Crawford has great skills and a high ring iq that allows him to adapt mid round. I don't see Canelo out boxing Bud. I see it as either a boxing lesson from Bud or a knock/stoppage from Canelo.
Man some of this pre fight talk from Canelo is starting to sound eerily similar to all the same stuff Spence was talking "You never fought anyone" "You're nothing" which completely blew up in Spence's face. Canelo taking the Spence approach pre fight feels like a mistake to me.
The weight advantage on the night is going to be enormous. Crawford hasn't even had a tune-up at 168; he looks good for 2/3 rounds, maybe, before getting flattened with the first clean shot Canelo lands. It's basically a light heavyweight vs a light middleweight and it's a shame that this circus fight is on the biggest platform it could possibly be on.
define enormous. Crawford has been an epic weight bully his career, and walked around in the low 170s when he was at welter. I think he will be within 10lbs of Canelo on fight night.
Agreed! For me, it all hinges on Bud's jaw. What happens when he takes a really good shot? Canelo has some power, not the biggest puncher ever, but he can crack a bit. I am getting the gut feeling that Canelo is going to crush him early like round one or two. I don't know why, I'm not a particular fan of his. But then again, I got the same gut feeling for the First Usyk- Fury fight, for some reason I thought for sure Fury was going to knock Usyk out early haha.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a ko from Canelo. That is a real possibility. I can also see Bud out boxing Canelo. Either outcome wouldn't be shocking to me.
It should be obvious that the most obvious scenario is Canelo stops Crawford with a vicious body shot. I hope Bud studied De La Hoya vs Hopkins. DLH was brimming with confidence too until reality taught him a lesson on weight classes exist for a reason.
Yep same here. The fact that they are so old, and fight so infrequently nowadays, makes it hard to get a good bead on predicting a winner. It seems like back in the other eras, it was easier to predict outcomes of fights but things are really screwy in boxing nowadays.