Middleweight Aaron McKenna says Terence Crawford would make a better fight for Canelo Alvarez if the match were made at a catchweight of 164 rather than 168.
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He sparred with Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) and was impressed with his technical skills and power. However, McKenna thinks the power and size of unified super middleweight champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) would be a problem for Terence unless he agreed to come in a little lower with a catchweight.
164 For A Fair Fight
Canelo isn’t likely to agree to give Crawford, 37, a handicap because he would be the star of their fight, and there’s no reason for him to help the smaller fighter to give him an edge. Crawford has talked about wanting to move up to super middleweight to challenge Canelo for his three titles for “legacy” purposes, but if he’s not fighting at the full 168-lb weight, that tarnishes it.
If Crawford wants the fight with Canelo badly enough, he’ll agree to go up to 168 to challenge him. It would be pointless for him to expect a handicap to be given.
“Canelo is the strongest fighter in the world at 168 at that weight. If it was at a catchweight, I think it would be a really good fight at 164,” said Aaron McKenna to Sean Zittel about Terence Crawford having more of a chance of defeating Canelo Alvarez if he’s given a handicap by the contests being held four lbs under the 168-lb limit.
“Crawford definitely has the skills to give him a lot of trouble, and he has the timing and the range. It’s just that if he can hold up to Canelo’s strength, but I think it would be a very good fight. 168, yeah, but I think it would be even better if it were at a catchweight to make it more on the line.
“He’s hard to catch. You have to be calculated. You can’t fall short. You can’t overreach. It has to be perfect sparring,” said McKenna about Crawford.
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