The Madrimov Aftermath: Terence Crawford has fans and experts who question their possibilities against Canelo Alvarez

Shane Mosley hopes that Terence Crawford will be competitive against the Canelo Alvarez superstar in the first rounds of his struggle on September 13. The size of Alvarez will be in charge, causing a victory for him.

Crawford (41-0, 31 kos) is receiving a direct title without working for him against the Super indisputable Champion Canelo (63-2-2, 39 kos) on September 13 in Allegant Stadium de las Vegas.

The skepticism that surrounds the outbreak

Terence, 37, reaches two weight classes from 154 to 168 to challenge Canelo. Weight jump is one of the main factors that fans are skeptical of Crawford’s chance of winning. Its inactivity for a year outside the ring and its age causes people to see it as a legitimate possibility of winning.

Fans reminiscent of Canelo’s victory over the former indisputable champion of 154 pounds Jermell Charlo two years ago on September 30, 2023, see Crawford in a similar, but larger, weaker and smaller light than Jermell.

Mosley’s struggle forecast

“I see Crawford has a good fight for the first four rounds, but then I see Canelo slowly commanding the struggle and winning,” said the world champion of three divisions, Shane Mosley Fight Hub TV. “It’s too big. It is (Crawford) very brave and does all the right things. I think Canelo is too big.”

As Mosley points out, Canelo’s size will be too much for Crawford. Omaha, Nebraska, only had a fight at 154 after passing from 147 a year ago on August 3, 2024, and did not shine in its fight against Israil Madrimov. This was not the 24k gold that fans had become accustomed to seeing Crawford. Blame it at age, inactivity or in the weight jump; It was not the same outbreak that people had seen in the past.

Kovalev in the weight jump

“Terence Crawford, I think he is the best pound fighter for pounds. He can beat Canelo, but I don’t know how he will be comfortable in this division,” said Light Weight Champion, Sergey Kovalev. “It is too large (of a weight jump from 154 to 168). It will be (Crawford) slower because it will be larger.”

The Crawford weight has put and its decision not to take one or two warm -up fights in 168, it will make it difficult. Crawford fans believe that their ray against larger fighters in the training camp is sufficient and counts the same as it would in a real struggle. However, there is a difference between using Sparring partners and tackling a top -notch contestant at Super Middleweight, such as Diego Pacheco, Christian Mbilli or Osley Iglesias.

Of course, Crawford would not have probably used any of these fighters for a adjustment to 168 as it would have been too risky. These are high -level contestants who would even have trouble in Canelo.

“It’s not good for Crawford, but I can see that he can win by points. Canelo will be like (covering), keeping his hands. Crawford is very fast and very smart, but in his weight division. No one knows how he will feel with an average weight.

One last questionable performance

Sergey goes out to Crawford, who needed to prevent him from hitting himself in Canelo, because he made many heavy shots in his latest fight against Israil Madrimov 13 months ago on August 3, 2024. Although Crawford surpassed Madrimov from 95 to 84, he was hit with the hardest and cleaner shots in each round.

It made it difficult for a winner to choose, as Crawford only surpassed Madrimov for 11 times. It was not enough to overlook the hardest blows of Madrimov. However, the judges who worked on the fight gave Crawford victory anyway, with a unanimous decision of 12 rounds, by scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 115-113.

If Canelo can land almost as often as Crawford, it will be difficult for Terence to get the decision without the power to overlook the power of Alvarez’s shots.