Crawford beats Canelo? The best in 30 years, says the coach

Trainer Greg Hackett says a Terence Crawford victory over Canelo Alvarez in 2025 would make him the best fighter of the past 30 years.

For Crawford to be seen as the best fighter of the last 30 years to surpass his best Canelo would be to ignore many great fighters who did much more than him.

We already know how Crawford will choose to fight Canelo using the Mayweather shot to hit and run. He will NOT stand in front of Canelo and trade shots. It will play it safe and make it boring the entire time, and the fans will feel angry that they wasted their money ordering the fight on PPV.

Crawford will make it boring, hit and not get hit, and try to win a decision like Mayweather did against Canelo in 2013.

Hackett already sees Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) as the pound-for-pound No. 1 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 haven’t been against anyone special.

If you’ve seen Canelo’s last two fights against Edgar Berlanga and Jaime Munguia, you’ll know he’s looking past his prime at 34 years old. He is showing age at 19 as a professional. The first two fights against Gennadiy Golovkin took a lot out of Canelo, and he hasn’t looked the same since.

Measuring Crawford’s legacy

Crawford is fair another Adrien Broner in this sense. Broner also held world titles in four weight classes, but his resume was just as weak as Bud’s. It shows you how diluted the divisions are four alphabet titles for wrestlers to choose from and capture belts with the help of their promoters.

Bud’s best wins

– Israil Madrimov
– Errol Spence
—Shawn Porter
“Kell Brook”.
– Amir Khan
– Yuriorkis Gamboa
– Ricky Burns
– Víctor Postol

You’d have to be a simpleton to think those are good enough wins to make Crawford the #1 p-4-po best fighter of the last 30 years. Based on these wins, I can only say that his promoters have matched Crawford very carefully.

These are NOT enough fighters to give Crawford credit for beating them because they were mostly on the hill when he fought them. Madrimov is the only one who didn’t get a shot, and he came close to beating Crawford in his 12th professional fight.

If Crawford beat a fading 34-year-old Canelo, it wouldn’t make him the best of the last 30 years because he wouldn’t have compiled the kind of wins that former six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya or The Champion of eight divisions Manny Pacquiao did during his careers. These two are the best.

Crawford can’t be included because he fought weak opposition, and the same with Floyd Mayweather Jr. He was too selective with the opposition he fought against.

“Tank is a beast, but I think pound for pound, Bud (Crawford) is No. 1. A lot of times, people doubted him. They doubted him against (Errol) Spence. They doubted him against (Israel) Madrimov. Some say it was too small, I heard them,” said Greg Hackett YSM Sports Media on his belief that Terence Crawford should be No. 1 pound for pound.

“When he fought Viktor Postol, he (Crawford) was too small. When he fought (Yuriorkis) Gamboa, he didn’t know enough. There was a lot of shit. If he beats Canelo, he’s the baddest motherfucker in 30 years ” Hackett said of Terence.

“Right now in the game, it’s got to be Bud, and then probably Inoue after that,” Hackett continued of his belief that Crawford should be the No. 1 pound-for-pound in the sport. “But people don’t get it. He’s been counted out for a long time. He kept winning and beat a lot of **.

It is too early to say that Crawford will get the Canelo fight in 2025. Nothing is official yet, and there is a good chance that Canelo will turn down this fight. It’s a no-win type of matchup for Canelo, as Crawford is getting more out of him. If Crawford wins, there is no real gain. Crawford beating Canelo would be huge, and the payday would be massive too. The money alone is a win for Crawford.

Title limits

“Tank has always been a 130, 135 pounds. People try to say Tank was 126 pounds,” Hackett said. “I fought Tank on a couple cards. He never really got to 126. I’m saying Bud was kicking the crap out of him at 135, 140, 147 and he just won a belt at 154.

“A champion at 135, undisputed at 140 and 147, right? Then he won another belt at 154. He’s still undefeated,” Hackett said of Crawford. “A lot of steps up, a lot of guys that were supposed to beat him. A bunch of guys who were supposed to be too old for him. Too fast, too loud. This one was supposed to have too much experience and beat them all. It gave Gamboa his first loss.”

Again, winning world titles in four divisions doesn’t mean Crawford is great because he didn’t beat anyone to win his four division titles.

Wins Crawford’s four-division title

– Israil Madrimov: 154
– Jeff Horn: 147
– Thomas Dulorme: 140
– Ricky Burns: 135