Terence Crawford says if he gets his wish, a fight between him and Canelo Alvarez will prove who the #1 fighter is in the “post-Mayweather era.” A fight between Canelo and Crawford would not confirm who the #1 fighter is in this era of boxing.
It would be a simple cash grab between Crawford, a small, older fighter on his way to retirement, and the 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 collect money to create a Rockefeller-esque type dynasty with a giant nest egg passed down from generation to generation.
This fight means way more to Crawford than it does to Canelo because it only helps one person. That’s Crawford. The Mexican star Canelo already has an estimated net worth of $275 million, which is now likely at $300 million after his last fight against Edgar Berlanga.
Canelo won’t receive credit for beating Crawford because fans will say he beat a smaller guy, which would be true. Crawford just moved up to 154 last August and looked like a shell of his former self, struggling to beat Israil Madrimov.
The few fans who believed that Crawford had a chance of beating Canelo gave up on that idea after watching him go to life and death with Madrimov. That matchup showed that Crawford is too weak, small, and old to move beyond the 154-lb 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 harsh environment at 168 against Canelo would prove too much for the soon to be 37-year-old.
“I feel like it’s a legacy fight, and I feel like it’s a fight that I can actually win,” Crawford said to ESPN. about a match against Canelo.”I think it would tell the [who is the] No. 1 guy in the post-Mayweather era, who’s the king of kings.”
No one takes Crawford seriously about his true intention of moving 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 worthy, he’d move up to super middleweight and fight Benavidez instead of his tiresome housing Canelo.
“If the money’s right, why not, in this moment in my career,” said Canelo about fighting Crawford.
Canelo is open to the fight with Crawford if he’s paid over $100 million+, but thus far, no one has been willing to meet his price to make the match a reality. What’s likely keeping the match from being made is Crawford’s unproven PPV history. He’s not a draw. So, who pays the kind of money to make the fight happen would lose huge amounts of dough.
Mf just be hating just to fit in. Yall people weird.
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) September 18, 2024
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