Roy Jones Jr. to Crawford vs. CANELO: Why running is “stupid” for Bud on September 13

Roy Jones Jr. He says that Terence Crawford cannot afford to run against Canelo Alvarez because this will give him confidence to pursue a victory on September 13.

Jones Jr. It wants Crawford (41-0, 31 kos) to get ready and fight against the Super Medium Half weight champion Canelo (63-2-2, 39 kos) from the first round to show his strength. Roy does not say what Plan B is for Crawford if he cannot manage Canelo’s power.

Why running is “stupid”

“You’re totally wrong. The first is, how will you move and get out of cane? You’ll give you everything you want. It’s stupid,” said Roy Jones Jr. According to When asked if Terence Crawford should use the movement to circumvent Canelo Alvarez all night on September 13.

Spence Fight Anomaly

Crawford will move because he has done it throughout his career. The only struggle he did not run was when he fought the car, which drained the weight, inactive, Errol Spence Jr., in 2023. Against him, Crawford did not have to do so because Spence seemed like a drained, slow and half-golden zombie that night.

Terence cannot do it against Canelo because it will not be the equivalent of a ghoul that night. It will be powerful, alert and try to punch holes through Crawford.

“If you get out of an older man, give him all the confidence he wants.” Oh, all I have to do is catch it. Run now. He does not want to fight. All I have to do is catch it. “No, don’t go there with this mentality.

There is a big difference between what Roy Jones Jr. He fought against WBA John Ruiz’s heavy weight champion in 2003, and Crawford advanced essentially to three classes of weight to challenge the powerful Canelo for his undisputed championship in Super Middleweight.

Ruiz was not a punch; He was a clinician and was considered the weakest bond between the champions at that time. Roy Jr. He knew what he did, selecting it instead of the other three champions. It was a selection of cherries on his part.

First crucial rounds

“Listen, I come here. I will propose the scale as a heavy weight and I will make you feel that I am a heavy weight in the first lap. Bud has to do the same,” said Jones Jr.

Well, Jones Jr. He would have chosen to mix it soon if he assumed these two heavy weights at that time in 2003:

– Lennox Lewis: WBC
– Corrie Sanders: Wbo

If Roy would have aggressively fought them in the first round, he would have been eliminated. Therefore, giving advice to Crawford that he would not have followed in his own career is useless. Jones Jr. I would never have fought like that if I had fought the best instead of the weakest bond.

“You have to make known the scale to 168 pounds and you have to make you feel that it is a 168 pounds when it hits the ring. If you do not do it in the early part, you will now have a problem,” said Jones Jr.

Turki Alralikh’s expectations

It would be great for Crawford to decide to fight with Canelo from the first round, because Turki Alralikh pays him a lot of money, according to $ 50 million. A smile on Turki’s face would be a smile if Crawford committed instead of running, as he did in his last fight against Israil Madrimov. It was a boring chess game.