Terence Crawford continues his pursuit of a fight against Saul ‘Canelo‘ Alvarez.
The American recently made his debut at super-welterweight, beating Israil Madrimov for the WBA title and to become a four-weight world champion. Fighting Canelo would require a further jump up two divisions to super-middle, where the Mexican this month comfortably defended his unified titles against Edgar Berlanga.
In an interview with TMZ, Crawford reiterated his desire for the fight.
“I been wanting the fight. I feel as if that’s a legacy fight. This is the biggest fight in boxing today. This fight right here is like the Last of the Mohicans – we’re both coming in the era where Floyd Mayweather was number one pound-for-pound, Showtime, HBO, that type of era. I think this fight would be massive … You got two guys, top three pound-for-pound, going head-to-head.”
Asked what would be the most challenging aspects of the match-up, Crawford was honest in highlighting the Mexican’s size and power, but didn’t mention skill, experience or any other attributes.
“I just think his punching power and his physical size is the only thing that I really have to worry about, but who knows? Once we get in the ring we don’t know how I’ll handle his punching power and his size. I’ve been fighting bigger guys my whole life, so I’m pretty familiar with that aspect of the game.”
Alvarez has 39 knockouts from 62 wins and is on a run of five decisions in his favour. Even if that streak is a good sign for Crawford, there will still be a marked difference in power from the divisions he is used to competing in.
‘Bud’ packs a punch himself, but didn’t manage to get Madrimov out of there and would be coming up against a man in Canelo who has never been dropped let alone stopped in 65 fights.
Canelo responded ‘no comment’ when asked about the fight after his Berlanga victory. He has made it clear he will listen to offers when he’s ready, and one will likely arrive soon.
