Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis says the Terence Crawford jump to 168 pounds is like being thrown to the wolves against Canelo Alvarez

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis believes that the weight jump from 154 to 168 will make it difficult for Terence Crawford to be victorious against Canelo Alvarez this Saturday, September 13.

The Ennis changed with Canelo (63-2-2, 39 ko) as one of its Sparring partners to help him train himself for his defense of his indisputable half-weight championship against Crawford (41-0, 31 kos) in the Allegant Stadium de las Vegas.

Witnessed “boots” power

“Boots” has seen the powerful and talented Canelo first -hand. So he knows what Crawford, 37, is against this fight, jumping what many believe that they are three classes, not two. This is drastic.

A risky mission of the timely man

It is like going directly to the first lines of the boot field and to be ordered to be the man at the point of a peloton. This is putting Crawford directly on the fire, and is not young with almost 38 years. Haggard appears, with bags Under both eyes. If we had to guess the age of Crawford of his appearance, he would say 40 years. The year of inactivity, coupled with a brutal training field, has affected him.

“It’s a great jump to go from 154 to 168,” said Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis FighthypeSpeaking of Bud Crawford that reached two classes of weight from the middle junior weight to an average weight to challenge Canelo Alvarez for its four titles in 168.

Crawford had been campaigning in Welterweight from 2018 to 2023 before moving to a half junior (154 pounds) weight for a fight against Israil Madrimov last year on August 3, 2024. Crawford has not fought since. He took a long break after his close unanimous decision of 12 rounds on Madrimov.

Terence could live to regret – Doing this because it should have been active. Being inactive for the last 13 months could lead to a loss of sharpness by Crawford. On the other hand, Canelo has remained active the previous year, fighting three times against these fighters:

• William Scull: May 3 2025
• Edgar Lianga: September 14, 2024
• Jaime Munguia: May 4, 2024.

Crawford’s opportunity, though it is thin

“I will say 60-40 Canelo or 70-30. He has been the weight and he has been fighting against older boys. So, he is like he was usually on the weight. So I would inclined to Canelo. But I think Crawford would have an opportunity, but I would get more towards Canelo, but,” said “Boots” Ennis.