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Terence Crawford To Canelo Alvarez: Every Time You Stepped Up, You Lost
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Keith Idec
Keith Idec
RingMagazine.com
Terence Crawford To Canelo Alvarez: Every Time You Stepped Up, You Lost
Terence Crawford couldn’t care less what Canelo Alvarez or any of his detractors doubt about his resume.

Alvarez questioned the greatness of even the best fighters Crawford defeated Friday during the last of three press conferences to promote their highly anticipated super middleweight showdown Sept. 13 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

Crawford responded by stating Alvarez is the only great fighter he is concerned about beating.

He also analyzed Alvarez’s logic when the undisputed 168-pound champion promised that Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) will learn what it’s like when “a good fighter” moves up in weight and realizes his opponent is “a great fighter.”

“So, that means you’re a good fighter and [Dmitry] Bivol is a great fighter, right?,” Crawford asked before a crowd full of Alvarez fans at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “Right? Is you a good fighter? Or is you a great fighter? Let me know.”

Alvarez adamantly responded, “I’m a great fighter.”

Crawford countered by asking, “So, you got your ass whupped by a good fighter, right?”




Russia's Bivol beat Alvarez convincingly when he moved up to light heavyweight for the second time in May 2022.

Mexico's Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) stopped Sergey Kovalev to win the WBO light heavyweight title in his debut at 175 pounds in November 2019 in Las Vegas. He wasn’t successful when he battled Bivol, who seemingly deserved a wider win on the cards than the 115-113 scores submitted by judges Tim Cheatham, Dave Moretti and Steve Weisfeld at T-Mobile Arena.

“Every time you stepped up, you lost, great fighter,” Crawford said.

The lone losses for Alvarez are to Bivol, who went on to become undisputed light heavyweight champion, by unanimous decision, and a majority decision to undefeated Floyd Mayweather in September 2013.

The four-weight world champion went 2-0-1 against Gennadiy Golovkin, but the outcome of their first fight in September 2017 — a split draw — has been a source of great debate.

Alvarez realizes how it feels to prepare for fights of this magnitude, though, as boxing’s biggest star in the United States.

“I been in his situation before, and I know,” he said. “It’s gonna be a good fight. Believe me, it’s gonna be a good fight. I’m gonna bring my best. I know he’s a good fighter, but this is just different. You’ll see what happen when a good fighter jump up and his opponent is a great fighter. So, you gonna find out September 13th.”

Crawford, 37, can become a world champion in a fifth division and an unprecedented undisputed champion in a third weight class if the Omaha, Nebraska, native pulls off a slight upset over Alvarez, who will turn 35 next month.




“I don’t care about nobody else,” Crawford said. “So, when I beat you is you gonna be a nobody? When I stomp a mudhole in your ass, is you gonna be a nobody? You gonna be just like everybody else. Watch. Watch. The same [expletive] that everybody else been saying since I moved to 147, I ain’t fought nobody. Every last one of ‘em, stomp a mudhole in they ass and he gonna be next. Watch.”

It's No. 3 fighter on The Ring’s pound-for-pound list against Alvarez, who is eighth. Netflix will stream their 12-round, 168-pound title bout worldwide to a subscriber base that exceeds 300 million.

DraftKings considers Alvarez (minus-190) a slight favorite to defeat Crawford (plus-150). Alvarez holds The Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 168-pound crowns.

Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing

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