Terence Crawford needs to KO Canelo Alvarez to win, says legendary trainer

Boxing trainer Abel Sanchez believes that Terence Crawford needs to knock Canelo Alvarez out in order to pick up the win in their bout later this year.

As we know, Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford will collide in a superfight for the ages later this year. There are many different views on how the fight itself is going to go, but one thing we do know is that it’s going to be the biggest boxing match the sport has seen in a long time – from a financial standpoint, at the very least.

Terence Crawford is the one moving up in weight and he’s the one who will be seen as the underdog, despite the fact that he’s also one of the pound for pound best boxers in the game. It all comes down to the game plan implemented by both men, and given how different their styles are, there’s a lot of intrigue in the air regarding how they’ll match up with one another.

Abel Sanchez, who has trained some of the greats in his day, recently gave his thoughts on what Terence Crawford needs to do in order to win.

Terence Crawford needs to KO Canelo Alvarez says Abel Sanchez

“I think he’s a great fighter, but Bob Foster was also. He’s moving up against a guy that has never been hurt other than a fluke punch by Jose Cotto,” said trainer Abel Sanchez to K.O. Artist Sports, talking about Terence Crawford being too small and weak to move up two divisions to defeat Canelo Alvarez at super middleweight.

“He’s moved up and fought some of best punchers in bigger divisions and controlled them. So, it’s a tough task for Terence. He’s going to have to stop. It’s a 12-round fight. He [Crawford] can’t be on his bike the whole night,” said Abel. “If he wants to win a fight and he wants to be considered like he tried, he’s going to have to stop.”

Quotes via Boxing News 24