Carl Froch has broken down what he thinks might happen in a super fight between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Terence Crawford.
‘Canelo’ is a multi-weight great who has only lost two fights despite having stepped inside the ring as a professional more than 65 times.
They came against the imperium Floyd Mayweather early in his career, and more recently against superb light heavyweight technician Dmitry Bivol. Everyone else he has faced has been dispatched through a combination of preside front foot pressure, lethal hooks and powerful counter-punching.
Most recently, Canelo dispatched the challenge of young Mexican Jamie Munguia in a huge showdown in Las Vegas that saw Canelo put Munguia down in the fourth with a fine uppercut before going on to win on points.
Now there has been lots of talk that the Saudi Arabian Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority Turki Al-Sheikh might be keen to set him up for a fight with Crawford later in the year.
Crawford has been undisputed in two separate weight divisions – most recently welterweight after his last contest last July. That saw him breakdown and stop the formerly highly rated Errol Spence Jnr in a super display that got him back to the top of the pound-for-pound rankings for many boxing fans.
Now, speaking on his own podcast Froch on Fighting, ‘The Cobra’ has given his prediction for the fight.
“Crawford, what a fighter, pound for pound one of the best, erm, Canelo, what’s he had 60 odd fights, he’s only lost to Mayweather and he stepped up to light heavyweight and lost to Bivol, but I think Canelo is too big for him. Crawford coming up from 147 up to super middleweight to fight a unified champ like Canelo, I just think Canelo is too big for Crawford.
“Pound for pound, not much in it. I think if you put the best part of Crawford in with the best part of Canelo, skill wise, ability wise, mindset, heart, everything you need to be a professional boxer I think they’re on a level playing field, they’re both brilliant.
“I just think Canelo beats unless somehow Crawford manages to come up to the weight and hold his power of Canelo comes down and is drained a little bit, like Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis did with Ryan Garcia. When you’ve drained yourself down you’re not the same machine in the ring. So yeah, I think Canelo beats Terrence Crawford, but that’s just because of the size advantage, otherwise it’s a draw.”
However it might go, this is a fight that many fans would love to see, should a sensible weight be agreed.
