Canelo Vs. Crawford: September Fight In The Works For 168 On Mexican Independence Day Weekend

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Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford is negotiating for September, Mexican Independence Day, for Alvarez’s three super middleweight titles at 168, with no rehydration clause.

If the fight Canelo-Crawford gets made, it could be for the undisputed if Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) faces IBF champion William Scull on the Cinco de Mayo weekend in May. Canelo would be a big favorite against Scull in recapturing his IBF title.

Canelo’s Easy Prey?

Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) walks around in the 170s, so it shouldn’t be a big deal for him to move up to 168 to challenge Canelo. The main problem that Crawford will have is trying to win without going to war with Canelo. If Terence is just going to box Canelo, following the Mayweather blueprint, like his trainer, Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre, said he would do, it’s not going to work in getting a decision.

Canelo hits so much harder than Crawford that even if he’s eating more punches the judges will focus on the bigger shots. That’s how Canelo beat Erislandy Lara, who is a lot bigger and stronger than Crawford, but he didn’t have enough pop in his punches to win a decision.

We don’t know Crawford’s true rationale for wanting the Canelo fight. He says it’s about “legacy,” but he also mentions money and doesn’t want to move up to 168 to get a tune-up in the weight class. That’s fear on Crawford’s part. It just reveals that it is about money for him. I feel this is just about riches for him because if he really believed, he’d go up in weight to super middleweight to show that he can compete in this division by beating one or two of the top dogs.

Retirement Fund Fight

Since he’s not doing that, it makes it transparently clear that Crawford just wants the retirement payday against Canelo. That’s fine. You blame the hustle. If Turki is willing to give Crawford the dough, that’s on him, but many fans feel stupid and ripped off afterward for having wasted their money on Jermell Charlo 2.0 type of mismatch. Crawford isn’t even as big or as strong as Jermell. he’s definitely not as young as Jermell was when he fought Canelo, Terence will be 38 by the time he fights Canelo in September.

So, it doesn’t matter if he loses. It’s all gravy for him for the rest of his life from the gain unearned payday Crawford gets in a losing effort against Canelo. He can spend the rest of his life eating caviar and drinking from a glass with his pinkie in the air, speaking with an affected fake British accent of the upper crust in American society of the super-rich.

Keyshawn’s Crawford Crusade

“How much they count Terence out,” said Keyshawn Davis to MillCity Boxing about what he disagrees with about the perception fans have of his gym-mate and close friend, Terence Crawford not having a chance against Canelo Alvarez in September.

“How big Canelo is compared to Terence, and they’re going to say he has no chance because of his size. You can box him and still KO him,” said Keyshawn when asked if Crawford can knockout Canelo or if he’ll try to box his way to a decision win.

“Anybody can get KO’d in there. I’m not going to count him out for KO’ing Canelo, but definitely boxing him is getting him the win. Me, put me on that card in the co-main. I don’t give a damn, put me on that card. I’m going to be a world champion [Keyshawn hopes],” said Davis.

Keyshawn shouldn’t let his friendship with Crawford blind him from seeing the fight for what it is. He’s not knocking out Canelo. He’ll be too busy running from him after tasting his power early on. Crawford almost lost his last fight in his debut at 154 against Israil Madrimov on August 3rd last year. His power hadn’t carried up from 147, and his face was all beaten up by the end of the fight. Madrimov had messed him up, and he was lucky to get the decision because the bigger, cleaner, more effective punches were landed by the champ.

Begging For a Spot

“Yo, Turk [Al-Sheikh], put me on the card,” said Keyshawn, begging Turki to make him co-main for the Canelo vs. Crawford fight. “You know who I’d love to fight. I’d love to fight Isaac Cruz. I don’t know why. I just feel me, and him would put on a great performance. I just feel it would be an action-packed fight. I would love to fight ‘Rayo’ too [Jose Valenzuela]. I feel like both of those guys are always coming to fight.”

It’s too late for Keyshawn to fight Isaac Cruz because he’s already already, fighting Ryan Garcia next. He’s ain’t going to fight Keyshawn and get wrestled to the ground.

“I would love to fight both of those guys, and they’re both at 140. We don’t have to fight for the belt,” said Keyshawn. “We could just fight. Let’s just fight, and both of those guys have losses. So, it’s not like they’re ducking or running not to lose their Os. I’m sure not ducking to lose no O [Note: Keyshawn refuses to fight Andy Cruz, who beat him four times]. I just want to fight.

“Win, lose, or draw, I’m making millions of dollars. I don’t care. I would love to fight those two guys for sure. I would love to fight those guys. Just an action-packed fight. Both of us not giving up ground, and trying to control the center of the ring. Both of us trying to come forward,” said Keyshawn when asked how a fight between him and the 5’4″ Isaac Cruz would play out.

“I’m going to keep throwing them. I’m not saying I’m going to fight this guy in the middle of the ring, bro. You saw me fight Miguel Madueno [using a lot of wrestling, picking Madeuno up, using a lot of pushing and rabbit punching] on the backfoot the entire fight In some rounds, I was going forward, and in some rounds [most], I was going backwards. All I’m saying is [the recently beaten] Isaac Cruz would be an action-packed fight, and I feel it would be great for the sport of boxing,” said Davis.

Keyshawn needs to put a sock in it. Isaac Cruz has bigger fish to fry, negotiating a mega-money fight against superstar Ryan Garcia on Turki Al-Sheikh’s card in May at Times Square in Manhattan, New York. Cruz isn’t going to waste time on Keyshawn Davis, fighting for chump change, and likely be wrestled all night in an ugly, foul-filled fight.

If Keyhawn is looking for a fight, he needs to find some courage and face his four-time conqueror Andy Cruz to try and avenge at least one of his losses against the talented Cuban. I don’t think Keyshawn will, but he should show that he’s not a fake.




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