Callum Smith questions whether Terence Crawford can handle Canelo Alvarez's size when he moves up two divisions to fight him at super middleweight in September.

If Terrence musters up some courage to fight two or three predatory sharks in the 168-pound division, fans will know if he's up to it. Since Crawford doesn't want to do it, you can only think that he's just there for the paycheck, and the fans will go crazy afterwards, it seems like they are. bowed down beyond their means.

Crawford is eager for a fight against the Mexican superstar, but he hasn't done anything to show if he can handle the weight jump.

Is Crawford too young?

Light heavyweight Smith, who shared the ring with Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs), when he competed at 168, noted that Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) began his career at 135. So, moving up two weight classes from 154 to fight Canelo at 168 is a “tough ask” size-wise.

Smith isn't completely counting out the 37-year-old Crawford, noting that Canelo is starting to show signs of age, but he still thinks it's going to be tough for the Nebraska native.

Crawford hasn't fought at super middleweight, moving up to 154 against Israel Madrimov and will be banned from the ring for a year if he fights Canelo in September. If so, he will be out of the ring for 13 months.

“It's a great fight, they're both pound-for-pound stars and exceptional. It will be interesting to see how the weight affects Crawford (up to 168),” said Callum Smith Pro boxing fanTalking about a possible Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford in September.

“Like we saw with (former undisputed 154-pound champion Jermell) Charlo. He's a very good fighter, but he couldn't really match him (Canelo). Weight is fine, but normal size is there, and Crawford is coming off a low weight.

“He is a four-weight world champion. So, going up two more against the likes of Canelo is going to be a tough ask, but as we saw in (undisputed light heavyweight champion Arter) Beterbiev (in his recent close fight against Dmitry Bivol), Canelo is not getting it. Any small

Spence Win A Fluke

Crawford was at his best at 135 and 140 when he had a size advantage against less-than-stellar opposition when he fought in those weight classes. At 147, Bud was slow and easy to hit, and it took a car-crash-ravaged, disabled, injury-plagued and weight-drained Errol Spence to make Crawford look good.

Before that, he looked unimpressive in fights against David Avanesian, Jose Benavidez Jr. and Jeff Horn at welterweight. He looked like an average fighter, better than those low quality guys, but not a super talent.

It's interesting how much attention was paid to Terence's win over Spence. Fans suddenly thought he was an entertaining knockout artist and he fought that way throughout his career.

That's not how Crawford looked or fought during his career. If fans watched his entire career, as I had, they would see that he was a Shakur-esque mover and counter-puncher, and that his knockouts came against older fighters.

Crawford's recent knockout

Errol Spence: 34
David Avanesian: 35
Sean Porter: 34
Kell Brook: 34
Aamir Khan: 34

“He's had a tough career and he's had injuries and stuff. As a boxing fan, I enjoy seeing fights like this happen. Now, as a fan, I sit back and watch. I'm looking forward to it,” Smith said of the Canelo vs. Crawford fight.

Canelo is slowing down at 34 and is no longer the fighter he was four years ago when he captured the undisputed super middleweight championship against Callen Plante in 2021. However, he is much bigger and stronger and is a natural 168-pounder.

He is also four years younger than Crawford, who will turn 38 in September and is coming off a poor performance against Israel Madrimov in his debut at 154 on August 3, 2024.