Comments Thread For: Crawford's Trainer Confident: Canelo Has 'Holes In His Game!'

[Curtis2]

T Crawford will beat Canelo in a more dominant fashion then Mayweather handled Ginger… Size won’t matter, Bud batters Ginger similar to the Spence battering …

[Carpe Diem]

T Crawford will beat Canelo in a more dominant fashion then Mayweather handled Ginger… Size won’t matter, Bud batters Ginger similar to the Spence battering …

That’s why he’s TBE Crawford. I don’t think there’s any boxer in history who would stand a chance of defeating him.

[JonDP]

Canelo's massive power would tilt the scale in his favor in that fight. Arguably Crawford is more skilled, however his skills would rapidly decline once he started getting hit, which he most certainly would. There is no fighter alive who could come out unscathed from a Canelo fight. He's not the same little boy Maywether fought all those years ago. Even Bivol was getting caught with heavy shots around the guard before Canelo completely run out of steam.

[JJ75JJ]

Clown world.

[hugh grant]

Weight classes exists for a reason.
I have not doubt in my mind that Canelo is far better than Andy Ruiz but I can assure you Ruiz would win that fight and maybe even KO Canelo seeing as how he is 3 weight classes above Canelo.

This fight would be no different. Too much size difference.

Awful,awful analogy. Ruiz is about 90lbs bigger than Nelo, and 4 inches taller. If Nelo was 90lbs bigger than Bud, then for sure id advise Bud maybe not to try it.
Pac start career at 98lb, and win title at 115 to 150. That's 35lb, so bud fighting Nell at 168 it's been done before

[Roadblock]

make the fight then!!! if TC goes up to 168 and whoop on canelo, he will be better than floyd and pac!! i said it!!

I wouldn't say better their resumes kill TCs in depth of opponents and longevity but it would trump any single thing they did, I hope TC goes for it what an achievement if he was to pull it off.

[Jsrr]

Awful,awful analogy. Ruiz is about 90lbs bigger than Nelo, and 4 inches taller. If Nelo was 90lbs bigger than Bud, then for sure id advise Bud maybe not to try it.
Pac start career at 98lb, and win title at 115 to 150. That's 35lb, so bud fighting Nell at 168 it's been done before

It's all relative.
At the smaller weight classes, every 3 pounds make a huge difference which is why the gap between weight classes is small and then get wider as you move up.

Pac gradually moved into each new weight class one at a time and acclimated to the weight.
He did not go from fighting at 115 to beating up Margarito at 150 in his next fight which is what you think Crawford can do with Canelo.

[hugh grant]

It's all relative.
At the smaller weight classes, every 3 pounds make a huge difference which is why the gap between weight classes is small and then get wider as you move up.

Pac gradually moved into each new weight class one at a time and acclimated to the weight.
He did not go from fighting at 115 to beating up Margarito at 150 in his next fight which is what you think Crawford can do with Canelo.

Bud didn't go from 135 to 168 too. Plus Nelo used to be 154, so he's not natural 168 too.
Nothing you say is making sense as pac is 7 division champ anyway and bud would only be moving up 6 divisions.
If bud needs a warm up in each division he goes up then so be it. Fight spence at 154, charlo at 160

[Jsrr]

Bud didn't go from 135 to 168 too. Plus Nelo used to be 154, so he's not natural 168 too.
Nothing you say is making sense as pac is 7 division champ anyway and bud would only be moving up 6 divisions.
If bud needs a warm up in each division he goes up then so be it. Fight spence at 154, charlo at 160

No, you are right Bud didn't go from 135 to 168 but you and others are suggesting he goes from 147 to 168 in the span of one fight.
Canelo is not naturally a 168 fighter but he has been fighting a 168 or higher since November 2019 so he is fully used to the weight class.

What I am trying to say is that a fighter can't be expected to jump 3 weight classes and take on the top boxer of that division for their first fight without expecting a disastrous result.
In an ideal world, Bud would have 2 fights at 154, another 2 at 160, and hopefull another 2 at 168 before challenging Canelo. Then I would give him the edge and favor him to beat him. HOWEVER, he just fought at 147 a few months ago and people on this site, including you think that he can now go up to 168 in May 2024 and give Canelo a run for his money.

Also, Pacman is an 8 division champ not 7.

[Elheath]

If Bud was still in his early 30s and fought more than once a year, there may have been a chance for it to happen in a few years. He could fight Spence rematch and Tszyu at 154, fight maybe both Charlo in 160, then finally move up to 168 and perhaps fight Canelo around the end of 2026/early 2027. Assuming he looked well in his fights at 160, I will only then be willing to bet Crawford has a good chance of winning.

However saying Bud who fought Spence at 147 just a few month ago can suddenly jump up to 168 for his next fight in May 2024 and likely win against the top rated guy in 168 who has been in that division since 2019 is the equivalent of me saying Inoue, after beating Tapales later this month and go undisputed at 122 should just skip the next two divisions and go up to 135 to fight Tank next summer for big money and win. He has already gone up 14 lbs from his first division (over a decade, but disregard that fact), so another 13 lbs jump for his next fight shouldn't be that hard. Now anyone with a realistic knowledge in boxing knows that is a crazy claim, and I absolutely love Inoue and believe he is more talented as a boxer . Maybe in like 5 years if Tank is still at 135 and Inoue is fighting well at 130, if the timing matches there might be a slight chance of the fight happening but that is about it.

I'm not saying there is no way Bud ever will win against Canelo ever. However the chance of it happening in May 2024 is as close to zero as it can be, given the circumstances.