Is Crawford too small for Canelo ?

Too small, no. Size is one of the few areas Crawford exceeds or at least meets Canelo on an even playing field.

Crawfords got other problems to worry about, like the fact that Turki just signed Canelo to a four fight deal.

I'd be shocked if they allow Crawford a decision win. Bivol slapped Canelo around ten rounds to two and barely scraped out a 115-113 "close decision"

Now if GGG couldn't stop Canelo, not sure a thirty-eight year old Crawford will be able to.

 

The fact Canelo isn't particularly tall for his weight kind of makes the playing field closer.

Bar Mayweather and Bivol, Crawford may be the most technical fighter Canelo will have fought.

 

The size diff between Nelo and Bud is much smaller than Usyk and Fury.

 

Crawford's walking around weight isn't going to help him here as he is used to fighting smaller guys. I can't see him having much luck jumping another 2 weight classes to fight the best guy in the division.

 

Yeah size aside... whenever Canelo stepped up to fight a top p4p skill level boxer... he lost... badly

 

While this is technically true, this isn't a meaningful comparison because of diminishing returns. 14 lbs is much more meaningful between a 154lber and a 168lber, than two big guys over 220lbs.

Perfect example is Rigo jumping from 122 to 130 to challenge Loma. It's technically "only" 8 lbs difference but in reality at that lower weight class it's a huge difference to overcome. Same as Mikey moving "only" 12 lbs from 135 to 147 to challenge Spence. Kell Brook, 13 lbs from 147 to 160 for GGG etc.

Even though Bud isn't a small 154lber, moving up 2 weight classes to fight the best 168 lber who is accustomed to fighting 168 and 175lb guys in recent years is the same as Rigo, Mikey, Brook. It never ends well.

 

And that's an understatement. The 50 lbs difference between Usyk and Fury was like if a featherweight was facing off against a light heavyweight.

 

Not sure how Canelo signing a 4 fight deal is something Crawford needs to worry about. Crawford is one of the first fighters that Turki embraced and supported whole heartedly. The decision of this fight is not going to sway in the favor of Canelo because of some deal he has with Turki. It's going to be based on the performance given by both fighters. Bivol nor GGG fight like Crawford so comparing their performances to what Crawford may or may not be able to do makes zero sense. Canelo took 4/5 rounds to figure out how to slow Amir Khan down, who is smaller than Crawford. It took Crawford 2 minutes. Porter and Spence went 12 rounds with one knock down between the both of them. Crawford had 19 rounds, 5 knockdowns, and 2 stoppages combined vs the 2.

Styles create the action in the ring. I'm not saying Crawford stops Canelo or anything like that. Just saying, his style is a different than those other foes.

 

there do seem to be some diminishing returns after 200lbs or so. Look what Joe Louis did to the giants he faced.

 

No. I can see Canelo having a hard time with Crawford just down to their styles.

Against top competition Canelo tends to over rely on his counters and waits too much. Floyd took full advantage of this and beat Canelo to the punch every time to take control of the fight. Bivol also took advantage of this against Canelo.

I think Crawford like Mayweather and Bivol is a good enough ring general to control the pace of the fight and decision Canelo.

 

And Turki's involvement and backing might ensure he actually does get the decision.

 

He previously posted photos at 177 in 2018.
Boxers are almost all 15lbs heavier outside of the fight period.

 

No. They are similarly sized men. You could say that Canelo is more accustomed to fighting at higher weights. That's about it. Look at them both in real life, they are about the same.