Kyrone Davis says Terence Crawford will need the perfect performance for him to defeat Canelo Alvarez due to the Mexican star’s size, power, and experience advantage. The super middleweight, Kyrone, who has sparred with Canelo & Crawford, feels that Alvarez has the power and size, making it very difficult for the 147-lb Terence to win. Davis knows how hard Canelo hits and how big he is compared to Crawford and feels that the Omaha, Nebraska native would be up against it if he shared the ring with the King.
Assuming Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) chooses not to get acclimated to the 168-lb division next year by going up and taking on the likes of David Benavidez, Demetrius Andrade, or David Morrell, he would be jumping up 21 lbs for a payday against Canelo (60-2-2, 39 KOs). The experience or lack thereof for Crawford would make it doubly hard trying to defeat a talent like Canelo because he doesn’t have the experience to knock him off his perch at the top of the super middleweight division.
Given Crawford’s advantage age at 36, he would need to gain experience in a hurry by moving up to 168 right away to take on the murderer’s row of contenders that are at the head of the line in the rankings, waiting impatiently for their shot at Canelo.
Canelo obviously knows why Crawford is interested in fighting him, and that’s why he’s let the media know that it’s not going to happen. What’s disappointing about this is the fact that Crawford isn’t willing to at least try and earn the fight with Canelo by moving up to 168 and giving his best shot to knock off two or three of the top dogs: Benavidez, Morrell & Andrade. If Crawford beat the ‘Big Three’ at 168, he can say, ‘See, I did it. I earned it. I’m not just a needy, money-hungry desperado looking for a payday.‘
It would take courage for Crawford to put his hide at risk against the ‘Big Three,’ and that’s obviously why he’s trying so hard to talk his way into the fight with Canelo rather than risking his backside against those killers. Although Crawford has been professional for fifteen years, he’s fought just once elite-level fighter, Errol Spence Jr., and he obviously drained & a physical wreck of the guy he’d been four years earlier before his devasting car crash in 2019. “Tall Task” For Crawford To Beat Canelo “I’ve been in the ring with Crawford too. I got Crawford ready for when he fought Shawn Porter. I was with him for a few weeks,” said Kyrone Davis to YSM Sports Media, who helped Terence Crawford with sparring in the past and has also sparred with Canelo Alvarez.
