Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero doesn’t give Terence Crawford any probability of beating Canelo Alvarez at 168 in Might 2025.
Crawford’s Weight Soar
Former WBA mild welterweight champion Rolly believes that Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) gained’t be capable to deal with the massive weight bounce, going from 154 to 168, towards a fighter with the dimensions, energy, and expertise of unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs).
Followers would higher gauge Craword’s probabilities towards Canelo if he confirmed some initiative by entertaining the 168 division and preventing the highest-ranking contender.
With David Benavidez and David Morrell Jr having given up within the 168-lb division after being handled like a cup of poison by Canelo, they’ve moved as much as 175, leaving a rag-tag bunch of lesser fighters. However even the beatable contenders vying for Canelo’s throne can be laborious work for a 37-year-old Crawford in a division he’s not bodily suited to.
“If Terence Crawford strikes as much as combat Canelo, it’s going to be a worse combat than [Jermell] Charlo operating round [in his clash against Alvarez in September 2023]. I’m going to let you know straight up and all these items. Canelo by homicide towards Crawford. That s*** wouldn’t occur. They’ve weight lessons for a cause,” stated Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero @TheSchmo312.
Crawford’s Motivation: Cash, Not Glory
One sees that Crawford isn’t too nervous about dropping to Canelo. It’s the payday that he needs. Crawford isn’t going to get that type of cash preventing anybody else, and he’s acquired one foot out the door into retirement.
Crawford has acquired to know that if he sticks round for for much longer, he’ll start dropping, getting overwhelmed up, and being knocked out by the youthful lions. It’s inevitable.
For Crawford to get the kind of cash he needs, he might be compelled to combat more and more higher competitors, and that’s not good for him, given his age and the truth that he fights solely yearly.
Crawford lucked out that His Excellency Turki Alalshikh was keen to pay him a ton of cash to combat WBA junior middleweight champion Ismail Madrimov on a loaded card in a Riyadh Season occasion on August third on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
With out Turki’s involvement, no promoter on earth would pay Crawford some huge cash to combat Madrimov. That combat doesn’t promote with out a large undercard and the massive promotion that His Excellency is placing into it.
