Promoter Eddie Hearn believes Terence Crawford is holding out ready for the Canelo Alvarez combat, and if he doesn’t do this, he’ll retire. He says he’s made his cash, is getting outdated, and doesn’t want to stick round to the sport to combat younger lions like Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis or the 154-pound fighters.
Time is Not on Crawford’s Facet
Crawford needs the Canelo combat – and the colossal wealth that comes with it – so badly that he can style it. The cash that Crawford would make combating Canelo could be the equal of him combating 5 to 6 occasions in opposition to the killers at 154.
Canelo has proven little interest in combating Crawford except he’s paid a princely sum. There have been rumors of Canelo wanting $100 million+ for the Crawford combat, and if that’s correct, I don’t suppose that combat will occur except he’s prepared to conform to a smaller sum.
There’s no manner Crawford can keep across the sport lengthy sufficient to try this, on condition that he solely fights annually and he’s growing old quickly. By subsequent 12 months, Crawford could be meals for the sharks at 154, and his profession would abruptly finish sourly.
A Style of 154
Hearn factors out that Crawford’s (41-0, 31 KOs) shut name in opposition to WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov might have contributed to his lack of need to combat the opposite 154-pounders. The Madrimov combat gave Crawford a glimpse of what he’d be up in opposition to if he selected to remain at 154 to win the remaining belts.
Crawford would actually should face a gauntlet for him to turn out to be undisputed at junior middleweight, and it wouldn’t be the stroll within the park that he had at 147, beating the shell of Errol Spence to win three of the titles and choosing up the opposite belt in opposition to paper champion Jeff Horn.
“I don’t suppose Crawford needs a Boots combat,” mentioned promoter Eddie Hearn to the Matchroom Boxing channel about Terence Crawford’s lack of curiosity in dealing with Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.
“I don’t suppose Crawford will combat once more except he fights Canelo Alvarez as a result of he’s obtained cash; he’s getting on,” mentioned Hearn.
What this implies is that we might have seen the final of Crawford except His Excellency Turki Alalshikh can come by means of and provide a deal to the Mexican celebrity Canelo Alvarez to conform to combat him. Crawford is the one who needs this combat, not Canelo. So, it’s going to should be a candy deal to get the celebrity to conform to this match.
