Comments Thread For: Terence Crawford says Canelo Alvarez at 168 pounds 'makes the most sense'

[Roberto Vasquez]

No were are not. Clenelo was the one that said it would be a mismatch and that he would get no credit.

Canelo is probably still burnt from Khan. Khan probably got more credit than him and Canelo KO'd him cold

[boxingitis]

What are people going to want next?Tank vs Canelo. Fans keep being more and more delusional.

[IceTrayDaGang]

A whole forum full of Canelo haters pissing on the Charlo fight because he was " too small ". Now someone who never fought above 147, came from 135, and is 3 inches shorter than Charlo is a reasonable matchup?

No one wants to see this ****. And Canelo probably won't take it anyway.

This is all Bud's way of staying relevant while being inactive and doing what he's done his whole career. Fight some undefeated fighter we don't know about and wait for a big payday. Can't forget the occasional leftovers he cleans up too.

His whole run at 147 was literally fighting damaged goods and letting everyone else fight each other. He's going to do the same at 154. Beat this no name Russian and claim he was some difficult fight. Then claim he's the greatest boxer ever

TC wants it!!!!! it's not the same like inoue vs tank where inoue is calling tank out which is not the case but tank fans is pushing inoue to move up.. but with TC and canelo, TC is the one calling out for this fight but his fans is saying "nobody wants to see it"????? why the double standard?

[factsarenice]

I think Crawford should retire, but if he doesn't, and he is left to choose between moving up to fight the unified champion for 40 to 50 million dollars -or- move down to fight someone very few people know for nothing....is that really a difficult decision for any fighter? Any fighter on the planet?

The fact that it's being debated is sadly pathetic and hypocritical.

[Bronx2245]

Geez guy, you gotta look at the time frame. Boots became interim for Spence January 7, 2023. Crawford v Spence wasn't announced until May 25th, and it didn't even start to get discussed until Crawford called Spence personally in March, but Ennis didn't petition for his shot until the end of May when the fight was announced. His previous petition was in October 2022, when Stanionis had first call as WBA was higher in the mandatory rotation, and had also filed for his shot. Then after the Spence fight, he was quiet again and didn't file for his shot vs Bud until Spence confirmed he would call for a rematch. He's got a consistent pattern of only petitioning for his shot when he knows there's someone else in line ahead of him. And again, they are on record turning down a shot at Bud "out of loyalty to Showtime" when they didn't HAVE a mandatory shot. Think about why he's got only 1 fight against a top 10 opponent, and none vs anyone in the top 5. As I said, if he actually wants smoke, he'll show up for the next fights of Crawford, Ortiz Jr, Spence, and Tszyu. Let's see if he does. In the meantime, he's got a very clear pattern of avoiding fights.

So you’re just going to ignore Bozy statement in the article of October 2022? Are you going to ignore the admission by the IBF, that they waited too long to make an Interim Champion to face Spence? So there’s no convincing you, no matter what! You keep believing Boots is afraid, while Crawford keeps telling us why it doesn’t make sense to fight Boots!

[Jab jab boom]

I don’t see canelo taking this fight. While canelo loves taking minimal risk and fighting a welterweight on paper, seems like minimal risk, it’s a high risk fight for canelo that he can lose because Crawford has a greater skill level. Should canelo lose, his entire legacy diminishes significantly and let’s be honest, the current ducking, gift scorecards and ped use has already diminished his legacy enough.

[GBBOXING12]

Canelo vs Crawford at 168 is the strangest fight to me. Idk what to expect.

[TheWinners]

TC wants it!!!!! it's not the same like inoue vs tank where inoue is calling tank out which is not the case but tank fans is pushing inoue to move up.. but with TC and canelo, TC is the one calling out for this fight but his fans is saying "nobody wants to see it"????? why the double standard?

I don't give a **** about the Tank Inoue situation. I'm saying if Charlo at 154 was too small, how is Crawford vs Canelo not some mismatch money grab as well? Charlo fought at 154 his whole career! And he's bigger than Crawford. But he was such a mismatch for Canelo?

Sure we can say Crawford is better than Charlo, but he hasnt proved that in the ring. How is this not a mismatch? Then again I'm hoping they make it so I can make a huge payday on Canelo to get a knockout. Something he hasn't done against anyone for awhile.

Its actually a sad thing if Crawford seriously wants the fight. It shows how much he mismanaged his whole career. That he's not even a big draw on his own and can't fight the exciting fighter who gets knockouts like him. He has to move up 3 weight classes for a payday. I think it's all smoke and mirrors. He's not going for that.

Soon as they asked him about this fight he immediately claimed they have weight classes for a reason. Now he's ready? He's doing one thing right for once. His name is buzzing more due to this Canelo hype. I believe he really has no intention of taking that fight. And his true intention is to keep his name buzzing, beat this no name Russian, and fight the winner of Fundora and Spence Jr. And he's hoping it's Spence since it will sale if he does well in the Fundora fight.

[Bronx2245]

Garcia got a gift against Mauricio f***ing Herrera. Crawford dominated at 140. Postol was as good of a win as anyone Danny beat at 140, he even whooped Matthysse who was arguably Danny’s best win at 140.

The point remains the same anyway, you said Spence told Crawford to prove it. Bud was lineal Lightweight Champion, Undisputed Light Welterweight Champion and reigning Welterweight Champion. He had nothing to prove when the PBC guys were freezing him out. Ennis has A LOT to prove, he won a belt via email and has a single top 10 win in 30+ fights.

Why would he even be on Crawford’s radar? As I said do you think Bam is worrying about the guys that picked his belts up at 112? Do you think Inoue cares about the guys who got his old belts at 118?

Ennis’ team are just trying to use Crawford’s name to build Boots’ profile, I get it, but it is what it is and that’s BS. Go and clean up at 147 and then maybe we’ll take your demands for a Crawford fight seriously.

Judah, Khan, Matthysse are WAY better than Molina, Diaz, Postol, and Indongo…PERIOD!

I don’t want to sound like a Crawford hater, but fans like you make it hard? When all the Top WWs were at PBC, who signed an extension with TR, then claims PBC froze him out? If PBC was the one who froze him out, why the lawsuit against Arum? Signing the extension was ******, just like telling Pacquiao he had to come to 140! I like Bud, but he made plenty of mistakes!

Boots will have to make his own path, and I hope doesn’t make the same mistakes as Bud, but I’m worried! Pursuing Undisputed in a weak division is dumb! Signing with MatchRoom when they have no talent at 147 and 154, is also Crawford-like ******! Maybe Hearn can do what Bob didn’t do?

[Bronx2245]

I think Crawford should retire, but if he doesn't, and he is left to choose between moving up to fight the unified champion for 40 to 50 million dollars -or- move down to fight someone very few people know for nothing....is that really a difficult decision for any fighter? Any fighter on the planet?

The fact that it's being debated is sadly pathetic and hypocritical.

If Turki offers him $25 million to fight Boots @ 154 early 2025, should he take it, or wait and hope for Canelo, who already said fighting Canelo is a lose-lose for him?