Trainer Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre says Terence Crawford was willing to fight Canelo Alvarez without a rehydration clause because he doesn’t think he needs them to prove he is “the best.” BoMac says Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) wants to “show the world” he’s the better fighter.
Pay day
Fans see this as rubbish and that the real reason Crawford wants to fight Canelo is the huge payday he will receive. This proving he’s “the best” smut that BoMac spouts seems absurd when you take into account that Crawford isn’t interested in proving himself at 168.
Fighters face top contenders in weight classes before challenging the champion. Crawford skips this part by jumping straight into a title fight against Canelo.
In reality, Crawford, 37, couldn’t dictate terms to superstar Canelo like he could with Errol Spence. If Terence had insisted on the weight stipulations for the Canelo fight, he would have gotten nowhere and would have been forced to fight the dangerous young 154-year-old fighters for much less money.
Crawford could have avoided a loss if he had fought WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora. However, he would likely lose if he faced one of the junior middleweight killers like Vergil Ortiz, Serghii Bohachuk, or Bakhram Murtazalev. The game would be played for Crawford, as he would be exposed, and his value in the sport would be diminished.
Canelo-Crawford has not yet been made official, but it is likely that he will perform in September, during the Mexican Independence Day holiday weekend. It would be interesting if Turki Al-Sheikh threw a wrench into Crawford’s work by insisting that he beat one of the top super middleweights to earn the Canelo fight rather than giving it to him based solely on that. that he did during his career. .
Canelo brought up Crawford last week, saying he was “beaten”A good fighter” for his entire 17-year professional career, and that was Errol Spence after his car accident. BoMac didn’t have much to say about that comment other than repeating what Crawford said in refuting the fact that they were somebody until he made them look like “nobodies” by beating them However, Crawford’s resume is devoid of quality opposition. He has beaten a lot of good fighters, never one. excellent or elite level.
Canelo just said it like it was Crawford going through a long career without taking any risks. Terence can’t blame his promoters for failing to get fights for him, because if he had moved up to 154, 160 or 168, he would have had plenty of big fight opportunities during his career.
If Crawford wanted big fights over the last 17 years, he could have moved up and fought middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin when he was still around. I don’t think it would have ended well for Crawford, but it could have done it. The lack of risk talk was never there for Crawford like it was with Canelo. This is why Bud only has “one good fighter” on his resume, a broken down Spence.
If I were Canelo, I would have Terence win the fight by facing the winner of the David Benavidez vs. David Morrell fight. This would give Crawford a big enough fight to build his name to the point where Canelo would receive a pass from the boxing world to fight him.
Fans will jump on the Mexican star for fighting another guy two weight divisions away to fight him for a big payday and not win it. Two years ago, Jermell Charlo moved up from 154 to challenge Canelo for his titles at 168, and the fight was a complete mismatch due to Alvarez’s power advantage. It will be worse with Crawford because he is smaller and weaker than Jermell.
BoMac: no stipulations required
“I think Crawford’s rebuttal was that everyone always said, ‘Oh, he didn’t fight anyone’ or ‘not everyone he fought was a name,’ but I’ll tell you like That. What Crawford Said: ‘Well, they were something’ until Crawford fought them,” trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre told Social boxingreacting to Canelo Alvarez’s statements 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 is the best. Why put stipulations in there when you know you can be the best? So let’s test ourselves,” BoMac said of Crawford agreeing to fight Canelo at 168 without a rehydration clause.
