Canelo Alvarez has solely misplaced to legends and if he has to rank these losses, he’s placing Terence Crawford on the high of the record, even over Floyd Mayweather.
On Saturday, Crawford placed on a virtuoso efficiency, shifting up in weight to tackle Canelo and happening to win a unanimous choice and seize Canelo’s middleweight titles. That made Crawford simply the third man ever to defeat Canelo, a listing that began with Mayweather again in September 2013.
On the time, Canelo was simply 23, over 13 years youthful than Mayweather, and he entered their matchup with a formidable 42-0-1 file. The favored Mayweather went on to outpoint Canelo, however the marquee matchup served to take Canelo’s profile to a different stage. At Saturday’s post-fight press convention, Canelo was requested how Crawford and Mayweather examine, and he didn’t hesitate to reply.
“I feel Crawford is manner higher than Floyd Mayweather,” Canelo mentioned.
Like Mayweather, Crawford sports activities an undefeated file that improved to 42-0 after defeating Canelo. That leaves him eight shy of Mayweather’s hallowed 50-0 that he retired with in 2017 after a technical knockout of UFC star Conor McGregor (Mayweather has continued to compete in exhibition bouts since retiring).
Canelo was by no means utterly out of his battle with Crawford, however he admitted “Bud” was merely a puzzle he had no reply for.
“We already knew Crawford is a superb fighter and I did what I’m purported to do,” Canelo mentioned. “I attempted each manner and I attempted actually onerous and he deserves all of the credit score. I attempted my greatest tonight and I simply can’t work out the type.”
“Every thing,” Canelo continued. “He have the whole lot.”
At one level within the toes after Crawford cracked him with a tough jab, Canelo appeared to drop his arms in frustration, maybe sensing the battle was getting away from him.
He confirmed as a lot when requested about that second, explaining that his thoughts and physique weren’t on the identical web page.
“Generally you attempt to your physique can’t go,” Canelo mentioned. “That’s my frustration. Possibly I can work out Crawford however my physique can’t go anymore. So I attempt it, however my physique isn’t letting me go and you could settle for it. That’s it.”
