Terence Crawford must start thinking about a plan B Opponent because his primary target, Canelo Alvarez, shows zero interest in facing him.
Crawford will need to retire or continue because the Canelo fight will not happen for him, and that’s clear. The way Crawford keeps pushing makes him look bad in the eyes of the fans. It’s like Crawford just doesn’t get it.
By now, Crawford should have already figured out that a fight with Canelo will never happen in this lifetime. The way that Crawford is not giving up is pathetic.
Most would agree that Crawford’s approach to trying to get a fight against superstar Canelo has been wrong. The Nebraska native has focused on skipping the line by jumping ahead of the contenders at 168 and asking Canelo to just give him the fight without earning it.
He assumed that Canelo would be willing to give him the shot without earning it. This has not worked well for Crawford, yet he’s still not interested in moving up to 168 to improve his chances. Crawford’s lack of ambition to fight Canelo is troubling.
Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) has been making the rounds with the media, trying to talk his way into a fight against unified super middleweight champion Canelo for the past year.
That approach has failed for Crawford, and he must now decide whether to retire or continue his career fighting other fighters. Crawford has many excellent options for nice paydays.
If His Excellency Turki Alalshikh is interested in financing Crawford’s next fight regardless of his opponent, he can make good money fighting many well-known fighters.
If Crawford is going to persist with his goal of fighting Canelo, he needs to put himself in a position to exert pressure on the Mexican star by moving up to 168 and defeating two or three big names:
168 options:
– David Benavidez
– Christian Mbilli
– David Morrell
Fighting Benavidez would be the ideal opponent Crawford should fight if he’s interested in getting the retirement payday against Canelo Alvarez. It would pay the soon-to-be 37-year-old Crawford well by fighting Benavidez, as that would be a matchup that would bring in big numbers on Prime Video PPV.
If Crawford were victorious against ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez, Canelo would be forced to fight him due to the pressure. It would be risky for Crawford to fight Benavidez because he could obliterate him, and his dream of fighting Canelo would be finished for good.
Given Crawford’s recent lackluster performance against Israil Madrimov at 154, it’s pretty evident that he would stand no chance of beating any of the top five at 168. Even a lesser fighter like Edgar Berlanga would be too much for Crawford.
Crawford should focus on the fights that he can potentially win at 147 and 154, which would still pay well. They wouldn’t give Crawford the massive retirement payday that a fight against Canelo would, but he’d still do quite well.
Plan B options for Crawford:
– Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis
– Vergil Ortiz Jr.
– Sebastian Fundora
– Tim Tszyu
– Serhii Bohachuk
– Israil Madrimov
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