Malignaggi explains why a Crawford from Mayweather-Esque could shut down Canelo in September

Paulie Malignaggi believes that Terence Crawford has a good opportunity to overcome the champion of Super Media Unified Canelo Alvarez in his fight in September. He says he initially did not think that Crawford (41-0, 31 kos) could win because he was “too small”, but he considers that Canelo (62-2-2, 39 kos) is no longer in its beginning.

Malignaggi Crawford States has a similar style of struggle to Floyd Mayweather JR, and believes that Canelo resigned when he lost with him in his fight in 2013. The Mexican star is much stronger than it was then, and there will be no heavy weight to weaken it as there was then.

The hunger of Crawford

Paulie says Crawford is hungry, giving it a good shot to defeat Canelo. Obviously, it should not be so hungry for a solid year to sit for a solid year since its last struggle. Crawford may be afraid to fight for the fear of losing in front of one of the youngest average weights, and then his big day against Canelo disappeared. Terence did not want to try -in 168, which is understandable if I was worried about getting beat.

“Originally thought that Crawford was too small. I think Crawford was a more complete fighter than Canelo ever. He is not out of question (which Terence wins),” said Paulie Malignaggi a FighthypeDiscussing the Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford that is expected to occur in September.

Crawford can be too small to stay in his pocket and fight Canelo in the way that they will have to have the opportunity to win. He seemed weak in his 154 debut against Israil Madrimov and was constantly annoyed by the much stronger WBA champion. Traveling two divisions to face an even more powerful chanert, it does not seem good for Crawford.

The decay of Canelo

“This Canelo is not the first chanery. This Canelo tries to steal bags while half of *****,” said Malignaggi. “When Canelo has put himself in difficult situations where he had to dig, what he did? It really has not fallen and went out to the fights where he lost.”

“He only accepted the loss. We saw it against Floyd (Mayweather Jr.) also (as well as against Dmitry Bivol). He never risked the Floyd’s struggle when he was protruded. He only accepted it. Since (Bivol’s struggle), he dropped the level of his opposition greatly,” Paulie said about Canelo.

You can give Canelo a pass through your losses to Mayweather and Bivol because it was in a hard position. When he fought against the still main version of Mayweather in 2013, he was only 22 years old. It worsened things in itself, according to a heavy weight of 152 LB. In the heavy, Canelo seemed drained and needed to sit down to meet. Did not look good.

“He (Crawford) is a boy who reminds me of Floyd and is hungry, motivated and wants to be the best,” said Malingaggi. “It has this average streak in ring. Crawford wants to go for this taste. This does not mean that Crawford wins because it is small. I think more now that Crawford can win than when it was spoken for the first time.”

You cannot say that Crawford wants to fight the best because since his fight with Madrimov, he has shown no interest in fighting any of the other boys in 154. This shows that he realized that he reached his limits and, if he fought against the other fighters, he knows he would lose. Therefore, it cannot be said that he always wants to reach the “taste”, because his resume is too weak to prove it. Crawford has only wins on Errol Spence and Madrimov to show that he has fought the best.

I did not want to advance until 168 to try. If Terence really believed in himself, he would have done it. Crawford knows its limits and only wants the day of payment against Canelo instead of trying.

“I would love to see Crawford win because if Canelo gets this day of payment, which will be a great day of payment,” said Malignaggi. “If you also get the victory, it is a reward too reward for going to Benavidez and is allowed to squeeze the required contestant and maintain all the hostages of belts for so long and not allow this class of weight to continue its course as it should be.”

Legacy or payment?

If you look at it from a neutral point of view without rage in any of the fighters, it seems that Crawford will not win due to his experience in 168, lack of power and age. In addition, you can be taking this struggle for all the wrong reasons to fight Canelo for the day of payment, not for the good of your legacy.

Crawford says he has done it for inherited purposes, but this seems to be Hogwash. If he did for this reason, he would have gone up and fight against one of the best contestants like David Benavidez, David Morrell or Diego Pacheco. This is more money.

“I think, better of the boxing, Crawford wins because he made his career in the right way trying to chase the best all the time. I feel he is trying constantly. The struggle of Madrimov was very impressive. Madrimov is a very good fighter. This struggle was the neck and the neck.It could have been a tie. This was high -level chess.

“To be able to maintain this concentration in the mid -1930’s against this young IQ fighter with an explosive and naturally larger fighter, he was impressive for me. He (Crawford) may be too small for Canelo, but he is definitely not close to Crawford’s capacity.

“ Maybe it is better than toal out of the right position, and this is not his posture. Crawford is mainly a Southpaw. Crawford is more versatile in a position than Canelo, but is too small? Something I noticed in Madrimov’s struggle is that Crawford had to give more land than I usually do. Canelo does well is that the ring is well cut off.