Canelo Alvarez has ruled out a catchweight meeting with Terence Crawford and feels he wouldn’t be given full credit if he beat the undisputed welterweight champion.
Despite three weight classes separating the pair, Canelo and Crawford have been linked with an unlikely showdown since the latter stopped Errol Spence Jr in nine rounds last month.
After initially dismissing the idea of a fight with the Mexican great, ‘Bud’ changed his mind and said he would be willing to meet closer to the middleweight limit.
“You know, we can do something at a catchweight,” he told The Breakfast Club.
“Probably like 160 or something, 158. That’d be cool.”
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Alvarez, who defends his undisputed super middleweight titles against reigning undisputed super welterweight titlist, Jermell Charlo on September 30 in Las Vegas, was asked to respond to Crawford’s comments during the first leg of a two-city press tour earlier this week to promote their fight.
The 32-year-old referenced recent remarks from the Omaha native, who suggested he wouldn’t receive any praise for beating lightweight star, Gervonta Davis who vowed to stop him at 147lbs.
“I can’t go down anymore,” Alvarez told reporters.
“Like he says when they ask him about Gervonta Davis, it’s the same for me. Everybody’s gonna say, ‘He’s too small.’ Nobody’s gonna give me credit for that.
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“He needs to enjoy his fight. He deserves it.
“I like Spence and [I have] all the respect for him and everything, but I knew [Crawford would win].
“The type of fighter Crawford is different.”
However, the four-weight world champion has not completely closed the door altogether on facing Crawford, but insists it would have to take place at super middleweight.
Pressed on which weight class the fight could happen at, Alvarez replied: “[At] 168, but like he says, nobody is gonna give me credit for that.”
Crawford will be keeping a close eye on the outcome of Canelo’s fight with Charlo, with the latter insisting he is willing to face ‘Bud’ afterwards.
However, the 35-year-old could face Errol Spence Jr in a rematch later this year with the Texan suggesting in the post-fight press conference that he would exercise his contractual right to a second bout.
