Shakur Stevenson predicts Terence Crawford will “take the s*** out of Canelo and make it look easy” with whom he will fight this September over the Mexican Independence Day holiday weekend.
Stevenson, the lightweight champion, feels Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) is on another level, albeit smaller, and has never fought at super middleweight to prove he is.
Of course, we certainly can’t watch Crawford’s best career win, a razor-sharp decision over Islam Madrimov, and a knockout win over a car-crash, weight-cut, injured Errol Spence )’s inactive shell is on another level for Canelo. These two fights showed that Crawford is not good enough to beat top-tier killers at 154, 160 or 168.
Crawford’s challenge
If Turki al-Sheikh wants to show Crawford some tough love, he’ll tell him he has to show he’s capable of beating these three men to win the Canelo Alvarez fight:
- David Benavidez
- Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 Champion
- David Morrell
That not only allows Crawford to earn golden parachute retirement Money, it would push him into retirement, but it would also make the Canelo-Crawford fight resemble a sport rather than a celebrity event, akin to professional wrestling.
If boxing is considered an actual sport like the NBA, NFL and NHL do globally, then fighters have to endure test fights to prove themselves and win championship matches.
Shakur said of Terence Crawford’s fight with Canelo Alvarez in September: “Canelo beat him. “Yes, you can,” said Shakur Stevenson IFL TV When asked if it looked like it would be easy for Crawford to “beat Canelo.” Terrence was crazy. That guy is mentally ill,” Shakur said of Bader’s rehydration clause that he didn’t demand from the Mexican superstar.
“Canelo is one of the biggest names in boxing. You can’t ask for a rehydration clause against a guy like that,” Stevenson said. “
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I wouldn’t mind Crawford fighting Canelo as long as he gets past David Benavidez, Beterbiev-Bivol 2 Champ and Morrell run. Look at it this way. Benavidez and Morrell waited much longer than Bud to get their fight with Canelo and were ignored as if they were on this planet It’s the same as not existing.
They both deserve to fight Canelo, not Crawford, who barely fought through the skin of his teeth in his debut against Madrimov at 154.
The only reason I included Beterbiev and Bivol in this was because I thought Turki al-Sheikh might like the idea of the spotlight on a fight involving those guys and Crawford getting the gold medal with Canelo at the end of the rainbow. golden pot for the ultimate winner.
