Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford is set to be one of the biggest boxing fights in recent memory and fighters are split on who they think will win.
On September 13, Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford will clash in one of the biggest boxing fights in recent memory when they fight for the undisputed super middleweight title at the Allegiant Stadium.
The event is the first to be promoted by Dana White and Turki Alalshikh under their new TKO boxing banner, as they look to transform the boxing landscape.
And with two of the current pound-for-pound greats set to clash, the boxing world is divided over who they think will walk out of Vegas with the undisputed super middleweight title.
Floyd Mayweather made his thoughts on Canelo and Crawford known
Crawford is one of the top boxers still to have his undefeated record intact, whereas Canelo has suffered losses on two separate occasions.
The first of which came when he fought Floyd Mayweather and was taken to school by the former pound-for-pound great.
Canelo then suffered another loss when he went up to light heavyweight in an attempt to win gold there but was dominated by Dmitry Bivol.
When Mayweather was asked his opinion on the Mexican fighter, he made it very clear what he thought of him, claiming that when they fought, he was ‘easy work’.
“I’ll tell you the truth about Canelo, the mother—— was easy work. A cakewalk. Easy. You’re all praising this dude. He was nothing. I was almost 40 and I cooked this dude, easy,” Mayweather told Fight Hype.
However, the former pound-for-pound number one was full of praise for ‘Bud’ Crawford when he was asked his opinion on the 37-year-old.
“We can put (Gervonta) ‘Tank’ (Davis) up there in the top 10 in pound-for-pound, he has to be somewhere in pound-for-pound… As of right now, I’d put Terence Crawford as number one,” Mayweather told Boxing Mane in a later interview.
Mike Tyson urged Terence Crawford not to take Canelo fight
Despite ‘Money’ Mayweather’s thoughts on both fighters, though, former heavyweight boxing king, Mike Tyson urged Crawford not to take the fight against Canelo.
Tyson touched on the big weight difference between the two fighters, stating his worry for Crawford, as he will be the smaller fighter significantly.