Terence Crawford posted a must “I will shock the world” message on X today about his fight against unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on a yet-to-be-announced date in September.
Shock the world? Suspiciously
Crawford is in his The Edgar Berlanga momenthe’s getting a big payday that he doesn’t appreciate against Canelo at 168 and he’s talking nonsense to make the fans believe he has a chance in this fight. We all know Terence will box and move because he is too small and old to shoot. Crawford is clearly thinking about all the money he’s going to get for this fight, so he’s in a happy, chatty state of mind. He just won the lottery.
He’s probably happy about that salary. Without this gifted fight given to him by Turki Al-Sheikh, Crawford would have been ranked 154th, facing real sharks like Bakhram Murtazaliev, Serhii Bohachuk, Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Sebastian Fundora.
This is not the crash, rusty, sluggish Errol Spence that Crawford is fighting. Canelo is still an active fighter and very dangerous. Canelo is like an M93 Hornet landmine and will detonate on the Nebraska native if he gets any ideas.
Most likely, Crawford will go along with his trainer Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre’s plan of using movement and following the blueprint of Mayweather and Dmitry Bivolo against Canelo.
Exposed and overrated
The soon-to-be 38-year-old Crawford says he hid the best in himself “back pocket all this time.” That’s a little hard to believe after watching him eat right hands from Israil Madrimov last August and coming close to losing to him in his debut at 154. Terence just looked old, small and weak in that fight.
“I don’t think it’s a fight that Canelo really wants, to be honest, because I think he feels like he’s not going to get a lot of credit by beating the welterweight, and Crawford is going to be moving around a lot in that fight, which is not ideal for Canelo,” Eddie said. Hearn Fight Hub TVreacting to the news of Canelo Alvarez’s fight with Terence Crawford in September.
“What is his [Canelo] options? If [Dmitry] The buffalo wins [against Artur Beterbiev on February 22nd]can fight for undisputed. It will be a very tough fight. Benavidez is at 175. Obviously, His Excellency wants to make that fight. So I guess we might see that next,” Hearn said of the Canelo vs. Crawford fight.
I shocked the world!!! The best is yet to come. I had it in my back pocket the whole time.
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) January 13, 2025
