Terence Crawford recognizes that Canelo Alvarez’s dependable chin has been one of the Mexican icon’s best assets throughout his 20-year professional career.

The undefeated four-division champion reminded doubters Friday, though, that there isn’t an infallible fighter in their sport. Crawford won’t necessarily seek a knockout when they square off Sept. 13 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, yet he won’t be surprised if that’s how he wins their 12-round super middleweight championship clash.

"Anybody can be knocked out,” Crawford told moderator Todd Grisham during a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “Canelo got a granite chin, he’s tough, he’s durable. We seen him hurt a couple of times. ... But given the right circumstances, anybody can get knocked out.”

The most memorable moment of vulnerability Alvarez experienced occurred 15 years ago. Jose Cotto, the older brother of Puerto Rican legend Miguel Cotto, buzzed Alvarez with a left hook in the first round of his first fight in the United States.

Then 19, Alvarez recovered relatively quickly and regained control of their junior middleweight fight. He stopped Cotto in the ninth round of that May 2010 bout on the Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley undercard at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Later in his career, Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) withstood powerful former middleweight champ Gennadiy Golovkin in their three fights, former light heavyweight champ Sergey Kovalev and current undisputed light heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol, among others.

Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) has moved up two weight classes, from junior middleweight to super middleweight, to challenge Alvarez for his Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 168-pound championships in a 12-round main event Netflix will stream globally. The Omaha, Nebraska, native’s 11-fight knockout streak ended in his lone appearance at 154 pounds — a 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over Israil Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 KOs) on Aug. 3 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

Crawford is confident nonetheless that he will carry his power with him 14 pounds higher.

If Crawford can’t become the first fighter to stop Alvarez inside the distance, he won’t worry, either, about being treated fairly on the scorecards if their fight goes the distance. Alvarez has historically tended to receive the benefit of the doubt from judges in fights that took place in Las Vegas — most notably when he and Golovkin fought to a 12-round split draw in September 2017, he defeated Cuban southpaw Erislandy Lara by split decision in July 2014 and judge CJ Ross scored a fight he definitively lost to Mayweather a draw in September 2013.

“I can’t focus on the judges,” Crawford said. “I just gotta focus on doing what I can do and controlling what I can control inside the ring. And that’s going out there and winning the fight decisively.”

The three-city press tour to promote Alvarez versus Crawford will continue Sunday afternoon in New York, where they’ll promote their showdown as part of Fanatics Fest 2025 at the Javits Center.