Trainer Greg Hackett says a Terence Crawford win over Canelo Alvarez in 2025 would make him the best fighter of the last 30 years.
For Crawford to be viewed as the best fighter of the last 30 years after beating his best Canelo is to ignore a lot of great fighters who have done much more than him.
We already know how Crawford will choose to fight Canelo using Mayweather chart Of hitting and running. He's not going to stand in front of Canelo and exchange shots.
Terrence will play it safe and make the fight boring all the time. Fans will be angry that their money was wasted by ordering the fight on PPV.
Hackett already views Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) as a pound-for-pound No. 1 prospect to capture world titles in four divisions and become undisputed in two weight classes. It's hard to agree with Hackett because Crawford's wins in those four divisions weren't against any elite team.
If you watched Canelo's last two matches against Edgar Berlanga and Jaime Munguia, you will know that he is well past his prime at 34 years old. He emerged as a professional at the age of 19. His first two fights against Gennady Golovkin took a lot out of Canelo, and he hasn't been the same since.
Measuring Crawford's legacy
Crawford is abstract Another Adrien Broner in this regard. Broner also held world titles in four weight classes, but his resume was as weak as Budd's. It shows you how the divisions have been diluted with four alphabetical titles for fighters to pick and choose from to capture the belts with the help of their savvy promoters.
Best bud wins
-Israel Madrimov
– Errol Spence
– Shawn Porter
“Kill Brook.”
– Amir Khan
– Euryorkis Gamboa
– Ricky Burns
– Victor Postol
You'd have to be simple to think these wins are good enough to make Crawford No. 1 in P-4-P or the best fighter of the last 30 years. Based on those wins, I can only say that his promoters matched Crawford very carefully.
These are not enough fighters to give Crawford accolades for knocking out because they were mostly over the hill when he fought them. Madrimov is the only one who hasn't been shot, and he came close to beating Crawford in his 12th pro fight.
If Crawford could beat the 34-year-old Canelo, it wouldn't make him the best of the last 30 years because he wouldn't have accumulated the kinds of victories the former world champion has achieved in the six divisions. Oscar De La Hoya Or eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao They did throughout their careers. These two are the best.
You can't include Crawford because he faced weak opposition, and it's the same with Floyd Mayweather Jr. 'Money May' was very selective with the opposition he fought and spent a lot of time picking to preserve his precious O. Floyd was the catalyst for this generation's cherry pickers. He was the teacher.
“Tank is a beast, but I think Bud (Crawford) is No. 1 pound-for-pound. A lot of times, people doubted him. They doubted him against (Errol) Spence. They doubted him against (Israel) Madrimov. And some people say That he was so young, Greg Hackett said, “I heard them.” YSM Sports Media About his belief that Terence Crawford should be £1.
“When he fought Viktor Postol, (Crawford) was too young. When he fought (Yuriorkis) Gamboa, he didn't know enough. There was a lot of ***. If he beats Canelo, he'll be the worst mother in 30,” Hackett said of Terrence. last year.”
“Right now in the game, it should be Bud, and then maybe Inoue after that,” Hackett continued of his belief that Crawford should be No. 1 in the sport. “Bud, people don't get it. He's been counted out for a long time. Keep winning and beat a lot of a**.”
It's too early to say if Crawford will fight Canelo in 2025. There's nothing official yet, and there's a good chance Canelo will turn down that fight. It's a no-win fight for Canelo, one where Crawford gets more out of it than he does. If he beats Crawford, there's no real gain. Crawford beating Canelo would be huge, and the payday would be huge as well. Just the money alone is a victory for Crawford.
Address limits
“The tank has always been a 130 and a 135-pounder. People try to say the Tank was a 126-pounder,” Hackett said. “I fought on two cards with the Tank. He never got to 126. I'm saying Budd was punching hard at 135, 140, 147, and just won the belt at 154.
“Champion at 135, undisputed at 140 and 147, right? And then he won another belt at 154,” Hackett said of Crawford. And he's still unbeaten.” “There are a lot of steps forward, and a lot of players who were supposed to beat him. So many men who were supposed to be too old for him. Very fast, very powerful. This person was supposed to be very experienced, and he had beaten them all. “He gave Gamboa his first loss.”
Again, winning world titles in four divisions does not mean Crawford is great because he has never beaten anyone to win his titles in all four divisions.
Crawford wins four division titles
-Israel Madrimov: 154
– Jeff Horn: 147
– Thomas Dulorme: 140
– Ricky Burns: 135
