Terence Crawford is due to fight in the biggest match of his career against Canelo Alvarez this September.
Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford remains undefeated as a professional with 41 victories, and is set to embark on his toughest challenge yet as he jumps two weight divisions to face Canelo for his super-middleweight titles.
A win over Canelo would make Crawford a five-division world champion, and three-division undisputed world champion, though many believe the weight difference will be just too much for Crawford to handle.
Crawford lost to the man who retired Canelo’s former Hall of Famer opponent, Miguel Cotto, in the amateurs, and hopes to be a better fighter when he meets Canelo himself.
Terence Crawford lost to Miguel Cotto’s final foe – Sadam Ali
In 2007, just months before Crawford’s transition to the pro ranks, he faced Sadam Ali, a 27-5 amateur, in Houston.
Crawford, who viciously KO’d Shawn Porter as a pro, lost on points to Ali, who went on to have an impressive pro career himself, winning 27 of his 30 fights. Ali produced one of 11 amateur losses for Crawford.
Ali even beat Miguel Cotto in 2017 by unanimous decision in what was supposed to be a successful final fight for the hall-of-famer, who was beaten just two fights prior by Canelo, and by Floyd Mayweather a few fights before that. The fight was described as ‘The Upset of the Year.’
Cotto held a win over Antonio Margarito after Margarito reportedly cheated in their first encounter.
Ali was beaten by Jaime Munguia in 2018.
Terence Crawford has beaten one of Canelo’s opponents
Crawford and Canelo, who may fight Chris Eubank Jr. next year, being different weights can make it hard to make a prediction for the fight, though there is one man who has faced both fighters, and picked Crawford to come out on top.
Crawford and Canelo have both stopped Amir Khan, both in the sixth round. Though Khan was stopped more emphatically by Canelo, he was up on one scorecard going into the round, whereas against Crawford he was behind on all three after suffering a first round knockdown.
In an interview with Pro Boxing Fans, Khan said: “I think Crawford, in my opinion, but size might matter. But then again, I think since I fought Canelo, Canelo’s become a better boxer.”