Eddie Hearn sensed Canelo Alvarez didn’t want to fight Terence Crawford once, let alone twice.

Now that Crawford has soundly defeated the Mexican icon, one of Alvarez’s former promoters doesn’t expect him to pursue a rematch. Money was the only reason, according to Hearn, that Alvarez eventually agreed to fight Crawford on September 13 at a sold-out Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

“I don’t think Canelo will want the rematch,” Hearn told The Ring. “I think there’s a rematch clause. I don’t know. ... It’s very unusual for Canelo to go into a fight without a rematch clause. But, for me, I just can’t see Canelo going, 'Yes, I want to run that back.’"

Crawford’s intelligence, skill, speed and movement troubled Alvarez in their fight for The Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles. Alvarez had difficulty catching Crawford with flush punches as he lost by scores of 116-112 (Steve Weisfeld) and 115-113 (Tim Cheatham and Max De Luca).

In addition to taking Alvarez’s titles, Crawford’s victory earned him the top spot on The Ring’s pound-for-pound list. The Nebraska native entered their fight ranked third, five spots atop Alvarez, who slipped to 10th.

As much as a rematch might be worth to Guadalajara’s Alvarez (63-3-2, 39 KOs), Hearn believes he nd his trainer/manager, Eddy Reynoso, realize Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) employs a style they won’t be able to figure out.

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“A certain style is not good for Canelo,” Hearn said. “When I talked about the Crawford fight with Canelo two years ago, he had no interest in that fight because he knew. Talk about Crawford’s IQ, Canelo’s IQ, Reynoso’s IQ — they know boxing. They knew that fight was a nightmare for them, really.

“But financially, obviously it was a huge opportunity. But when you start saying, ‘My body just can’t do it anymore. It can’t,’ that’s a telltale sign that he knows that physically he’s just not the same."

Hearn hopes people recognize the magnitude of Crawford’s accomplishment. Matchroom Boxing’s chairman also acknowledged that this 35-year-old version of Alvarez isn’t the same fighter he promoted during his run toward becoming undisputed super middleweight champion.

“I think what we shouldn’t be saying is, ‘Canelo’s old. Canelo’s shot,’” Hearn said. “Because you’ve got to give the credit to Crawford. But Canelo is nowhere near the fighter he once was. And I’m talking about particularly maybe around [the time of the first] Golovkin [fight] and that kind of time.”