Keyshawn Davis Accuses Canelo Alvarez of Making “Excuses” to Not Fight Terence Crawford

Is Canelo Alvarez afraid of fighting another great fighter Terence Crawford? Well, after his dominating victory over Errol Spence Jr. in July last year, ‘Bud’ Crawford expressed he wanted to become a three-time undisputed champion in the sport. In this, regard, he suggested facing Canelo Alvarez at 158 lbs, a catchweight.

However, Canelo Alvarez remained averse to the idea of facing ‘Bud’, the champion at Welterweight. In his latest interview, while the boxing world waited for Canelo’s next opponent, the Mexican claimed he would be subjected to criticism if he faced Crawford. But, Keyshawn Davis strongly disagreed. Here is what he told FightHype.

Keyshawn Davis encourages Terence Crawford to keep chasing Canelo Alvarez

In his latest interview with Box Azteca, Canelo Alvarez said that if he potentially defeated Terence Crawford, people would criticize the Mexican boxer for facing a smaller fighter in the ring. “I have everything to lose and nothing to gain because if I win, they’ll say, ‘Oh, he was too small, and everything!” said Alvarez. As a result, the 33-year-old feels a match against ‘Bud’ Crawford is simply not worth it. However, Keyshawn Davis feels otherwise.

According to Keyshawn Davis, despite everyone expecting a sure win from Canelo, the Mexican fought several smaller fighters in the past. Therefore, Davis struggles to believe that Canelo would turn down ‘Bud’ simply because everyone thinks the Mexican has a better chance at winning. “Everybody knew he was going to beat Charlo, right? Right or wrong? He was going to beat Caleb Plant, right? Right or wrong? So, sounds like excuses to me,” said Davis.

“Okay, Canelo, you’re a hell of a fighter. But, I just feel like that was an excuse to not fight another great fighter,” added the 24-year-old who thinks Devin Haney will beat Ryan Garcia. However, the Olympic silver medalist encouraged Crawford to keep chasing the Canelo fight.

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“I think ‘Bud’ should keep going for Canelo. That’s another fight that ya’ll would really wanna see that makes a lot of sense, great money for him on the back end of his career. For sure, do it,” he said enthusiastically. “Again, I respect Canelo. I truly do. Hell of a career, you know what I’m saying? All I’m saying is he just made up excuses to not fight another great fighter,” Keyshawn concluded. With that said, do you think Canelo Alvarez is making up excuses to avoid fighting Terence Crawford? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

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