This weekend’s clash between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford is set to be one of the biggest boxing matches in some time.
It was already announced by Dana White that the fight will enter the boxing history books as the third biggest gate of all time.
Both men have put together incredible careers to this point as two of the very best of their era.
While fans are counting down the hours before this dream matchup gets underway, a potential concern was raised by a legendary boxing coach.
Teddy Atlas claimed that no one was questioning one aspect of this bout, whether it has come too late in their careers to live up to expectations.
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Tale of the tape for Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford and Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao compared
During a recent episode of THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas, the boxing commentator spoke about this fight in relation to the biggest boxing match of all time, Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao.
Similarly to this weekend’s main event, this was a matchup that fans had wanted to see for years to finally settle the debate of what would happen if they shared the ring with one another.
They eventually met in 2015 in a fight that would captivate the world and shatter PPV records.
However, the biggest talking point after the final bell wasn’t about what an incredible moment had just happened, it was about how the fight had massively underdelivered.
With Atlas stating that there’s a “possibility” that it might be argued that Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford also met each other too late in their careers once they were no longer in their primes, here’s how the stats of this Saturday’s clash compare with Mayweather vs Pacquiao.
It’s worth noting that there are several factors that can’t be measured via stats alone, like the fact that both Alvarez and Crawford didn’t look to be at their best in their most recent outings.
The main difference here, along with the experience level of the opponents that they faced, is that Pacquiao had suffered two defeats in his recent fights before Mayweather, which showed that he was no longer at the peak of his powers.
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| Stats at the time of the fight (BoxRec) | Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao | Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford |
| Age | Mayweather: 38 Pacquiao: 36 | Alvarez: 35 Crawford: 37 |
| Combined age | 74 | 72 |
| Record | Mayweather: 47-0 Pacquiao: 57-5-2 | Alvarez: 63-2-2 Crawford: 41-0 |
| Form through previous 5 fights | Mayweather: 5-0 Pacquiao: 3-2 | Alvarez: 5-0 Crawford: 5-0 |
| Combined record of last 10 opponents | Mayweather: 386-25-5 Pacquiao: 368-28-4 | Alvarez: 288-9-2 Crawford: 258-12-5 |
| Average record of last 10 opponents (rounded) | Mayweather: 39-3-1 Pacquiao: 37-3 | Alvarez: 29-1 Crawford: 26-1-1 |
Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford won’t compare to Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao in other statistics
While elements of a fight like the two opponent’s styles can lead people to expect a certain type of fight, to some extent, the entertainment value of the contest is unpredictable.
One area that was undeniable about Floyd Mayweather’s fight with Manny Pacquiao was the amount of money and attention that it generated.
It is still the top selling boxing PPV of all time with 4.6 million buys, along with being the biggest boxing gate of all time at $72.2 million, which is remarkable considering that it took place at the 16,800 capacity MGM Grand Garden Arena.
This weekend’s event at Allegiant Stadium is going to be huge, and it being streamed live on Netflix is going to amplify that, but Mayweather vs Pacquiao remains the pinnacle.