"Real" thoughts on Canelo-Crawford?

[HisExcellency]

Turki has already alluded to a possible rematch if Bud wins - it would be a monstrous money fight for all involved. Bud should be getting the decision if he out-performs Canelo, which I think he will. The first 5 rounds will be most dangerous for him but he should survive it. From that point he will grow into the fight and Canelo will start to gas with less and less pop on his shots. I think Crawford will really expose the slowness of Canelo's feet and has the quicker hands of the two. I also think his power will carry up to 168lbs as he is a spiteful puncher who punches through the target

Interesting take...personally I believe that the additional weight will SLOW Crawford down and make him easier to tag plus his power didn't carry through to 154lbs so I don't think he'll have enough pop on his punches to hurt Canelo or keep him at bay. However, even if he does, he's up against arguably the BEST chin in the business which survived a trilogy with Golovkin and fight with Kovalev. Also, even though some people think he's past his best, Canelo still put in DOMINANT one-sided beatdowns against (mostly) undefeated champions like Plant, Munguia & Charlo and contenders like Berlanga recently.

[jqSide]

I'm suspending any kind of prediction in this fight. Anything can happen. I just hope it won't be Canelo vs Scull part 2.

[SouthpawRight]

If he's NEVER been dropped then you have to give Top Soviet Doughmitry Buddah Belly Bivol a 10/10 GOD level chin for the simple fact that he's the only fighter to make it out alive with Buff Guy Russian-Chechen Final Boss Artur twice. Nobody else has ever done that. In comparison, Beterbiev has already been knocked down a couple of times in his career.

As for his lack of power, it's true that he only has a 50% KO ratio (which is surprising given his size and technique) but he also has enough power to keep his opponents at bay as per the Beterbiev and Buff Guy Cinnamon Cartel Chief Canelo fights.

Let see if the added fat increases Bivol durability

additional blubber could serve as a cushion against body shots

[hugh grant]

I think Nelo wins by decision. I think it will be close enough that some bud fans feel bud was worthy of decision, whist boxing fans on the whole think it was a good decision on the whole