De la Hoya dismisses Canelo vs. Crawford as “not the biggest struggle

The Hoya Oscar promoter rejects the idea that Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford is the “The biggest struggle in boxing.“He states that Crawford (41-0, 31 kos) will be 38 years old on September 28, and has a bad performance in which he was exhibited by Israil Madrimov last August.

De la Hoya adds that Canelo is “35 years” and has been “exposed” for the previous three years. Alvarez is 34 years old, but will turn 35 on July 18. However, he struggles as if he were 44 years old and he was 100% washed in his last three fights.

Age has decimated the two fighters

Turki Alralhikh is the one who said Canelo-Crawford is “the biggest struggle”, but you can understand why it would be a little left. You must market the struggle to the public and, if you manage to believe that it is the “biggest struggle”, they will be more suitable for buying the event at PPV. In addition, Crawford is one of Turki’s favorite fighters.

Therefore, he is excited to see him fight what is left of Alvarez, which seems to operate with 40% capacity after 20 years to professionals. Canelo resembles an old car with 300,000 miles on top, spitting the blue smoke for the casting, without being able to drive at high speed. That is why he struggles at a slow rate glacially and throws only a handful of punches. Its engine is shot. Canelo released only 152 punching in his last fight against William Scull on May 3, and even with this small number, he was spent.

Crawford looks as old and fired as Canelo. He does not even try to fight the killers in 168, 160 or 154 after their bad experience against Madrimov. This is a red flag that Crawford does not want to find the audience, seeing how little he has left. If Terence assumed one of the predators of the Super Middleweight as, Osleys Iglesias or Christian Mbilli apex, would have serious problems. It would be lost, and then Canelo’s struggle could go.

Do not insult legends with that

Fans sometimes compare Crawford with Ray Leonard sugar and Ray of sugar Robinson. But do you think these two talents would have played for sure the way Crawford has been doing in the last year? They also had much better resumes than him. Crawford is empty, except for the Errol Spence and Madrimov, abused by cars. You cannot count any of these high -level wins for Crawford because it didn’t fought better.

So listen to me
Crawford will be 38
And Canelo is 35 years old
Crawford has not fought in a year and has been exposed by Madrimov Imo
Canelo has been exposed in recent years
Can anyone explain -how is the “biggest boxing of boxing”?

– Oscar de la Hoya (@oscardelaoya) May 14, 2025