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Terence Crawford vs Canelo Alvarez FULL FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS from September 14, 2025. In a historic boxing upset, Crawford defeated Canelo by unanimous decision to become the new undisputed super middleweight champion. In this full highlights reel, we break down the key moments, round-by-round action, and why this result will be debated for years.
What you’ll see in this video:
* Compact fight recap: Crawford’s best combinations and footwork that turned the tide.
* Canelo’s power moments and how Crawford neutralized his offense.
* Expert analysis of the pivotal rounds and judges’ scorecards.
* Post-fight reactions from the corners, press row, and what this result means for the division.
Sources & further reading: [Reuters], [ESPN], [Showtime Boxing]. (Use official links in the pinned comment for credibility.)
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Well, in terms of the extent to which
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size may matter in this fight, Max
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Kellerman, you and others believe we
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will get that answer in short order as
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we begin round one of the super fight
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for the undisputed super middleweight
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title. Canelo Alvarez and Terrence Bud
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Crawford. Crawford opens out of that
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Santa Claus.
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Crawford is a 17-year pro, 41 fights,
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but he's still going to have to adjust
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to this atmosphere, to this moment, and
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the reality that he's facing Canelo
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Alvarez in that ring tonight. And the
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force of the punches. That's what I'm
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looking for early. How does Crawford
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react to the force of Canelo Alvarez's
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punches, especially to the body.
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Canelo looks slightly bigger than
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Terrence. But that's not the tell all.
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The tell all is when they clinch. The
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tell all is when those punches get
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thrown. And to your point, when they
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start to learn.
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Crawford had knocked out 11 straight
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foes before coming the distance with
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Madrimov back in August of 2024.
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Dreamov is the biggest opponent he's
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faced as a pro and it seemed largely
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because of the size his most difficult
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and that was two divisions south of
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here.
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A
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lot of boxing experts felt as though
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Alvarez needed to be on the pressure
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early. Crawford at times has been a slow
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starter sometimes by design. Alves is a
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master at his body position and taking
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ground and making the ring small subtly
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and quickly in fights in that first
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round. You see him doing that right
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here. He's just slowly taking ground and
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he's forcing Crawford to give up now.
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That can unnerve an opponent over time.
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That can drain an opponent. I want to
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see how Crawford answers that tonight.
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As is often the case on this level,
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you're dealing with two of the highest
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boxing IQs in the game, very fast
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processors, and they are studying each
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other right now.
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Big right hand from Canelo block.
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Body shot got through for Alvarez. Two
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good shots for Alvarez.
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First two real punches of the fight.
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That angle for me, that right
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knee
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back,
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by the way, the two first clean punches
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of the fight for Crawford.
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Crawford shakes off that right hand off
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Ring of Alvarez who now changes his
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level. Under a minute to go here, round
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one.
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Everything Canelo's thrown so far, it's
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been with force, but it's been blocked.
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That attempt also blocked by Crawford.
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The way Canelo throws, he better block
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those.
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That one landed. Left hook to the body.
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Good shot from Canelo.
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Crawford can't give up too many of
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those.
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That's where you find out is Crawford
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big enough? Can he take those kind of
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shots?
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Overtime. Over time.
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No, no, no,
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no, no, no,
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no, no, no.
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I
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didn't
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even
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sing
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it out. So bad
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la.
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though. Canelo is a great counter
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puncher, but it also helps Crawford get
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into a rhythm.
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But that shot right there that Canelo
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landed and he's landed it in the first
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round is a shot he uses often with
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southpaws. He doesn't throw the punch
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where they necessarily are where he
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thinks they're going to be. It may not
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look hard, but it's a hard shot and
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Crawford has to find a way to not give
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up too many of them.
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And Crawford has landed cleanly and has
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reened Canelo's face this round. But I
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think more importantly, he has to make
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Canelo believe that he's fighting a real
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super middleweight, that he's fighting
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another guy his size.
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Nice slip there by Crawford getting off
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the center line.
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Canelo is not a jobber. It's not
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something he does very often. His gift
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is pressuring with feet and cutting off
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the ring like we talked about in the
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first round and making that ring seem a
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lot smaller than it actually is. And you
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see him doing this right here.
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Partial land to the body by Alvarez on
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the two minutes here. Round two.
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Buffer not only has to jab. Good
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exchange from both guys. Not looked like
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Crawford touched Alvarez on the way in,
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but he also has to faint. you know, has
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to look like he's going to do something
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even when he's not.
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It keeps the harder puncher off balance,
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keeps him thinking, and allows Crawford
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to land shots that may not be knockout
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shots, but shots that get respect and
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build points.
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Crawford's doing some good work. But now
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the question is, if and when Canelo
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lands cleanly upstairs, what happens?
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Cuz that has not happened yet. and he is
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a big strong super middle.
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Now he looks a lot different tonight
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than he did yesterday at the weighin.
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Rehydrated.
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There was no rehydration clause by the
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way. Canelo can weigh whatever he wants
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tonight.
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After making weight yesterday morning
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and Crawford seemed none too concerned
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with any of that noise as he partially
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rips the body as Alvarez exits.
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Getting a little bit more in combination
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from Crawford here in the early going.
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Under 30 seconds to go. Round two.
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Crawford got Canelo on the back foot
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just a moment.
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Canelo used to be
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Hold on a second. Now you got to believe
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Canelo is looking for a counter even
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though his back was against the rop,
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right? Canelo used to be a masterful
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counter puncher with his back against
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the ropes. He liked taking opponents
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there and countering.
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Listen for the belt.
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Round two of the
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Crawford slowly starting to land a few
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more shots. Canelo landed that left hook
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and Crawford answered with a right hook.
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Missed the left hook. But that's what
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Crawford has to do when Canelo comes
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forward. He can't be mindless with this
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defense. He has to be defensive
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defensively responsible, but he has to
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start countering Canelo more and more to
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get that respect.
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You saw Crawford land the check hook as
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Canelo was landing the body shot, which
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took something off of the body shot,
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but in lowerweight divisions, that check
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hook may have produced more of an
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effect.
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Have to give it more. It's a gift to get
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catch. Hey, that'll be anything.
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You know what you're doing. You ready to
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go?
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WWE Star Power with us tonight. Triple H
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alongside Stephanie McMahon. Great to
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have them with us as we arrive at round
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three of the mega fight. Canelo Alvarez
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and Bud Crawford.
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You know, the fight is still early, but
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Crawford has had inactivity over the
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last two or three years. Good shot right
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there from Canelo and but the inactivity
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or the rust has not shown. It looks like
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Crawford is fresh and that he might have
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needed that rest at least at his age.
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He'll be 38 right after this fight.
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He doesn't look like a rusty fighter so
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far.
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Yeah, much was made of that angle. Also
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the angle that Alvarez had fought 520
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rounds as a pro to 245 for Crawford.
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What what you do notice, he also doesn't
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look so much smaller than Canelo really.
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At least the effect hasn't shown up in
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the ring. But you do notice Crawford is
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doing the better boxing so far. Not by a
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lot, but by some. But the effect, the
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punches effect on Canelo is not like the
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punch's effect on lighter weight
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fighters through two and a half rounds.
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And in these moments right here, these
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last 30, 40 seconds, even though
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Crawford is landing some shots, Panel is
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trying to send a message to Crawford
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with the punches he's throwing and the
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pressure he's upon.
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So far, Crawford hasn't gotten the memo.
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You might have seen Skipper Kelp's
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unofficial scorecard gave Crawford
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rounds one and two.
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I could see it. I thought the first
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could have gone either way. I can see
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giving the second to Crawford.
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Good body shot right there from Canelo.
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A signature lead left hook to the body.
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Yeah, that's a good sign for Canelo
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Alvarez. Skipper kelp, talk to us.
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Right now, Crawford's just doing a
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better job of managing the distance of
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the fight. He's where he wants to be
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right now.
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Good point.
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Crawford got that right hand in the way
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of that body shot from Alvarez.
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Both guys landing below 20% here early
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on.
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You study Canelo Alvarez, you got to
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know that he'll have three or four times
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around where he presses. You can sense
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it. You can see it in his body language,
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but then he needs to rest. So Crawford
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is trying to press and stand his ground
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more when Canelo wants to rest, which is
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what you see right now.
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Which breaks Canelo's forward momentum.
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Can't get ahead of steam going.
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That's the most responsible time to
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build up points if you're Crawford is
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when Canelo wants to rest.
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Good response by Crawford after Alvarez
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touched the body.
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Yeah, we know that Crawford is the
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sharper boxer. What we haven't seen yet
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is what happens if and when Canelo lands
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something hard upstairs.
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Shot from Canelo. Canelo likes to change
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levels. So far, the hard shots have been
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all downstairs, but it's not going to be
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that way all night.
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Some useful body work from Canelo
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Alvarez in round three.
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Beautiful.
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Beautiful.
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Keep touching him. Keep touching him
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upstairs and downstairs. What you're
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doing is you're setting a track to him
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because you know you know he going to
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try to come with that wild All
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right. But if you touch touch soon as he
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look like he get ready to go maybe get
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low and then go catch and go.
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You get frustrated because you're making
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him miss
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very close.
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You have to move your hips a little bit
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and remember you're really getting close
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distance, you need to work your
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shoulders as they come back. Always
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listen, he's coming back. He's not
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coming back as quick as usual, but he's
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coming back right now.
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Irvin Magic Johnson was not going to
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miss being front row for Crawford. Here
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we go. Just like that, round four of a
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possible 12.
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So far, however, you haven't scored. And
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I suspect it's something like 2-1
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Crawford. Skipper Kell may have it three
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0 because he gave the first to Crawford
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which Crawford may have won with a clean
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with the only clean shot of the round.
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So far Crawford is fighting his fight
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and he has neutralized Canelo's offense.
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Those counters are very, very important.
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You want to get your respect, that's how
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you do it.
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Those were hard shots upstairs that
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seemed to bother Canelo and enraging.
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Alvarez presses forward, but he got
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touched on the way out by Crawford.
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On the one hand, if you're Crawford
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good, Canelo lose control. On the other
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hand, if he turns it into a kind of hunt
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you down fight, maybe that makes Canelo
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more dangerous at the sides.
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That was the first real bad intention
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shot that partially landed upstairs.
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Now, that was the that was a good shot
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right there. That right on the button
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for Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford
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took away.
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He took it well. That's what I've been
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waiting to see.
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Right up the guard now for Crawford.
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Shortly after Canelo had landed his most
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consequential strike of the fight and
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landed a right hand there,
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Crawford's got to make that adjustment.
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Canelo seems to be able to land that
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right hand the overhand right and the
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straight right as often as he wants to.
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Well, I feel like Crossroads catching it
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mostly with his glove, Andre.
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But you don't have to land clean to
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inflict damage.
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That's right.
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It's not something you want to give a
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guy like Canelo early in this fight.
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And then Canelo just hit him hard in the
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chest with that right hand.
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And that's the first real clean hard
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power shot upstairs that landed cleanly
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for Canelo.
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Alvarez starting to open up here. One
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minute to go in round four.
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Good moments from Canelo.
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Downstairs, upstairs. Good counter, but
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Canelo's getting in a bit of a groove
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right here.
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When Canelo got his dander up, he
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started becoming more effective as an
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aggressive fighter. Can Crawford
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convince him not to be so aggressive
14:46
with some counter shots? That's a
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significant left hook from Crawford
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there a moment ago. Follows it up with a
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jab now.
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Side to side movement from Crawford.
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Nothing fancy. fundamental boxing just
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to keep Canelo Alvarez just off balance.
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Just
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listening. Listen for the bell.
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Alvarez commuts to the right hand and
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lands.
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