Terence Crawford looks unrecognizable from his former self with the load he’s placed on while bulking up for his title shot against undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on September thirteenth at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Canelo Exposes a False 168
Crawford’s fans consider that the scale he’s put in can be a game-changer, leading him to dominate Canelo just as he’d done while campaigning at 147. Canelo’s fans know higher. They saw Alvarez defeat a rehydrated 193-lb Edgar Berlanga last yr.
Crawford is believed to have placed on between 14 and 20 kilos of muscle within the yr that he’s been out of the ring since his last fight on August 3, 2024. He’s banking on the load to guide him to victory over Canelo. The photos of Terence on social media show a fighter who looks around 185 lbs.
Fans are naturally skeptical about Crawford’s possibilities of winning the fight together with his added size. They argue that putting on weight to show himself into a brilliant middleweight artificially still doesn’t make Bud a real 168-lb fighter able to going to war with a fighter like Canelo and even a number of the contenders within the division.
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— ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) August 6, 2025
Crawford’s Unsafe Shortcuts for a Hefty Payday
With 39 days to go, Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) looks stocky and ponderous with the scale he’s placed on for the fight against Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs). The issue is that Terence is cutting corners, selecting to go straight to the highest without aclimitizing himself to the super middleweight division first.
Even the scale he puts on shouldn’t be going to assist him take headshots from a fighter like Canelo. It looks like a misguided approach by Crawford, with him speedily adding mass to his frame, taking no tune-ups, and jumping straight right into a fight against Canelo. He says he’s chasing legacy. Fans view him as being driven by pure greed and the will to generate income without working for it.
Last Updated on 08/05/2025