Canelo Alvarez's strength and punching power may scare some boxers, but not Terence Crawford, who tells TMZ Sports he's absolutely sure he'd get the victory over the Mexican superstar if the two fought.
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00Welcome back to TMZ Sports, Mike, Ed, and Lucas, fellas, it was a big time weekend for
00:11combat sports.
00:12Not only did the UFC do their thing at the Sphere, but there was a massive fight that
00:17went down in the boxing world with major implications going forward.
00:22So arguably, the biggest star in the entire sport, guys, in Canelo Alvarez, went out there
00:28against a young, powerful opponent in Edgar Berlanga, a guy who was previously undefeated.
00:35He was 22-0 with all of Canelo's belts on the line, and Canelo Alvarez, he dropped him
00:41multiple times in this fight and ended up winning this fight by unanimous decision.
00:46Now you know how it goes in boxing, it's always about what's next, and what's next could possibly
00:54be one of the biggest fights that you could ever make in this sport.
00:58And Canelo Alvarez, pound for pound great, boxing great against that guy right there,
01:04Terrence Bud Crawford.
01:05Now Bud Crawford was in the building in Vegas watching the fight ringside.
01:11A little bit after the fight, he actually called out none other than Canelo Alvarez.
01:17So then finally, when it was time for Canelo on Saturday to meet with the media, he was
01:22asked about this possible super fight with Bud.
01:27Is Canelo interested?
01:28That was the question.
01:29Crawford, was Turkey Alishik at the other event across town, put out an open challenge
01:36to you on the internet with Turkey Alishik calling you out.
01:40What's your response to Terrence Crawford's call out tonight?
01:43No comment.
01:44All right, guys, so no comment from Canelo Alvarez.
01:47I was a little bit surprised with that answer.
01:50Could necessarily seem like something he wants, but could also be a negotiating ploy.
01:56Well, we had an opportunity to speak with the guy who would be Canelo's opponent, Terrence
02:02Crawford.
02:03We asked him about the potential for this fight to actually happen.
02:08Watch this.
02:09Well, I've been wanting to fight, you know, I feel as if that's a legacy fight.
02:14I feel as if, you know, this is the biggest fight in boxing today.
02:21I feel like this fight right here is like the last of the Mohicans.
02:28You know, we both come in an era where Floyd Mayweather was number one, power for power,
02:35Showtime, HBO era, that type of era.
02:41I think this fight will be massive.
02:44It's all respect over here, you know, and if, you know, he does decide to come my way
02:51and me and him get in the ring, then it'll be an electric fire fight, you know.
03:00It won't be like any other fight that he's fought recently, and it'll be a well fought
03:09fight for both of us, I believe.
03:11Any doubt in your mind that you beat him?
03:13Of course I beat him.
03:15There ain't no doubt in my mind that I won't beat anybody that I step into the ring with.
03:20Well, I'll tell you what, guys, I like Terrence Crawford's answer a lot better than Canelo's.
03:26I was actually really surprised by what Canelo said.
03:28It was almost like they asked him about Jake Paul again, you know, because Canelo doesn't
03:32really pay that any mind.
03:33But when you have Terrence Crawford who is coming out and saying this would be a legacy
03:37fight, this would be the biggest fight, and I will beat him, it kind of makes it sound
03:42like Canelo is ducking him and he's scared.
03:45But I really hope this does happen, because we saw this with Mayweather and Pacquiao.
03:50It happened five years too late.
03:52Don't wait to make this happen.
03:54This really will be a pay-per-view that so many people will want to tune in for.
03:58Terrence Crawford being undefeated, Canelo being one of the best ever, I mean, come on,
04:03make it happen.