David Benavidez and Abel Sanchez say that Terence Crawford’s decision to skip in the 168 pounds make Canelo Alvarez’s defeat almost impossible

David Benavidez and coach Abel Sanchez believe that Terence Crawford made a mistake by not 168 to make tune -up struggles before challenging Canelo Alvarez for his super unquestionable half -weight weighty weight championship on September 13, 2025, by stagnant Stadium de las Vegas.

Sánchez says that Crawford (41-0, 31 kos) did the “worst thing he could have done” until the 190’s and not taking several fights in Super Middleweight. WBC heavy weight champion, Benavidez, claims that Crawford walks to a “Buzzsaw” fighting Canelo (63-2-2, 39 kos) without any experience in 168.

“To beat Canelo, you need to be able to shot and press it to ensure -you keep it busy and back up,” said coach Abel Sanchez a Fighthype When asked what Terence Crawford should do to defeat Canelo Alvarez on September 13.

Crawford could not do it in his last fight against Israil Madrimov on 154 last year on August 3, 2024. “Little GGG”, as some fans say in Madrimov, it is not as powerful or as aggressive as Canelo. Madrimov supported Crawford throughout the fight and absorbed many punishments. It was a eye -looking workshop that Crawford saw for the first time and marked both eyes. He had touched his roof of what he was able to do in his transfer to 154.

Canelo won this struggle in Madrimov. “For me, I think he (Crawford) lost the fight or (he was) draw, or he could be the other side. He knows why there are weight classes (now),” Canelo said in Dazn shortly after the fight.

“If you can’t push him and be more effective with the punches than him, he does not overcome him,” Sánchez said on Canelo. “Boys like Bivol who were able to pressure him, be stronger than him and maintain activity on him, these are the types of boys who defeated him.”

The only two fighters who pushed Canelo were Gennadiy Golovkin and Dmitry Bivol. They had the power of punch to force Canelo back. Crawford is not this type of fist. Even with the weight that Terence has increased, its power is not expected to be at the GGG level. Bud is bigger than Golovkin now, but it is left to see if he will have this type of pop in his traits.

“Terence, I do not care if it goes up to 200 pounds; it does not have it in time to do it. If I had struggled three or four boys already on this weight and build their labor ethics and its force competing and beating boys with this weight (super weight), then I could see it,” said Sanchez.

WBC’s heavy weight champion David Benavidez expresses the same thoughts as Abel on Crawford making a mistake of not wetting his feet first in 168 fighting the tunes before facing Canelo for his indisputable championship.

“Weight classes are there for a reason. Crawford fought with (Israil) the size and power of Madrimov at 154. Jump directly to 168 against Canelo, which has been comfortable for years, is a huge risk. It needs a struggle to feel out of weight or Walk to a buzzsaw “ Benavidez told Reddit about Crawford.

Terence fought badly in his move up to 154 in his last struggle, assuming the champion of WBA Junior Middleweight Israil Madrimov on August 3, 2024. Crawford’s punches did not look as powerful in this class of weight as 147.

Madrimov’s shots took Crawford’s head all night and marked him. Crawford had a 12 -round decision, but was close to two of the cards. The scores were 115-113, 116-112 and 115-113. Social media fans said that Crawford did not look like the same fighter in 154 against Madrimov as he had in his two fights before the 147 against Errol Spence and Shawn Porter.

“It has been packed to whatever it may be, which in my opinion is the worst I could have done. I would have kept it at 170 pounds, the weight that will fight,” said Abel on Crawford. “In this way, I should not lose anything. It could be as strong as it could be in this weight instead of what I understand, it is in the 190’s. If it is in the 190’s, it will have to leave -until the 160’s. This is not pointing to me,” said Sanchez.

Recent reports are that Crawford’s weight is in the mid -180’s. This is not far from the 190’s that Abel speaks here. It is very weighty for a larger fighter like the 37 -year -old Crawford, who has had its fight against Canelo.

The idea is that Crawford will reduce to 168 pounds the week of struggle and then rehydrate in the 180’s to be sized to compete against Alvarez. Crawford’s speed and mobility are two things that have helped her to navigate her 41 -struggling career.

If you slow down or cannot move as well as before, your chances of defeating Canelo decrease. This is Canelo’s weight class and has fought much larger than naturally larger fighters than BU.