Was Terence Crawford vs Canelo Alvarez competitive?

Compubox is very inaccurate i normally don't take much notice of it TBH it's just 2 guys pushing a button.

No i'm not saying we have to judge fights now solely on AI but the more accurate stats for punches landed give us a clearer picture.

Let's put it in simple terms who would you of rather of been if you were Canelo or Crawford fighting last night ? who do you think adopted their gameplan better ? And for me it's quite an easy answer Crawford.

Crawford boxed at range landed the better eye catching punches didn't really allow Canelo to get off who looked frustrated in the later rounds and was marked up.

No it wasn't a beatdown or a boxing masterclass but it was a tactically clear win for Crawford in my eyes he was able to fight his fight and adopt his gameplan better than Canelo did.

 

It wasn't a shutout but hard to consider 8 rounds to 4 competitive. So no.

 

Canelo Crawford

1) 09 10
2) 09 10 18 20
3) 10 09 28 29
4) 10 09 38 38
5) 09 10 47 48
6) 09 10 56 58
7) 09 10 65 68
8) 10 09 75 77
9) 09 10 84 87
10) 10 09 94 96
11) 09 10 103 106
12) 09 10 112 116


Crawford 116 - 112

 

Nah....it wasn't. However, Crawford had a good gameplan to fight against Canelo. He boxed and he moved a lot. Besides, he's faster than Canelo both in the footwork and hand speed. IMO, Crawford used the same tactics as Ray Leonard did when he fought Hagler, i.e. , Speed vs Power.

 

It wasn't competitive at all. Canelo admitted that he couldn't figure out how to solve Bud.

It was sad to see Canelo losing that way, but then again, he robbed Golovkin twice, why should we sad?

 

Terrance won convincingly
But the threat was always there for canelo to rock him. Hats off to Bud for controlling the distance & taking away most of the play from Canelo.
He was still under duress the entire fight he just played it cool as possible & racked up points.
Whilst Canelo fell further & further behind oneing & doneing all night which works with most fighters just not the elite fighters.

 

It was just like Usyk v Fury fights. Competitive but not close

 

It was competetive. I had canelo winning 7-5 but im not mad Crawford got the decision. Im more mad many people are acting like Canelo got schooled, that this was a masterclass but it wasnt remotely close to the onesidedness Mayweather and Bivol already did

 

It was absolutely competitive. And if you say that it isn’t, then you’re being disingenuous and basing your opinion on Crawford doing well as the underdog rather than what is objectively happening in the ring. I had it 116-112 for Crawford.

I counted 4 rounds that I would consider to be “swing “ rounds. These rounds have been given to both of them on various pundit scorecards, so it’s fair to consider them as such. These are rounds 1,3,4 and 10. On my own card, the rounds I gave to Canelo of these “swing” rounds were rounds 1 and 10.

Canelo had 2 clear rounds in rounds 5 and round 8. Crawford had 6 clear rounds in rounds 2, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12.

Depending on who the swing rounds go to, you can therefore see a spread of “acceptable” scores from 114-114 to 118-110. Neither of which tell the story of the fight. So take away those extremes, and you have a spread of 115-113 to 117-111 both in favour of Terence Crawford. This tells us that yes it was competitive, and yes, the judges totals were absolutely fine. The right man won, and to his credit, he won clearly.

Competitive fights occur in 2 ways. They’re either comprised near entirely of rounds that are close on their own merit, or they’re the type of fight in winch there are 6 clear rounds a piece or 7 clear rounds for one and 5 for another (Teo v Loma 115-113 as an example). You can gave lopsided cards for competitive fights that resemble the former. Examples that spring to mind are Buatsi v Richards (117-111), Usyk v AJ 2 (117-111), Usyk v Fury 1 (117-110), Opetaia vs Briedis 2 (117-111). Just some food for thought. And to clarify, they’re my own scorecards. Not official ones.

 

There’s no argument for Crawford winning fewer than 7 rounds. It was a clear victory, and I’d even say it wasn’t that competitive, as Crawford was in control from start to finish.

Compubox had a terrible performance, but fortunately, Jabbr.ai once again did their job and showed that Crawford clearly outlanded Canelo.

As is usually the case in Canelo fights, the official scoring leaned a bit in his favor. Realistically, the correct score ranges from 118–110 to 116–112 for Crawford (because you can't win rounds if you don't throw punches...). It seems some people on here are being a little bit disingenuous.

 

Crawford was allowed to look more impressive due to Canelo's lacklustre performance. It was competitive enough in most rounds but I still had Crawford a clear winner by 115-113.
Canelo had many advantages going into this fight....but for the most part he failed to utilise them

 

Canelo admitted he couldn't figure Bud out. You people scoring this for Canelo are outing yourselves out for what you're really about. Crawford outboxed Canelo and outlanded him, deal with it

 

Indecisive about this one.

I bet on replay it's going to look a lot less competitive than live. I felt Canelo might have had something to turn the fight around but it wasn't the case.

 

I always thought Crawford was being miserable when he said that people never give him credit, but now I fully understand where he's coming from. He could beat Bivol and then Usyk in his next two fights, and people would still find an asterisk to stick next to it and poke holes in it. Imagine going up two weight divisions (basically 3) and beating the guy who has all four belts, and people still try to find an angle to play it down.

What's the point of even watching the sport if you're so willing to shoot down a fighter who has proven time and time again that he is one of the greatest of the last 25 years? Crawford is the first undisputed 3-weight champion in 87 years, and people still can't give him the plaudits he deserves.