Shakur Stevenson believes Canelo Alvarez could be no match for Terence Crawford.
The Mexican celebrity confirmed he’s nonetheless a drive to be reckoned with on Saturday night time as he retained his undisputed 168lbs crown in opposition to Jaime Munguia in Las Vegas.
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Munguia regarded to overwhelm Canelo with multi-punch mixtures all through the combat however the former pound-for-pound king remained composed and picked his photographs to perfection.
After a vivid begin from Munguia, the challenger was despatched tumbling to the canvas by a crisp proper uppercut within the fourth spherical.
From there, Canelo took over because the judges gave him the nod through unanimous determination with scorecards of 117-110, 116-111, 115-112 in his favour.
Though Stevenson was actually impressed by Canelo’s show he insisted that the super-middleweight king nonetheless could not beat ‘Bud’.
“Hellavu fighter Canelo is,” tweeted the WBC light-weight world champion. “Nonetheless suppose Bud beats him.”
Crawford is the present pound-for-pound primary and is a former two-weight undisputed champion.
Nonetheless, these titles have been picked up at super-lightweight and welterweight, three and 4 divisions beneath Canelo.
There had been rumours earlier than the Munguia combat was introduced that Crawford was in line to face Canelo subsequent.
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Nonetheless, Canelo shortly distanced himself from the combat solely.
“No,” Canelo stated when Box Azteca requested if he would combat Crawford.
Canelo’s interviewer identified that he might make some huge cash by taking the combat, however the face of boxing doesn’t suppose Crawford is definitely worth the problem.
He stated: “Sure, however they’re going to criticise me… and that’s it, they adore it.
“They criticised me as a result of I fought [Jermell] Charlo who gained weight, who is greater than me, as a result of I’m a small fighter for these weights, and since he gained weight, however they didn’t criticise him once I went up in weight.
“So now in the event you think about Crawford as a welterweight. 168lbs, I’ve every thing to lose and nothing to achieve as a result of if I win, they’ll say, ‘Oh, he was too small, and every thing!”
Crawford has remained tight-lipped on a potential Canelo showdown however did react to his final outing.
“Appear to be Canelo carried him the entire combat!” he wrote on X.
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