Terence Crawford still dons a flawless record yet to be defeated in skilled boxing, but he has had to point out heart throughout his profession.
On September 13, Terence Crawford will tackle by far his hardest opponent up to now when he meets Canelo Alvarez within the boxing ring for the undisputed super middleweight title.
It is going to mark TKO boxing‘s inaugural event after it was announced earlier this yr that UFC boss Dana White and Turki Alalshikh can be teaming up to vary the game of boxing.
And ahead of his first event as a fundamental boxing promoter, White needed to get in the course of a near brawl between Crawford and Canelo after they almost clashed on the pre-fight press conference.
Crawford sent British legend through the ropes
Crawford and Canelo are each considered two of the most effective pound-for-pound fighters on the planet, with it set to be one in all the largest fights in recent memory.
The Mexican champion doesn’t have a flawless record like Crawford, having lost to Floyd Mayweather early in his profession, in addition to a dominant loss to Dmitry Bivol just a few years ago.
And although ‘Bud’ is undefeated in 41 skilled fights, he has come near losing his flawless record on just a few occasions, and has had to point out his championship mettle to return back in some fights.
In August 2020, it was announced that Crawford would defend his WBO welterweight title against the favored Brit, Brook, and heading into the fight, Crawford was an enormous -1439 favorite.
Despite that, early within the fight each boxers got here out extremely tentatively, landing the occasional jab and fighting a particularly tactical fight.
Nevertheless, within the fourth round whilst down on the scorecards, Crawford landed an enormous right hand that sent Brook stumbling towards the ropes and subsequently, the highest half of his body went under the ropes.
Crawford then swarmed on him and landed just a few more shots because the referee pushed him away and commenced a standing 10 count.
Although Brook answered the count, he was once more swarmed shortly after and the referee put a stop to the fight.
Will Terence Crawford keep his undefeated record against Canelo?
Ahead of his fight against Canelo, Crawford was urged to not take the fight by Mike Tyson, who fears that the burden difference will prove way an excessive amount of for him to beat.
He may have to placed on among the finest performances of his profession if he’s to step out of the Allegiant Stadium together with his undefeated record intact, and he isn’t being backed by many to achieve this.