Trainer Brian 'Pomak' McIntyre says Terrence Crawford was willing to fight Canelo Alvarez without a drought condition because he didn't feel he needed them to prove he “The best.” BoMac says Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) wants to “show the world” that he is the better fighter.
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Fans see that as prattle And the real reason Crawford wants to fight Canelo is the huge payday he will receive. The proof that he's the “best” that BoMac posts seems like nonsense when you consider that Crawford isn't interested in proving himself at 168.
Fighters face off against the top contenders in their weight classes before challenging the champion. Crawford skips that part by going straight to a title fight against Canelo.
In reality, Crawford, 37, was unable to dictate terms to star player Canelo as he could with Errol Spence. If Terrence had insisted on weight stipulations for the Canelo fight, he would have gotten nowhere and been stuck fighting dangerous young fighters at 154 for much less money.
Crawford might have been able to avoid defeat if he fought WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora. However, he would likely lose if he faced any of the young middleweight killers like Virgil Ortiz, Sergei Bohachuk, or Bakram Murtazalev. The match would be up for grabs for Crawford, where he would be exposed, and his value in the sport would be diminished.
Canelo-Crawford has not yet been officially announced, but it will likely happen in September on Mexican Independence Day weekend. It would be interesting if Turki Al-Sheikh gets in the way of Crawford's work by insisting on beating one of the top middleweights to win the fight against Canelo instead of giving it to him based on what he's done during his career. .
Canelo held Crawford in his arms last week saying he won.”One good fighter“During his 17-year professional career, that was Errol Spence after he was in a car accident. BoMac didn't have much to say about that comment other than to repeat what Crawford said in his response about how they were people until he made them look like 'nobody' by beating them up. However Crawford's resume is devoid of any good opposition. He has beaten a lot of good fighters, and has never been excellent or elite.
Canelo was telling it like it was about Crawford having a long career without taking any risks. Terrence can't blame his promoters for not being able to get fights for him because if he had moved to 154, 160 or 168, he would have had plenty of opportunities to get big fights during his career.
If Crawford wanted big fights in the last 17 years, he could have stepped up and fought middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin while he was still around. I don't think it would have ended well for Crawford, but he could have. The lack of talk about risk has never been as present for Crawford as it was with Canelo. Because of this, Budd only has “one good fighter” on his resume, and that's the crumbling Spence.
If I were Canelo, I would have Terrence win the fight by facing the winner of the fight between David Benavidez and David Morrell. This would give Crawford a big enough fight to build his name to where Canelo would get clearance from the boxing world to fight him.
Fans will jump on the Mexican star because he fought another guy coming down two weight divisions to fight him for a big payday without earning it. Two years ago, Jermell Charlo moved up from 154 to challenge Canelo for his titles at 168, and the fight was a total mismatch due to Alvarez's power advantage. It would be worse with Crawford because he is smaller and weaker than Jermell.
Pomak: No conditions required
“I think Crawford's response was, 'Everyone always says, 'Oh, he didn't fight anyone' or 'Everyone he fought didn't have a name,' but I'll tell it this way.” “What Crawford said was, ‘Well, they were a thing’ until Crawford fought them off,” trainer Brian “Pomack” McIntyre told Social boxingin response to Canelo Alvarez saying that Terence Crawford has only fought one good fighter in 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 the conditions out there when you know you can be the best? I'm the best,” Pomak said of Crawford agreeing to fight Canelo. At 168 years old without rehydration condition: “So, let's go test ourselves.”
