After many months of talk, Terence Crawford‘s fight with Saul ‘Canelo‘ Alvarez has now been locked in.
This fight sees two pound-for-pound greats face off despite being in very different weight classes.
American switch-hitter ‘Bud’ is a former undisputed super-lightweight champion who also won all four belts at welterweight. All in all, he is, like Canelo, a four-division champion.
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In 2024 he made his debut at 154 pounds, still 14 pounds off Canelo’s fighting weight. The Mexican legend has won belts as high as light-heavyweight and is currently the unified super middleweight champion with a chance to become undisputed again when he faces William Scull in May.
Their fight has been made at 168lbs which gives ‘Canelo’ the natural advantage, not only as the bigger man but as he has been campaigning at the higher weights for several years and is long bedded into the division.
Speaking to Cigar Talk, Crawford has revealed that there are zero stipulations on the weight, including no rehydration clause on the day of the fight – something Canelo has used in the past.
“I’m really coming up three weight classes, in all reality. But we can say I’m moving up two weight classes, fighting arguably one of the best Mexicans ever.
“You know, and his weight, there are no rehydration clauses, no nothing, you’re just fighting him at his best. There are no stipulations in it, it’s mano-a-mano, I make weight on Friday we fight on Saturday. It’s simple.”
Manny Pacquaio is one man who has moved freely through the weights and won belts in multiple divisions and he recently warned the American ‘it’s not easy.’
