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Hamzah Sheeraz provides for a “stop” victory for Canelo Alvarez against Terence Crawford in his fight on September 13 in Las Vegas. He considers that there is “weight classes for a reason” and believes that the jump of two divisions that Crawford (41-0, 31 kos) will do for this struggle will be too much for his body.
Crawford is not young, he is 38 years old in September and has been deceiving his career as a part -time fighter since 2020. You can only go out for a year for so long before it is ready.
We saw that in Crawford’s last struggle, coming out of a 13 -month dismissal, debuting at 154, and barely won. Instead of staying in 154 to prove against young Lions, Crawford transfers two divisions for a fight against the super unquestionable Canelo champion (63-2-2, 39 kos). It doesn’t look good for Terence.
Canelo’s force, the advantage of size
“My perspective about this is # 1, there are weight classes for a reason,” said Hamzah Sheeraz a Fighthype When asked about his thoughts about Terence Crawford, who advanced two classes of weight to challenge the champion of Super Media Super Media Canelo Alvarez.
We clearly saw Crawford’s last struggle in 154 that had reached his roof for what is possible for his frame. He would not be the dominant fighter in the Junior Middle Weight he had been at 147, 140 and 135 during his time. If he had stayed at 154, probably the younger fighters, physically larger and stronger in this class of weight.
It will not return to this division because the writing is on the wall. Israil Madrimov exhibited him. Of course, Crawford would not pass up to 160 to fight the champions in this division because it would be even worse for him. It would be too small and old.
“And if we are based on his last performances, Canelo had a better performance, I think, although he had a negative fighter (William Scull) in front of him,” said Hamzah. “And, I feel that Crawford fought a bit with the physical (Israil) physical. Yes, he was very physical and I feel he was fighting for it.”
Sheeraz says it lightly when he says that Crawford fought against Madrimov. He was definitely struck by him, but the three judges who work the fight. He was marked 115-113, 116-112 and 115-113 for Crawford.
I saw the struggle and had it 7-5 for Madrimov (115-113). He landed the cleaner and much tougher punctures in all rounds of the fight. Crawford threw many more punches than Madrimov, from 433 to 275, but only landed 11 more. Had Terence mentally tied in knots.
“You have to remember. “He knows how to use his size, but at the same time, at this level, no fighters like Crawford cannot be written because he is so skilled. So, increasing two pesos, he could challenge the odds because he is a great generational.”
Crawford can land more than Canelo, but it will be similar to his fight with Madrimov. Their features will be considerably weaker. The judges will not give the business to Canelo because it is a superstar. They will score it fairly and give the decision. If you are Crawford, you should try a tie because you will not get a cheap victory as he did in his last struggle.
“But if I had to put the money, I would have put my money on Canelo to win -me at the stop,” said Sheeraz.
It will be difficult for Canelo to eliminate Crawford because it will probably be moving for the full 12 rounds, following the William Scull model on how to go to the distance with the Mexican star. It will be ugly, but at least Crawford can claim a moral victory.
Last updated on 06/30/2025