Which stance will Crawford fight Canelo in?

Bud will punish Canelo`s stepping jab.

 

Canelo doesn`t show a lot of post punch defense leaving him open to counters.

 

He doesn't. Bud however is a very high level boxer. Adopting elements from the Mayweather blueprint should be easy for him and should lead him to victory. I predict that if Crawford fights orthodox he wins but lefty he loses and that he comes out orthodox.

 

Crawford is going to win off counters. He is much more effective with his counters when his strong hand is leading in the stance. He's a natural right hander. Usually when Crawford is in an orthodox stance, he's walking down his opponent or at least standing right in front of them because their attack isn't strong enough to altar his attack. Canelo is too strong for that so we will see more southpaw than not due to the footwork that Crawford possesses and the lack of footwork that Canelo will show because he is going to lean on his power to combat Crawford's counters.

Canelo is going to want to slow Crawford down. It will be hard for him to do that with Crawford's lead hand being his strong hand. It sets the distance so he can see Canelo load up. Crawford's angles will be important because Canelo is flat foot and drags his right foot on his combos ending with straights. Crawford in southpaw can check hook that all day and turn Canelo, keeping him from being able to sit on power punches that we know he will start throwing often after the 4th or 5th round.

 

I find it really surprising that there are people who think that crawford can win. They are going to discover that boxing weights exist for a reason.

 

Well he needs to begin with a huge regimen of steroids

 

Any stance he wants, yo.
Canelo is easy work for dis ATG boxer surely?

Only thing I'd be worried about is that time Canelo connected once with Saunders, who'd never been hurt when hit by pretty good punchers like Ryder, Lee, Lemieux, and yet suddenly had his face collapsed. It suggests that Canelo really 'trained hard' after not being able to hurt people like Cotto.

 

He`s a great switch hitter.

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Like Canelo?

 

People said the same thing about the short Canelo before he knocked out a light heavy, Bud has a 3.5 inch reach advantage over Canelo who struggles against a long jab.

 

The key for Bud is to stay away and pump that jab, show his superior footwork, mix in the occasional straight but to keep the distance. He has to stick and move, stick and move, etc. Be cautious but not too cautious like Charlo so that he can keep rounds competitive and get his work in. But the difference between Bud and Jermell is that Bud has a much better jab than Charlo. The challenge for Bud is if he gets to the middle to late rounds can he keep up the work rate and stay away from Canelo's power? Canelo may be content to let him survive as he's done with everyone else he's fought in recent years, but Bud has to find a way to win over the judges whilst making sure to keep the rounds close enough so that Canelo will still think he's winning but maybe the judges won't, and thus Canelo won't feel a need to really press the action and try to hurt Bud. That's the key for Bud in my view.

 

Yep

 

That wouldn't even level the playing field considering Canelo's long history with "questionable" judging.

Versus Austin Trout – Stanley Christodoulou – 118-109
Versus Floyd Mayweather – C.J. Ross – 114-114
Versus Erislandy Lara – Levi Martinez – 117-111
Versus Miguel Cotto – Dave Moretti – 119-109
Versus Gennady Golovkin – Adalaide Byrd – 118-110

I could go on but won't.

Bivol beat Canelo wide and they scored it 115-113. Crawford will have to win every round to get a draw.

 

Crawford only ever fights southpaw these days.

 

Both likely
Now which one will be have more success in?
Idk that’s what makes me want to watch this fight.