Mexican great Marco Antonio Barrera has shared his thoughts on the upcoming battle between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford.
It was confirmed last week that the pound-for-pound stars will lock horns on Saturday September 13 at an unconfirmed location in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Canelo will be defending his undisputed championship at 168lbs after he regained the crown on May 2 when he outpointed former IBF champion William Scull in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
‘Bud’ Crawford steps up two whole weight divisions to challenge the Mexican icon, having spent the majority of his glittering career campaigning at welterweight before he made his 154lb debut last August when he dethroned WBA champion Israil Madrimov.
In an interview with Boxing News, Barrera had his say on the significant weight discrepancy between Canelo and Crawford, which many feel will go massively against ‘Bud’ on fight night.
“I don’t know about the weight difference. We saw Crawford fight (Israil) Madrimov at 154 I believe. He did not look like he used to, so having to jump all those weight classes to fight Canelo. It’s going to be hard, but I’ll watch it. I’ll tune in.”
Barrera was then asked if he thinks Canelo will get a stoppage victory over Crawford, taking the size advantage into consideration.
“I don’t know if he’ll knock him out. We know Crawford has a good chin, but I do know that Canelo will most likely come out of this victorious.”
Victory for ‘Bud’ would see the 37-year-old from Omaha capture an undisputed championship in a third division, becoming the first fighter in boxing history to accomplish this feat.
