Via his always entertaining YouTube channel ‘Froch on Fighting,’ former super-middleweight ruler Carl Froch interviewed Terence Crawford this week, the interview taking place in Dubai. There was clear mutual respect on display, and a smiling Crawford answered questions on a number of subjects.
Froch asked “Bud” if he really does want to fight Canelo Alvarez and what would happen if the fight did take place.
“Of course,” Crawford said when Froch asked him if he’s serious about wanting to fight the much bigger Canelo. “I’m always confident that I can win any fight that I step in the ring to have. You know, Canelo is a big, strong competitor, he’s a great fighter, a future Hall of Famer. That’s what we’re in the game for, to leave a legacy that will surpass our lifetime. (On what tactics he would use against Canelo, box and move or stand in the pocket) That’s why we fight, so that all the questions can be answered on fight night. I don’t wanna go in there and say I’m gonna box him, when I get in the ring I might stay in front of him. I don’t wanna say I’m going to stay there in front of him when I might have to box him. I’m the type of fighter that I make adjustments on the fly. Along my whole career, I do what’s necessary to get the job done.”
It really will be fascinating if Crawford does fight Canelo next year some time. Up at 168 pounds, with true greatness on the line, can Crawford pull this off? That saying, ‘he dared to be great,’ will be writ large whatever the outcome of the fight if Crawford does challenge Canelo, that’s for certain.
Answering a few more questions from Froch, Crawford said his all-time favourite fighter is Roy Jones, that Muhammad Ali is the greatest ever, and that Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo fight-one is his all-time favourite fight.
Crawford himself is without doubt a future Hall of Famer, whatever he does from here on in in his career.
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