If Crawford moves up 2 divisions and beats Canelo will it be a better win than Mayweather's 2013 win over Canelo?

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In before the pre-prime and catchweight excuses. On what planet is 23 not prime? With 43 fights and 30 knockouts to boot.

Oh and Canelo asked for that catchweight, he actually wanted 150 but they negotiated 152. There was an article here on boxingscene about it.

Wrong! It was Mayweather who wanted to drain Alvarez down to 150. They settled on 152 after Saul stated that he could not make 150. Red actually wanted to fight @ 154.

[Stuntman Mike]

Crawford's in great shape by the way. Victor Conte has this man in beast mode.

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Buds with snac?? Hes juiced out his mind then

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Crawford's shredded to the gills. ATG status if he beats Canelo. It'd trump the Mayweather win of 2013.

His upper body is shredded, but his legs still look like sticks in comparison. The power of a boxer generates up from the legs. Anyone who knows anything about boxing, knows that being ripped doesn't guarantee a win.

[Stuntman Mike]

I expect bud to win handily as Canelo has looked terrible and age has certainly caught up to him

The Canelo Floyd fight was shrouded in mystery for me personally but this one i see Bud dominating quite easily

[HisExcellency]

If Canelo had beaten the 'old' 36yo Floyd he faced back then people would've instantly declared him the best fighter in the world and p4p#1. Therefore, Crawford deserves the SAME accolades if he defeats 35yo Canelo next week.

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People forget that Bud turns 38 this month, and that he's essentially moving up three weight classes inside a year. He also has only had one fight @ 154 a year ago. Given these facts, if he beats Canelo, it will not only be greater than Mayweather's win over him, it will be a freaking miracle. And I'm not even a Canelo fan. Bud's newly-found muscles will weigh him down and feel like lead by the 4th or 5th round. His underdeveloped legs will struggle to nimbly move the extra weight, and fail to generate the power that he needs to keep Alvarez at bay. Crawford will lose this fight.

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If any boxing fan believe that Bud or Canelo trained for their last previous opponents are either naive or just fanboys.

Who the fuck even knew an Israil Madrimov or a William Scull anyhow? Judging by their performances; They sure as Hell didn’t.

Which is why neither guy prepared for them.

Any fighter who doesn't at least try to find out about his upcoming opponent has himself and his team to blame. And Madrimov is known and was a champion. Skull, not so much.

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Canelo looked like an over the hill face first brawler his last time out. Everyone knew he had been declining but he literally got old overnight against Scull. A couple years ago id say it'd be a better win than Mayweathers but not anymore. Saul's ancient.

Scull ran like a gazelle, and threw pot-shots here and there. Even he was ashamed and apologized to Alvarez afterwards. Crawford struggled with Madrimov, who only had 11 pro fights.

[champion4ever]

Any fighter who doesn't at least try to find out about his upcoming opponent has himself and his team to blame. And Madrimov is known and was a champion. Skull, not so much.

I agree and you are right. All I am saying is that neither Crawford or Canelo felt threatened by either of their respective opponents; Like they are of each other. Which probably explained their uneven performances.

So what do you think of Crawford’s new physique? Is he ripped or what? He’s easily going for the knockout being that size, big and muscular.

[champion4ever]

His upper body is shredded, but his legs still look like sticks in comparison. The power of a boxer generates up from the legs. Anyone who knows anything about boxing, knows that being ripped doesn't guarantee a win.

However, one can reasonably deduce that he is coming to fight and looking for a knockout though. One doesn't bulk themselves up like that to run. They bulk themselves up like that to hit.

If Bud is the stronger of the two on fight night; Then he is going to knock Canelo out. The main key to victory for him is to force Canelo to fight off the back foot by walking him down.

That is how both Mayweather and Bivol fought and defeated him and Golovkin as well. However, we all knew that GGG should have won that fight as well as both fights but was done dirty by the judges.