Terence Crawford has made a compelling post “I will shock the world” message on X about his fight against unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on a yet-to-be-announced date in September.

Shock the world? suspicious

Crawford is in it The Edgar Berlanga momentHe's not rated at 168 against Canelo for a huge payday and he's got a chance in this fight to convince the fans. We all know Terrance is going to box and leave because he's too young and old to slog. Crawford is obviously thinking about all the cash he's going to get for this fight, so he's in a happy, chatty state of mind. He just won the lottery.

He's probably very happy for that payday. Without this gift fight from Turki Al-Sheikh, Crawford would have walked away at 154, having to fight real sharks like Bakhram Murtzaliev, Serhiy Bohachuk, Virgil Ortiz Jr. and Sebastian Fandora.

It's not the car-crash-wrecked, ring-rusted, lazy Errol Spence that Crawford is fighting. Canelo is still an active fighter and extremely dangerous. Canelo is like an M93 Hornet landmine and will blow up the Nebraska native if he gets a clue.

Most likely, Crawford will go with his trainer Brian 'Bomack' McIntyre's plan to use movement and follow Mayweather and Dimitri Bivol's blueprint against Canelo.

Exposed and overrated

The soon-to-be 38-year-old Crawford says she hides the best of her “Back pocket This whole time.It's a bit hard to believe after seeing a right hand from Israel Madrimov last August and losing to him in his debut at 154. Terence just looked old, small and weak in that fight.

“I don't think it's a fight that Canelo really wants, if I'm being honest, because I think he thinks he's not going to get a lot of credit beating a light middleweight, and Crawford is going to go a long way in that fight. , which is not ideal for Canelo,” Eddie Hearn told TO Fight Hub TVCanelo Alvarez reacts to the news that he will fight Terence Crawford in September.

“What are his (Canelo's) options? If (Dmitry) Bivol wins (against Artur Beterbiev on February 22nd), he can fight undisputed. It's going to be a very tough fight. Benavidez moved up to 175. Obviously, His Highness wants to fight that fight. So, I guess we'll see that later,” Hearn said of the Canelo vs. Crawford fight.

Ima surprised the world!!! The best is yet to come. I had this in my back pocket the whole time.

— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) January 13, 2025