Promoter Bernard Hopkins says a combat between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford is “ridiculous.” Hopkins feels that Crawford could be deprived in transferring up two weight courses to 168 to problem Canelo (61-2-2 39 KOs) for his WBC, WBA, and WBO titles.
Bernard says Crawford, 36, doesn’t want to maneuver up in weight as a result of he nonetheless has loads of “fish” to combat the place he’s at combating at 154 and 147. Crawford hasn’t begun to exhaust the choices he has for compelling fights.
With a full plate of meals the place he’s at, the gluttonous Crawford desires much more, and he can’t take ‘no’ for a solution when the cooks inform him that the merchandise he desires isn’t on the menu.
Crawford confirmed he nonetheless possesses expertise final Saturday, beating WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov by a choice. Nevertheless, he couldn’t preserve him off and acquired hit with huge punches in each spherical. If Canelo had landed these photographs, Crawford would have been despatched to HD1 galaxy 13.5 billion gentle years away.
Hopkins factors out that weight courses are there for a motive, and he feels that Crawford ought to keep the place he’s at in his little pond and never enterprise into the deep ocean waters to mess with harmful fish like Canelo Alvarez.
‘Loads of Fish to Fry’ at 147 and 154
“That’s ridiculous. That’s why we have now weight courses. Measurement does matter generally,” stated promoter Bernard Hopkins to Combat Hub TV on whether or not Terence Crawford ought to combat tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez subsequent.
Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) wouldn’t have the facility to maintain Canelo off him, and he doesn’t possess sufficient pace to stop getting hit with potential knockout photographs in each spherical.
Even when Crawford survived the 12-round combat, he would lose by a large choice, which isn’t good for him or the paying followers.
‘Bud’ Crawford isn’t happy with the choices accessible at 154 and needs Canelo to combat at tremendous middleweight for monetary and legacy causes. That match is out of attain for Crawford.
“You get these moments in historical past the place measurement didn’t matter, however that’s why it’s historical past. More often than not, it’s the precise name. I believe he [Crawford] has acquired lots of fish to fry beneath the place he’s snug. Don’t put your self at an obstacle. Put your self better off. It’s solely honest,” stated Hopkins about Crawford.
Crawford is on the improper age to maneuver as much as 168 to tangle with an apex predator like Canelo Alvarez. That’s a combat that Crawford could be younger even to ponder, and he didn’t look youthful in any respect final Saturday night time in his slender twelve-round choice win over Madrimov on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
