Hearn on the Faller Champions: Who has aged faster, Crawford or Canelo?

Promoter Eddie Hearn says he worries that Terence Crawford’s body, age, age and inactivity could affect him negatively in his superfigt against Canelo Alvarez on Saturday, September 13 at the Las Vegas stage.

Hearn says that Crawford is 37 years old, he has been fighting once a year in recent years, and he did not seem sensational in his last struggle, 13 months ago, against Israil Madrimov. It is questioned if Crawford (41-0, 31 kos) can handle the power of the super-weight super medium weight of weight weight (63-2-2, 39 kos) because it is advancing two weight classes to face it.

Hearn also has worries about Canelo, specifically his age and legs. He said that Canelo’s legs showed signs of deceleration with their inability to cut the ring against their latest rival, William Scull, on May 3, 2025.

Hearn’s doubts about Crawford’s body

“My concern is that I see the size of Crawford. It seems pumped, much older than usual. It is very difficult to do -in your body and enter and act as always. I do not know if this will help him or it will make it difficult,” said promoter Eddie Hearn a The ground of hand On the physical transformation Terence Crawford has suffered with the size it meant for the struggle of Canelo Alvarez.

The added weight that Crawford has put in can hinder it if it has been pushed at a quick rhythm of Canelo. However, it is questionable if the Mexican star requires the cardio needed to force Terence to fight enough with its weight to play a factor.

What could be determined in this struggle is the power of Canelo and his body. Crawford has not been affected in a professional struggle for a fighter with the power of Canelo. Omaha, a native of Nebraska, Crawford, was wounded in his fights against Yuriorkis Gamboa in 2014 and Egidijus Kavaliauskas in 2019.

The two fighters show their age

“ I am worried if he is (Canelo) the same fighter at this stage of his career. The two boys are old in terms of fighters in his first moment. What is Crawford, 36, 37 (note: Terence complies 38 on September 28). Canelo 36 (Correction: 35). I remember seeing the fight (William) Scull. I felt that his legs were a bit reduced. ”

Canelo has been showing signs of deterioration since his fight against Jaime Munguia on May 4, 2024. He fought well in the first three rounds against Munguia, but then he seemed to be tired and did the minimum of the way to win a unanimous 12 -lap decision.

He was the same in the last two Canelo fights against Edgar Berlanga and William Scull. He fought very soon, but later launched sporadic on the rest of the road to win a couple of unanimous 12 rounds.

Struggling once a year

“Can Crawford manage power in 168? Let’s be honest. We didn’t look sensational against (Israil) Madrimov in 154. It has been so inactive. He has been fighting once a year for the last two years, even three years (Correction: Crawford has fought once a year since 2021). Right now, my head bows to Crawford slightly. I want to see him next week on the stairs, “said Hearn.

Canelo-Madrimov’s struggle was so close to the knife that he could have gone to Madrimov’s manner, as he had landed the cleaner and cleaner features. Terence won a unanimous 12 -round decision, but his age, the ring of the ring and the lack of power, affected him in this fight. It was a search for things from the witches that worked against Crawford in this contest. The judges gave him the victory, but, in my opinion, Madrimov should have been the winner. Hearn feels the same way. He won Madrimov. It was not Crawford’s ideal performance to enter the surface against Canelo.

“I think they are old. It is almost like the one who grows faster. Canelo has not stopped anyone in age from the plant (Caleb) (on November 6, 2021),” said Hearn.

Crawford’s eroding reflexes

Terence seemed to have aged during his last fight against Madrimov on August 3, 2024. Crawford had been out of the ring for more than a year since his victory over Errol Spence on July 29, 2023. In the 13 months outside the ring, Bud did not look physically in the same fight against Madrimov when he had been against Spence.

Crawford was repeatedly struck by the direct rights of Madrimov all the struggle of the 12 rounds. The reflections of the then 36-year-old Crawford seemed to have eroded in my opinion. Crawford has now been inactive for 13 months from the Madrimov Contest, and is close to 38 years old when it goes to its surface against Canelo.

Although Crawford has been able to successfully fight, despite repeated breaks in 2021, the opposition to which he faced has not been stellar.

Crawford’s opposition returns from three long pauses:

• Israil Madrimov
• Errol Spence
• David Avanayan