The Carneiro Alvarez vs Terence Crawford battle is expected to be contested in 2025. It will be interesting to see this match, and more people will choose Alvarez to win because of his clear physical advantage, will Crawford, who have been promoted in a row, be overwhelmed? However, not everyone thinks so.
This week, Alvarez's old rival Daniel Jacobs thought Crawford would win, and Jacobs felt that Crawford's technical ability could beat Alvarez.
Jacobs, a former world middleweight champion, faced Alvarez in 2019 and lost on points. In Jacobs's opinion, Crawford's technique will be a good way to bridge the gap in physique and level.
"Technology sometimes pays the bills, and Crawford has the technology, and Alvarez has it," Jacobs said. Sometimes strength, weight, and experience are involved, and it's a good test for Crawford, and if the fight happens, the fans will be the biggest winners. It's a possibility, we've seen it time and time again, and it's the opposite way (Crawford wins). ”
Jacobs added that although Crawford is significantly different from Alvarez in division, as an experienced and extremely talented veteran, Crawford can adapt well to successive promotions over time.
"Tyson Fury was a bit underweight in his amateur years, but he's quickly developed into a middleweight fighter, and it's a question of adaptation, it's a question of whether he can get to where he has the experience and the strength," Jacobs said. ”
Crawford will have to defeat WBA super welterweight champion Israel Madrimov on August 3 for his first career at 154 pounds, and it will be interesting to see what kind of performance he will have if he wins, and a victory for Crawford will undoubtedly close the distance between him and Alvarez.
Interestingly, Jacobs, while looking down on Alvarez, thinks the battle between Crawford and Madrid Mov will be very difficult. Jacobs said that Madramov's strength, physique, and talent are underrated, even stronger than any of Crawford's previous opponents.
"It's going to be a tough night, Madramoff is strong, just not familiar to the fans, the media, he's in his prime, I'm going to support Crawford, I'm a huge fan of him, expect Crawford to have more success," Jacobs said. ”
Jacobs did not mention Crawford's age, as he is already 36 years old and will be 37 by September, and from the data, it is difficult to imagine that it can be compared to the golden period, nothing more than that Crawford has not yet shown decline, which has something to do with the quality of his last few games, and considering that Crawford has been away from the field for more than 1 year, the fight against Madrid Mov will prove something.
Jacobs didn't think Crawford had a problem rising to 168 pounds against Alvarez and made a deal out of Fury, but he overlooked the fact that Crawford was a bit of a hurry to challenge Alvarez, and that had to be taken into account.
Crawford is the undisputed hegemon of the former 147-pound welterweight division, and even with success at 154 pounds, there is still a weight gap between him and Alvarez at 168 pounds, and ideally, it seems that Crawford should go on a gradual basis rather than moving up to 168 pounds all at once to fight Alvarez, but Crawford doesn't think so, he's absolutely confident, and with tens of millions of dollars on the table, it's well worth the risk.
Objectively speaking, Crawford is better than Alvarez in terms of form, or whether or not it shows signs of decline. Alvarez has weakened a lot in terms of speed and density since two years ago, and although he is more dominant in age, it doesn't mean that he is in better form than Crawford, in short, Crawford does have a chance of winning, and even more like a 50-50 fight.