Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has lost only twice in 66 fights. The Mexican superstar fell short against Floyd Mayweather and Dmitry Bivol. Now, Hall of Fame fighter Tim Bradley thinks Terence Crawford will be the third man to beat him.
Bradley woke up at 3am one night with the urge to study both fighters. The former champion came to a surprising conclusion.
"Crawford is about to beat the sh*t out of Canelo Alvarez. I'm letting you know right now. He's about to beat the breaks off of Canelo Alvarez."
Crawford, who currently fights two divisions below Canelo, has said he's willing to move up for the fight. Bradley urges Canelo to accept, dismissing worries about Crawford's weight gain.
"Everyone keeps talking about the weight – 'oh, he gonna knock him out.' When the hell was the last time he knocked somebody out? Big, little, small – he ain't knocking nobody out … So y'all can quit with that, he ain't knocking Crawford out."
Canelo's last knockout win came against Caleb Plant in 2021. The Mexican holds three of the four major titles at super-middleweight and was previously undisputed. He's never been knocked down in his pro career.
Bradley broke down how he sees the fight going in an interview.
"I guarantee Terence Crawford gonna come out with the W. Now, it ain't gonna come by knockout, Canelo got a strong chin on him. But Canelo will get outboxed. He is not an aggressive Mexican fighter just coming forward, he not that dude, he's a boxer. He's calculated, very precise with his shots … He's not gonna bully Crawford … Crawford's gonna beat him up. Counterpunch. All that stuff gonna get countered. He's gonna get pieced up."
Bradley wants to see the fight made. He called out Canelo for avoiding David Benavidez.
"Canelo, don't run away. You already ran away from the Benavidez fight … Make the fight with Crawford. Everybody wants to see it. And it's gonna give Crawford an opportunity to show you – show the entire world – his greatness."
Canelo's team looks at options for a May bout. William Scull, the IBF Super-middleweight World Champion, has been mentioned as a potential opponent.
