Crawford beating canelo wouldn't even be an upset

[mlac]

He beat Callum Smith, Avni Yildirim, Billy Joe Saunders, and Caleb Plant in four straight fights to completely unify the super middleweight division.

His qualify of opposition has gone down sharply since Bivol whooped him, but aside from the Golovkin robberies his resume prior to that point was very solid.

Yeah because they expected to beat Bivol and they still nearly jobbed him on a 12 0 complete shutout.

beating those 4 names to unify the division is a bit of a joke to be honest.

resume on paper and the actual reality is two different things.

[LarryMerchant'sBottle]

I do think Crawford will run just as fast as Scull in this fight with the Mexican superstar, which will be unfortunate considering the huge amount of money he's getting.

Bud might run, but he's too old to run as fast and as long as Scull did...

[real raw]

It would be an upset but not a shocking one

Canelo is well on the slide and bud is more skilled and is a bad style matchup for him

I told people back in the day Usyk would have a VERY good chance vs Fury and Joshua for the same reasons and the only argument people had was "size"

If all you have is size and the opponent has basically every skill advantage and hasn't shown vulnerability, that isn't much to bank on

Bud winning wouldn't shock me at all.

I think Canelo has more than just size. Crawford may, (MAY) have the slimist margin is skill(s), certainly not enough to overcome the size difference (IMO)

[real raw]

Disagree, the skill gap is wider

Canelo is a totally basic fighter these days, plods forward and bowls the right hand over if he can get their back touching the ropes. That's literally all he does.

He's so one dimensional now, and Crawford is a more skilled fighter than Usyk.

Canelo does just enough to win ....these days. That doesn't mean he isnt capable of stepping on the gas.

[real raw]

crawford is fighting a shopworn 35 year old canelo who himself is a natural light middleweight. If it would be a big upset then how come many experts are picking crawford to win?

If Canelo is a natural light middleweight, I guess that makes Crawford a natural lightweight.

[daggum]

Bivol scared the balls off canelo. His competition since then has been utterly laughable. They have all been cherry picks since he could have fought benavidez but decided to avoid him.

40 year old ggg moving up in Weight

ryder who should have lost to Jacobs then lost to mungia after canelo

jermell Charlo moving up 2 divisions

munguia who should have lost to dervy, then got kod by a light punching Frenchman moving up in weight after canelo

berlanga never beat anyone

Scull after scull robbed shishkin

None of those guys beat anyone good at 168 except ryder when he was robbed agaisnt Smith but that was 4 years before canelo and was clearly a kambosos Lopez type of deal.

[daggum]

crawford is fighting a shopworn 35 year old canelo who himself is a natural light middleweight. If it would be a big upset then how come many experts are picking crawford to win?

Canelo is hardly natural

[JakeTheBoxer]

Go away with that sh.it how is Crawford as big as Canelo.

Canelo must cut the leg off to make 154 now.

[joseph5620]

crawford is fighting a shopworn 35 year old canelo who himself is a natural light middleweight. If it would be a big upset then how come many experts are picking crawford to win?

Using your logic Canelo will be fighting a 38 year old natural lightweight.

Also, name and list the "many experts" that are picking Crawford. Would love to see it.

[solidman]

Just take a look at the odds. Canelo is 1/2. The bookies aren't ******. They know canelo could lose this fight.