been stuck fighting dangerous young fighters at 154 for a lot less money.
Crawford could have avoided defeat if he fought WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora. However, he would likely lose if he faced any of the junior middleweight killers like Vergil Ortiz, Serghii Bohachuk, or Bakhram Murtazalev. The game would be for Crawford, as he would be exposed, and his value in the sport would be diminished.
Canelo-Crawford hasn’t been official yet, but it’s likely to take place in September over the Mexican Independence Day holiday weekend. It would be interesting if Turki Al-Sheikh threw a spanner in the works for Crawford by insisting that he beat one of the top-tier super middleweights to earn the fight against Canelo rather than just focusing on what he did during the his career. .
Canelo took Crawford up in arms last week, saying he was beaten “A good fighter“During his entire professional career of 17 years, and this was Errol Spence after his car accident. BoMac did not have much to say about that comment, except to repeat what Crawford said with his rebuttal of how they were someone until he made them look like “nobody” fighting. However, Crawford’s resume is barren of quality opposition. He’s beaten a lot of good fighters, never great or elite level.
Canelo was just saying it like Crawford was going through a long career without taking any chances. Terence can’t blame his promoters for not being able to fight for him because if he had moved up to 154, 160, or 168, he would have had many opportunities for great fights during his career.
If Crawford wanted big fights in the last 17 years, he could have moved on and fought middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin when he was still around. I don’t think it would have ended well for Crawford, but he could have done this. The lack of risk talk was never there for Crawford like it was with Canelo. That’s why Bud only has “one good fight” on his resume, the Spence removed.
If I were Canelo, I would have Terence win the fight to take the winner of the David Benavidez vs. David Morrell fight. That would give Crawford a big enough fight to build his name to where Canelo would get a pass from the boxing world to fight him.
Fans will be jumping on the Mexican star for the fight with another guy coming up two weight divisions to fight for a big no-win payday. Two years ago, Jermell Charlo went from 154 to challenge Canelo for his titles at 168, and the fight was a complete mismatch because of Alvarez’s power advantage. It will be worse with Crawford because he is smaller and weaker than Jermell.
BoMac: No need for stipulations
“I think Crawford’s rebuttal was that everyone always said, ‘Oh, he didn’t fight anybody’ or ‘everybody that fought was no name,’ but I’ll tell you this. What Crawford said: ” Well, they were something” until Crawford fought them,” trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre told Social boxingHe reacts to Canelo Alvarez saying that Terence Crawford has only fought one good fighter during his career, Errol Spence.
“So, obviously, he (Crawford) does a great job because he makes everyone look normal. That’s what Crawford wants. He wants to show the world that he’s the best. Why put stipulations there when you know you can be the best? So , we’re going to try,” BoMac said of Crawford agreeing to fight Canelo at 168 without a rehydration clause.
