The Grudge Lingers: Crawford’s Reluctance to Give Credit to Canelo Alvarez Suggests A Deeper Insecurity About The Fight

Terence Crawford Showed Signs of Being A Classic Example Bitter WinnerChoosing to minimize and Discredit Canelo Alvarez After Defeating A 12-round Unanimous Decision Last Saturday Night at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

Did a Welterweight Hard Harder?

When Crawford Was Asked After the Fight IF Canelo (63-3-2, 39 Kos) Was “Hardest Hitter” He’s Faced During His 17-Year Professional Career, He Said No. Hey says welterweight egidijus
Kavaliauskas hit Him Harder Than Canelo.

What Crawford Failed to Say Is It Stood And Fight Kavaliakas. He didn’t do that with Canelo. Hey Was Running nonstop Throughout the Fight. Crawford (42-0, 31 kos) Spent Most Of The Out Outside, Mimicking Perfectly The Style of Alvarez’s Last opponent, William Scull. Fans Found It Boring To Watch, and Them a Lot of Booing From The Audience.

Crawford’s Grudge Against Canolo

It Was Interesting To See How Crawford Was Still Seemingly Holding a grudge Against Canolo, which made Him Reluctant to take the High Road in Victory. Hence, His Decision to Minimize Canelo After The Fight. Crawford’s Decision to Canelo’s Power Suggests That Heightly Dissatisfied His Performance, Believing Height Heers Justify Himself, Which Shows That He’s Insecure About His Win.

The Low Bar for Entertainment

That’s understandable When Watching How Crawford got His Victory. He ran rather than Staying In The Trenches to Fight Canelo That Manner That Fans Had Seen From The Exciting To Watch Christian Milli vs. Lester Martinez Fight on The Undercard. Crawford’s Performance Didn’t Come Close to Measuring Up To Either of Those Warriors. That Fight Was The Gold Standard For Excitement on Last Night’s Card. In Contrast, Crawford’s Fight Was The Low Bar Entertainment.

In Terms of Drama, Canelo-Crawford Was A Two on a Ten Scale. It was Very, Very Boring to Watch, and the Reason for That Was Terence. He Chose to Ignore Turki Alalshikh’s Mandate of No Tom and Jerry Fights and Instead Ran The Ring for 12 rounds. It was Easily The Dullest Fight On The Card, and Believe Me, There Were a Lot Of Bad Ones Oncard.

I Wouldn’t Blame Allalshikh One Bit IF HE Chooses Not to Money for Crawford to Fight Canele in a Rematch Or Any Oher Top Fighters Like David Benavidez Or whoever He has in mind. Fans Saw Howe Crawford Chooses To Fight, and It’s Not Entertaining To Watch, Lacking Value.

“I’ve Hit Harder. But ‘Mean Machine’ (Egidijus Kavaliauskas) Hit Harder Than Canelo To Me,” Said Terence Crawford During Post-Fight Press Conference When Asked IF Canelo Alvarez was the hardest puncher he’s Faced During His Career.

Some Fans On Social Media Viewed This As Low Class On Crawford’s Part, But It Plays Into Him Holding A Grudge and Showing Signs of Insecurity.