Canelo Alvarez says he thinks Terence Crawford misplaced his struggle towards WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov final Saturday night time on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
Like many followers, Canelo felt that Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) was crushed by Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs) and walked with a controversial twelve-round unanimous choice. Canelo says he noticed the Crawford-Madrimov struggle as a loss for Crawford or a draw.
The Significance of Weight Courses
The Mexican celebrity Canelo says that the Nebraska native Crawford, 36, now is aware of that weight lessons are there for a motive. In different phrases, he’d hit his ceiling of what he might and suffered his first profession defeat in actual phrases, ignoring the three judges that gave him a doubtful win.
“For me, I believe [Terence Crawford] misplaced; he misplaced the struggle or draw. He is aware of why weight lessons are there, proper?” mentioned Canelo Alvarez to @DanCanobbio about seeing Terence Crawford as having misplaced to WBA Junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov final Saturday night time in Los Angeles.
The followers witnessed what occurred final weekend, and so they noticed Crawford get crushed by an even bigger, stronger, youthful Madrimov however stroll away with a call he didn’t deserve.
Crawford ought to do the precise factor now by combating Madrimov in a rematch to indicate the followers that he can beat him with out controversy, however he’s not anticipated to try this. An old-school fighter from the previous would make that transfer, however Crawford isn’t that sort. He’ll transfer on and deal with his controversial choice as an affirmation that he’d gained.
Sadly, the followers noticed the spectacle, and his reputation took an enormous hit as a result of this was not the kind of efficiency they’d been used to seeing from Crawford.
Crawford’s Use of Canelo’s Title for Promotion
“Yeah, as a result of he desires to promote the struggle. In the event that they don’t speak about me, they don’t promote something,” mentioned Canelo, reacting to being advised that Crawford had talked about his title lots through the build-up for his struggle towards.
Utilizing Canelo’s title as a promotional device was pathetic as a result of Crawford hadn’t been advised by the Mexican star that he would struggle him. That was so incorrect. It might be comprehensible for Crawford and the promoters to say Canelo 24/7 as a promotional prop if he’d given them hope {that a} struggle would occur, however he hadn’t.
Canelo thought Terence Crawford misplaced to Israil Madrimov pic.twitter.com/bUeQCDxiwe
— Dan Canobbio (@DanCanobbio) August 5, 2024
