The legacy would be interesting. There is one thing that would put a damper on the fanfare though: Both men are past prime. Bud would get some points for being 37 to canelo's 34, but if it had happened when Bud was say, 30 to Canelo being 27, it would get more consideration of being a great feat. Even so, it's a big IF Crawford can beat Alvarez, which I doubt.
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Nah Alvarez is better defensively than ErrolOriginally posted by Carpe Diem View Post
if T-Bud beats Alvarez, it’d be a decision 8-4/9-5
Floyd and Bivol did cleaner jobs as they’re defensively savvy with better jabs
T-Bud chances due to Alvarez being 5 ft 7.5 with a 70.5 inch reach
Alvarez a big boi who hits hard but it is not touch them knock them out kind of power
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Beating Canelo at 168 is a huge win and is probably better than any single win of Floyd or Manny, but TCs resume in overall class is not close to Floyd or Manny, a guy can collect as many belts as he likes but the guys he beat to get those belts is what carries the big stick, TCs big stick opponents are very scarce, Spence and Postal level doesn't match the HOFs fighters May and Manny beat, not close at all.
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Historically speaking he would. He’d have been lineal middleweight champion. I don’t believe anyone who turned pro at 130 or below has ever achieved that.Originally posted by The Big Dunn View Post
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I’d consider it the the greatest win i’ll ever witness in my boxing fan years. But it won’t happen..Originally posted by SouthpawRight View Postjumping two weight classes to 168 from 154 and beating Alvarez would be the single greatest victory in the HISTORY of the sport of boxing
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Oleksandr Uysk's wins over Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua 'Are more impressive feats of achievement, than any win on Terrence Crawford's resume. And in my opinion, they would still remain as greater wins even if? Terrence Crawford was to beat Canelo Alvarez at 168 pounds'.
So what if he is jumping two weight classes, big deal 'The jump from Cruiserweight, into the open class Heavyweight Division. Is the most formidable competitive challenge in the entire combat sports world, from a physiological perspective'.
By how much do all you guys estimate, Canelo Alvarez is going to out weigh Terrence Crawford by? 5 to 10 pounds on fight night? 15 pounds at most? I personally think there would be a chance of Crawford and Alvarez weighing within 10 pounds of each other. We are living in the boxing era, where many fighters in the lower weight classes weight drain themselves in order to avoid fighting at a more natural fighting weight.
Terrence Crawford is one of those fighters, who has historically weight drains himself to be the big man on fight night 'So in all honesty, I will keep things in perspective'.
Why do people behave like that is unprecedented in the sport of boxing? Within the Heavyweight Division, there have been opponents with a weight differential between them which has to be counted in stones, never mind a few pounds. But still people seem to be abit too much impressed, when a fighter in the lower weight classes decides to not weight drain themselves and fight at a more natural weight.
Note: Terrence Crawford does not have to body build, and pump himself up to 168 pounds and above 'Certain folk within the boxing community, need to keep things into perspective. Terrence Crawford fighting Canelo Alvarez, is a great challenge but? It is not in the same sphere of difficulty, in my opinion as Evander Holyfield moving up into the Heavyweight Division and fighting Rid**** Bowe, David Haye fighting Nikola Valuev who out weighed him by 7 stone, or Oleksandr Uysk fight Tyson Fury for the Undisputed Heavyweight titles.
Mike Tyson was routinely beating opponent's, who out weighed him and had Heavyweight dimension's over him.
7th November 2009 'David Haye fought Nikola Valuev, in a fight were he was being out weighed by 7 stone. Haye weighed in at 218 pounds, vs Valuev 315 pounds. The total the weight differential in pounds between the two fighters was 98 pounds. The fight was billed as David vs Goliath'.
David Haye won the fight via majority decision 'Becoming only the second man in history, to achieve such a feat. At that point in time Evander Holyfield was only other sentient being in mankind's history, who had moved up from the Cruiserweight Division to win a World Heavyweight title'.
The list goes on, there are many more fighters that have taken in more formidable challenges 'Then the potential fight between Terrence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez'.
To conclude: Terrence Crawford vs Canelo Alvarez is a great fight, and challenge mainly for Crawford 'That is the universal perspective which is surrounding this fight'.
But I believe that certain folk in the boxing community, who ether don't know much or value boxing history. They completely overrate, modern day lower class fighters 'Since the day before weigh in rule started to be used in boxing, this has made it easier for fighters to move up and down the weight classes'.
Basically it has made it easier for them, to create create a competitive mirage 'I.E Tony Bellew as a amatuer boxer, fought high up as a Super Heavyweight. But when he turned professional he fought for a long time in his career, in the 175 pound Light Heavyweight Divisions'.
When Tony Bellew moved up into the Cruiserweight Divisons, he was just fighting closer to his more natural fighting weight 'Bellew is pretty much a Heavyweight fighter, that was clear near the latter part of his career'.
Terrence Crawford vs Canelo Alvarez 'Is a great fight, and challenge for Crawford'. But from a pure physiologically perspective, it is nowhere near the level of Oleksandr Uysk fighting Tyson Fury etc.
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