Canelo Alvarez delivered a strong opinion about Terence Crawford and Floyd Mayweather.
On September 13, 2025, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will be defending his WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF super middleweight belts against Terence Crawford, in what is perhaps the most highly anticipated superfight of the entire year.
While this might be the most lucrative bout of Canelo’s legendary career, the fact that he fought against Floyd “Money” Mayweather back in 2013 makes that this Crawford bout probably isn’t the highest-profile contest he has had. At the time, Mayweather was the face of boxing, and Canelo was an up-and-coming superstar who would have turned the world upside down if he could have secured a victory against the then-undefeated light middleweight champion.
“I think Crawford is better than Mayweather because he turns his guard to both sides, he’s more intelligent,” Canelo was quoted as saying in the article. He then added, “I think he’s better than Floyd Mayweather. That’s what I think.”
However, Canelo also asserted that he’s now better equipped for a fight of his magnitude because of his experience against Mayweather, saying, “I learned in every single fight not just in the Mayweather fight but I learned everything and for every fight.
“I’m gonna put all my experience there because I’m gonna need it.”
Comments like these will only get the boxing community even more excited about this showdown.
