Tim Bradley says Terrence Crawford will be considered “the best fighter on the planet Earth” if he wins against Canel Alvarez on September 13 in their potential conflict in the season in Riyadh.
Crawford (41-0, 31 ko) will move in two divisions to fight in a weight class in which he has never fought before and will probably never fight, win or lose again, against Canela. If Terrence won, you could still not say that he was better than David Benavidez, David Morrela or Diego Pachec.
Too late, too late?
There are too many sizes, power and young people from these guys for aging attackers like Crawford to defeat them. Beat Canelo would only prove that Tenins are better than a 34-year-old Mexican star, but not that he is “best” on the planet. The chance Crawford, however, is thin because it is smaller, weaker version of Jermella Charla.
When Jermell moved to 168 to fight Canel 2023, many fans believed he would be too good for the Mexican star. But as soon as he felt Canel’s power, he wanted no part of the fight against him and moved all night. Crawford will do the same because this fight is his pension.
“This is a fight for Crawford to show the whole world that the best fighter is on the planet,” Tim Bradley said Fix About the struggle of Terrence Crawford against 34-year-old Canel Alvarez on September 13th. “After that, there should be no doubt, and that’s what he wants. He is ready to take that risk so there is no doubt who is the best fighter on the planet Earth, and he truly believes in that with all his heart,” Bradley said about Crawford.
“If he gets this victory, that’s huge. I think there was never anyone who came from 135 up to 168 pounds and the best type outside. This will be an unauthorized territory for this sport.
“Where it is classified, I don’t know, but Terence Crawford would be considered one of the best fighters on the planet Earth if he got this victory. At least in this generation, but as far as the whole is concerned, I don’t know. I’ll let the fans decide” , Bradley said.
Boring back
If Crawford wins this fight, he will follow him by the draft Mayweather box Canelo, movement, sting and holding all night. He will have to play him safely to win, and that will be bored for the fans. Fights like Mayweather against Canela in 2013 will angry many fans, making them stupid that they thought the fight would be exciting.
Many of them have never seen Crawford struggling and that they will be caught in Hype without watching six or seven of his last fights. I followed Crawford his whole career, and he always had a boring style, just a little more fun than Shakur Stevenson. He is a slightly more abusive version of Shakura. It is not exciting as the top 154 pounds, and it is nowhere to be comfortable to see as the main Errol Spence before it breaks through the car.
“This is a struggle that I think everyone will adapt and look at. I think it will be occasional. Canelo attracts casual generally, but with the name, Bud Crawford, I think everyone will align for him. They want to see him. Can you be great.
Occasional fans will adapt to Hype and huge marketing pressure from the Turks al-Sheikh, but that does not mean that they will enjoy the product. Fans in the United States prefer action fights, and they like to watch cats and mouse jobs where one guy haunted runners throughout the creation. Occasional fans who buy this event on PPV will be disappointed with the fight of Canelo-Crawford. But what could save a day is if the Turks load a better fight in the fight with younger fighters with fun styles. This will partially compensate for a boring major event between Crawford and Canela.
“There have been several drafts for me about how to beat Canela,” Bradley said. There is. Back when he was younger and when he went to 175, when he tested the waters up there and fought with a buffalo. There is a way to bet it. Canelo will have to create a way to beat Crawford, which will not be with pure pressure. “
There is only one draft to beat Canela, which is Mayweather. Dmitry Bivol followed the draft Mayweather in his victory over Canel. The only second fighter who gave Canelo problems was Gennadiy Golovkin, but he did it with the power. Crawford is not capable of it because he is not as strong, rough or as big as GGG during his first two Alvarez fights.
“He’ll have to surpass him. He’ll have to surpass him and have to surpass him. He’ll have to be a combination of everything to beat Crawford,” Bradley said.
Return to Earth
The team will cross a little, saying that Canelo-Crawford will decide who is the “best fighter on the planet”, because that is not what that fight will decide. This is just a new fight, not different, but if Canelo should fight Jake Paul. The only difference is that fewer fans will watch this fight. It would be much more for Canelo to fight Jake.
Both are as old as the hills, pale and look average in their last fights. Crawford will be 38 in September, and has almost lost his last fight for Israil Madrid on August 3rd. Canelo looked hellishly bad in his last fight against the low Edgar Berlang on September 14, throwing himself after four rounds.
Last time updated 12.02.2025
