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.

If there was a surefire way to establish dominance over others, it would undeniably be securing a spot in the esteemed top five pound-for-pound list! Something both Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue have done through their performances. However, the Japanese ‘Monster’ seems to have won the race to secure the top spot once more.

Following an exciting fight against Luis Nery at the Tokyo Dome on Sunday, the undefeated Japanese boxer left ‘Bud’ Crawford in the dust to secure the No. 1 spot in Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound rankings. While both fighters defeated their pound-for-pound neighbors in their respective weight classes, Inoue’s performance seems to have convinced the judges that he deserves the No. 1.

What does the new top ten pound-for-pound list look like?

It wasn’t just Inoue in action this month, even Canelo Alvarez, who is a long-time resident of the list, defeated Jaime Munguia to solidify his spot. After checking out the rankings on Ring’s website, things looked as follows. Naoya Inoue, Terence Crawford, Oleksandr Usyk, Canelo Alvarez, Artur Beterbiev, Dmitry Bivol, Errol Spence Jr., Gervonta Davis, Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez and Junto Nakatani.

You know what’s interesting? ‘Bud’ Crawford’s got a big match on the horizon! He’s stepping into the ring against Uzbekistan’s Israil Madrimov, who’s sitting at No. 3 in Ring Magazine’s super welterweight top 5. And get this, if Crawford’s performance this time around is anything like his last fight, he could very well snag that title in a fourth weight class. But here’s the kicker: how did Ring Magazine decide to bump Inoue up to the top spot? That’s the million-dollar question right there.

Terence Crawford vs. Naoya Inoue: A heated battle among the panel members!

Panel member and boxing writer for Ring Magazine, Anson Wainwright, said, “Inoue gave his countrymen a scare in the first round but then went on to take Nery apart. To me it’s Crawford 1a and Inoue 1b [in the pound for pound rankings].” But hold on, there’s a twist! Tom Gray from the panel had some different thoughts about Inoue’s recent performance, especially after covering quite a few others in the past. Seems like there might be some interesting debates brewing!

He said, “I’m voting for Inoue as No. 1 P4P. Bud and [No. 3-rated Oleksandr] Usyk are [each] 4-0 this decade… I also thought the Nery win was one of his top-3 best performances. To get up and make immediate adjustments the way he did was insane.” Gray’s expert opinion seems to have had a lasting impact on other panel members, who quickly started tipping in Inoue’s favor, including Michael Montero.

Eddie Hearn says there’s still a chance Canelo Alvarez will fight David Benavidez despite renewed speculation about a fight against pound-for-pound leader Terence Crawford.

Hearn, of Matchroom Promotions, remains skeptical about the Canelo-Crawford possibility, which resurfaced with comments from Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh, who told ESPN he wants to put together the proposed catchweight bout for a date in December or January.

“Canelo doesn’t think he’d get any credit for fighting Crawford,’’ Hearn said this week while in Phoenix, Arizona – Benavidez’ hometown – for a news conference promoting the Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez-Juan Francisco Estrada super-fly fight on June 29. “In my last conversation with Canelo, he told me that if he beat Crawford, people would just say: “So what? You’re the bigger guy. You’re supposed to beat him.”’

Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, re-ignited the Canelo-Crawford talk after Canelo retained his undisputed super-middleweight title last Saturday with a unanimous decision over Jaime Munguia in Las Vegas.

Alalshikh is behind Crawford’s jump from undisputed welterweight champion to junior middleweight on Aug. 3 against Israil Madrimov at BMO Stadium, the old Sports Arena in Los Angeles.

Fans are still demanding a Canelo-Benavidez fight. Canelo was cheered by a crowd of more than 17,000 after his solid decision win over Munguia at T-Mobile Arena. Then he was booed for his response to a question from Jim Gray when asked about the Benavidez possibility.

“If the money’s right, I can fight right now,” Canelo said without mentioning Benavidez, who was ringside. “I don’t give a shit. It’s only a matter of money at this point. Everybody is asking for everything.’’

Canelo has been asking for a lot. He has said he’ll fight Benavidez, but only for $150 million to $200 million.

It sounds like a prohibitive demand, perhaps just another way for Canelo to say that the Benavidez fight isn’t happening.

Hearn disagrees.

“Canelo is just throwing some numbers out there, seeing if somebody will meet his price,’’ says Hearn, a former Canelo promoter.

Benavidez is already in training for his light-heavyweight debut against former champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk on a June 15 card featuring a Tank Davis-Frank Martin clash at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand.

“I want to make my own lane at 175 pounds and that’s what I’m about to do,’’ said the 27-year-old Benavidez, a former two-time super-middleweight champion.

However, Benavidez has not eliminated the Canelo possibility.

He said he would go back down to 168 pounds for a shot at Canelo, who is expected to be back in the ring in September.