Canelo vs. Crawford: September fight at 168 on Mexican Independence Day weekend in the works

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

If the Canelo-Crawford fight is decided, it could be a no-brainer if Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) meets IBF champion William Scull on Cinco de Mayo weekend in May. Canelo would be a big favorite to reclaim his IBF title against Scull.

Crawford has the size

Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) runs around in the 170s, so moving up to 168 to challenge Canelo shouldn’t be a big deal for him. The main problem Crawford will have is winning without going to war with Canelo. If Terence simply boxes Canelo and follows Mayweather’s plan as his trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre has said, it won’t work in the decision-making process.

Canelo hits so much harder than Crawford that the judges focus on the bigger punches, even if he takes more punches. This is how Canelo defeated Erislandy Lara, who is much bigger and stronger than Crawford, but his punches didn’t have enough power to win a decision.

We don’t know Crawford’s true motivations 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 for a move up in weight class. This is fear on Crawford’s part. It just shows that he cares about money. I feel like it’s all about wealth for him because if he really believed he would move up to super middleweight to show he can compete in that division by beating one or two of the top guys.

Since he doesn’t, it’s clear that Crawford just wants the retirement claim against Canelo. That’s okay. They blame the rush. If Turki is willing to hand over the dough to Crawford, that’s up to him, but many fans will feel stupid and cheated afterward for wasting their money on some kind of mismatch with Jermell Charlo 2.0. 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 B.Cy when he fights Canelo in September.

So it doesn’t matter if he loses. Crawford’s undeserved gain from losing to Canelo is a disaster for him for the rest of his life. He can spend the rest of his life eating caviar and drinking from a glass with him little finger in the airwho speaks in an affected, fake British accent about the upper class of the super-rich in American society.

Keyshawn’s Crawford Crusade

“How much they ignore Terence,” said Keyshawn Davis MillCity boxes about what he disagrees with regarding fans’ perception that his fellow athlete and close friend Terence Crawford has no chance against Canelo Alvarez in September.

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

“Anyone can get knocked out in there. I won’t rule him out because he knocked out Canelo, but boxing him will definitely give him the win. I, sit on this card in the co-main. I don’t care, put me on this card. I’ll be world champion (Keyshawn hopes),” Davis said.

Keyshawn shouldn’t let his friendship with Crawford stop him from seeing the fight for what it is. He doesn’t knock Canelo unconscious. 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 3 last year. His strength had not increased from 147 and his face was completely battered by the end of the fight. Madrimov had him confused and he was lucky to get the decision because the champion landed the bigger, cleaner and more effective punches.

Begging for a spot

“Yo, Turk (Al-Sheikh), put me on the card,” Keyshawn said, imploring Turki to make him the co-main player for the Canelo-Crawford fight. “You know who I would like to fight. I would like to fight Isaac Cruz. I don’t know why. I just feel like he would do a great job. I just feel like it would be an action-packed fight. I would also like to fight “Rayo” (Jose Valenzuela). I feel like these two guys always come to fight.”

It’s too late for Keyshawn to fight Isaac Cruz because he’s already fighting Ryan Garcia next. He’s not going to fight Keyshawn and get knocked down.

“I’d like to fight both of these guys and they’re both at 140. We don’t have to fight for the belt,” Keyshawn said. “We could just fight. Let’s just fight, and both guys have losses. So it’s not like they’re ducking or running to avoid losing their Os. I’m sure I won’t duck to avoid losing an O (note: Keyshawn refuses to fight Andy Cruz, who has beaten him four times). I just want to fight.

“Win, lose or draw, I make millions of dollars. I don’t care. I would definitely like to fight both of these guys. I would love to fight these guys. Just an action packed fight. Neither of us gives up and tries to control the middle of the ring. “Both of us are trying to move forward,” Keyshawn said when asked how a fight between him and 5-foot-11 Isaac Cruz would turn out.

“I will continue to throw 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 (with a lot of wrestling, lifting Madeuno, using a lot of shoving and rabbit punches), on the back foot the entire fight. Some laps I went forward, and some laps (mostly) I went forward went backwards. “I’m just saying that (recently beaten) Isaac Cruz would be an action-packed fight and I think it would be great for the sport of boxing,” Davis said.

Keyshawn has to put a sock in it. Isaac Cruz has bigger fish to fry as he negotiates a mega-money fight against superstar Ryan Garcia on the undercard of Turki Al-Sheikh in Times Square in Manhattan, New York in May. Cruz won’t waste any time with Keyshawn Davis fighting for change and will likely be wrestled all night in an ugly, foul-filled fight.

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

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