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Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, undisputed super middleweight champion, said that Terence Crawford He has only had one big fight on his resume as a professional boxer and it was last July against Errol Spence Jr.
In an interview for TMZ Sports, Canelo Álvarez indicated that Crawford is a very talented and a good fighter, but if you check his record he has not beaten other high level boxers like Spence Jr. throughout his career.
“I respect Terence Crawford. He is a very talented fighter, but he has won only one big fight. If you look at his record, he just beat a good fighter, as is Errol Spence, but other than that, I don’t think he’s beaten other high-level fighters like Spence. He did a very good job against Spence, he made it look very easy, but I already knew that Terence Crawford is a great fighter,” he said.
Despite the fact that Terence Crawford has been the undisputed champion in two weight classes (lightweight and welterweight), some boxing experts and fighters like Canelo Álvarez think your resume is not as impressive as others think. The American achieved the best victory of his career by knocking out Spence Jr. and managing to capture all four 147-pound belts to become the best pound for pound of the moment.
The statements of the Mexican They arise from the possible fight that both could star in at 168 pounds after his confrontation with Jermell Charlo and Bud’s rematch with Errol Spence Jr. It should be noted that Crawford assured that he intends to win his third undisputed championship against Canelo Álvarez in what he considers would be the greatest fight in boxing history .
This challenge in the first instance that was rejected by the man from Guadalajara because he assured that they would not give him credit for fighting a fighter who will go up three categories to face him, but the Mexican changed his mind and left open the possibility of this duel happening if it makes sense to do it.
Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, 33, defeated John Ryder by unanimous decision of the judges last May in Mexico after 12 years of absence from his land. The boxer from Guadalajara has a record of 59 wins (39 by knockout) and two losses in his career.
For his part, Terence Crawford, 35, became the best pound for pound after winning the undisputed welterweight championship and be crowned as the first undefeated monarch since the four belts were disputed. Bud, who went down in history for being undisputed in two weight classes, now has 40 wins, 31 of them by knockout.
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