David Benavidez and Abel Sanchez Say Terence’s Decision’s Decision to Skip Tune-Ups at 168 Pounds Makes Defeating Canelo Alvarez Nearly Impossible

DAVID BENAVIDEZ AND TRAINER ABEL SANCHEZ BELIEVE THAT MOVING TO 168 TO TAKE TUNE-UP FIGHTS BEFORE CHALLENGING Canelo Alvarez on September 13, 2025, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

Sanchez Says Crawford (41-0, 31 Kos) Did the “Worst Thing Hey Have” Bulking Up to the 190s and Not Taking Several Fights at Super Middleweight. WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Benavidez States That Crawford Is Walking Into A “Buzzsaw” Fighting Canelo (63-2-2, 39 Kos) at any NyThout Experience at 168.

Size and Power Concerns

“To beat Canele, You Have A To Be A To Be A Shot, And To Press Him To Make You Keep Him Busy And Backing Up,” Said Trainer Abel Sanchez Fighthype When Asked What Terence Crawford Must to Defeat Canelo Alvarez on September 13th.

Madrimov Fight An Eye-Opener

Crawford Could do in His Last Fight Against at 154 Last Year on August 3, 2024. ‘Little GGG,’ As Some Fans Call Madrimov, Isn’t As Powerful or As Aggressive As Canele. Madrimov Was Backing Up Crawford Throughout The Fight, and He Absorbed A Lot of Punishment. It was an Eye-Opener Seeing Crawford Get Handled For The First Time and Marked Up Around Both Eyes. He’d Hit His Ceiling of What He was Capable of Doing in His Move Up to 154.

Canelo Had Madrimov Winning That Fight. “For me, I think it (Crawford) Lost The Fight, OR IT Could Be The Other Side. He Knows Why Weight Classes Are There (NOW), Shortly After The Fight.

“IF You Can’t Push Back And Be More Effective With Punches Than He’re Not Going To Beat Him,” Said Sanchez About Canelo. “Guys Like Bivol Who Were Able To Press Him, Be Him On Him, And Keep Activity On Him, Those Are The Kinds Of Guys That Are Going To Beat Him.”

The Only Two Fighters That Were To Push Canelo Back Consistently Were Gennadiy Golovkin and Dmitry Bivol. Theypessed The Punching Power To Force Canelo Back. Crawford Is Not That Kind of A Puncher. Even With The Weight Terence Has put on, His Power Isn’t Expected to Be On The Level of GGG. Bud is Bigger Than Golovkin Now, But It Remains to Be He’ll Have That Kind Of Pop In His Shots.

Tune-up Fights Were Needed

“Terence, I don’t go up to 200 lbs; Hey Had to do That. Could See It, “Said Sanchez.

WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Expresses The Same Thought Abel Abel about Crawford Making a Mistake Of Not Getting His Feet Wet at 168 Fighting Tune-Ups Before Facing Canelo HIS HIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Benavidez Warns of ‘Buzzsaw’

“Weight Classes Are For A Reason. Crawford Struggled (Israil) at 154. Jumping Straight to 168 Against Canelo, Who’s Years, Is A Huge. Heights A Fight Out That Weight, OR He’s Walking Into Buzzsaw, “ Said Benavidez to Reddit About Crawford.

Terence struggled in His Move to 154 in His Last Fight, Taking WBA Junior Champion On August 3, 2024. Crawford’s Punches Did Powerful In This Weight Class AS them.

The Shots That Madrimov Landed Were Snapping Crawford’s Head Back All Night and Marking Him Up. Crawford got a 12-round decision, but closer on the scorecards on Two of the scorecards. The Scores Were 115-113, 116-112, and 115-113. Fans On Social Media Neted Don’t Look Like The Same Fighter at 154 Against Madrimov As He Had In His Two Previous Fights at 147 Against Rol Spence and Shawn Porter.

Sanchez’s ‘Worst Thing’ critique

“He’s Ballooned Up to Whatever Hey Is The Worst Thing HE COULD HAVE. I WOULD HIM AT 170 LBS, The Weight He’s Going At Fight,” Said ABEL ABEL Crawford. “That way, He couldn’t worse. Sanchez.

The Recent Reports Are That Crawford’s Weight Is in The Mid-180s. That’s not far off the 190s That Abel is Talking here. It’s A Lot for Weight An Older Fighter Like The 37-year-old Crawford to Packed on His Fight Against Canelo.

The Idea Is That Crawford Will Drop Down to 168 Pounds The Week Of The Week and Then Rehydrate Into The 180s to Have The Size To Alvarez. Crawford’s Speed ​​and Mobility Are Two Things That Him Navigate His 41-Fight Career Without Losing.

If He Slows Down or Can’t Move As Well As Before, His Chances Defeating Canele Diminish. This is canelo’s Weight Class, And He’s Fight Much Naturally Bigger Fighters Than Bud.