Coach BoMac: Crawford wants to “show the world” he’s the best

Trainer Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntire says Terence Crawford was willing to fight Canelo Alvarez without a rehydration clause because he feels he doesn’t need them to prove that “the best.” BoMac says Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) wants to “show the world” he’s the best fighter.

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The fans see it as piggery and that Crawford’s real reason for wanting to fight Canelo is because of the huge payday he will receive. This assertion that he’s the “best” garbage BoMac is spewing sounds like nonsense when you consider that Crawford has no interest in proving himself at 168 years old.

Fighters battle the best competitors in the weight classes before challenging the champion. Crawford skips that part by going straight to a title fight against Canelo.

In reality, Crawford, 37, couldn’t dictate terms with superstar Canelo the way he could with Errol Spence. If Terence had insisted on the weight requirements for the Canelo fight, he would have gotten nowhere and was stuck fighting dangerous young fighters at 154 for a lot less money.

Crawford may have avoided the loss if he had fought WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora. However, he would likely lose if he faced one of the killer junior middleweights like Vergil Ortiz, Serghii Bohachuk or Bakhram Murtazalev. The game would be for Crawford, because he would be exposed and his value in the sport would be diminished.

Canelo-Crawford has yet to be officially announced, but it will likely happen in September on the Mexican Independence Day holiday. It would be interesting if Turki Al-Sheikh threw a spanner in the works for Crawford by insisting that he beat one of the top super middleweights to earn a fight against Canelo, rather than just giving him one based on what he’s done throughout his career.

Canelo lifted Crawford last week, saying he beat “One good fighter” throughout his 17-year professional career, which was Errol Spence after a car accident. BoMac didn’t have much to say about that comment other than echoing what Crawford said with his rebuttal about how they were somebody until he made them look like a nobody by beating them up. However, Crawford’s resume is devoid of quality opposition. He beat a lot of good fighters, never great or elite level.

Canelo was just talking it up like Crawford had skated through a long career without taking any chances. Terence can’t blame his promoters for not being able to fight for him, because if he had moved up to 154, 160 or 168, he would have had plenty of opportunities for big fights throughout his career.

If Crawford wanted big fights in the last 17 years, he could have stepped up and fought middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin when he was still around. I don’t think it would have ended well for Crawford, but he could have done it. The lack of risk talk was never there for Crawford like it was with Canelo. That’s why Bud only has “one good fighter” on his resume, the broken Spence.

If I were Canelo, I’d have Terrence earn a fight against the winner of the David Benavidez vs. David Morrell fight. That would give Crawford a big enough fight to build his name to where Canelo would get a pass from the boxing world to fight him.

The fans will be jumping on the Mexican star for fighting another guy coming up two divisions to fight him for a big payday without earning it. Two years ago, Jermell Charlo moved up from 154 to challenge Canelo for the title at 168, and the fight was a complete mismatch due to Alvarez’s power advantage. Crawford will be worse because he is smaller and weaker than Jermell.

BoMac: No provisions needed

“I think Crawford’s rebuttal was that everyone always says, ‘Oh, he didn’t fight anybody’ or ‘everybody he fought was no name,’ but I’ll put it this way. What Crawford said: ‘Well, they were something’ until Crawford fought them,” trainer Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre said Booking Socialresponding to Canelo Alvarez saying that Terence Crawford only fought one good fighter during his career, Errol Spence.

“So obviously, he (Crawford) does a great job of making everyone look normal.” That’s what Crawford wants. He wants to show the world that he is the best. Why put stipulations there when you know you can be the best? So let’s test ourselves,” BoMac said of Crawford agreeing to fight Canelo at 168 without a rehydration clause.