Hearn Explains His Shift To Backing Crawford Against A Declining Canelo

The promoter Eddie Hearn changed the direction and objects to Derence Crawford to defeat the undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on September 13th in her mega battle.

Hearn says that Crawford (41-0, 31 Kos) is the “fresh” type with footwork, calm and self-confidence to defeat Canelo. What Hearn changed his opinion was how Alvarez looked in his last fight against William Scull.

A defeat against Canelo against Crawford would be devastating for his career and confirmed in the heads of the fans that he was always a limited fighter. Many people see Canelo as a flat foot fighter who cannot move and cannot handle experienced boxers. He has either lost or received controversial victories when he fought against talented fighters. Erislandy Lara, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Austin Trout are examples of this.

Canelo’s latest decline

“Ring IQ, movement, control the fight with the main hand, footwork, defense, calm and everything. It is self -confidence. I can’t tell you how much faith crawford has,” said Eddie Hearn from F.First type. “He has no doubt that he beats Canelo and he makes it easy.”

Crawford obviously believes that he was beating Canelo because he saw how worsened in his last three fights. The way in his last fight against the IBF Super Middleweight Champion William Scull on May 3 in his last fight against many of the top 168 pound fighters. You can also include the top 154 ​​LB boys such as Crawford. The Mexican star looks shot.

“He could beat all sizes very well, but he never really has the chance. That’s why this fight is important for him,” said Hearn about Crawford. “After seeing Canelo against Skull, I think he is [Crawford] The fresher type in it. I rarely returned against Canelo Alvarez, but it would not surprise me if Crawford won the fight. “

It is a shame that Crawford never had the chance during his career to fight all the top boys to prove themselves as one of the sizes. Only now, late in his career at 37, he finally gets a chance, and he may not get the honor he wants, since Alvarez has a serious decline in his physical abilities.

Beyond Canelo: True size

If Crawford really wants to prove to be great, he should climb 175 and take over the winner of the Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev 3 Trilogy or David Benavidez. This assumes that Knosppe will be victorious against Canelo on September 13th. So that Crawford Benavidez or the Bivol BeaverbieV trilogy winner can defeat, it would be huge and show that he is worth standing among the top three sizes of all time.

“They originally wanted a Friday evening because there is a UFC event on Saturday evening. But for me I think championship boxing should be on a Saturday evening,” said Hearn, reacting to the Canelo fight against Crawford, which was moved on Saturday, September 13th.

Canelo-Crawford will compete against a UFC event the same evening, but there is a good bet that it will still do well. It is too big to fight that it does not bring big numbers.