Currently the undisputed super middleweight king, Alvarez is the $1.58 TAB favourite against Crawford, who is moving up two weight classes and the $2.40 betting outsider.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, a Crawford KO is also paying $9 with bookies \u2013 or more than double Canelo\u2019s payout for the same method of victory.<\/p>\n
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Already, His Excellency has revealed the winner of Sunday\u2019s hyped headliner will receive a lucrative KO bonus as part of his growing war against \u201cTom and Jerry fights\u201d \u2013 or boxers \u2018running\u2019 in the ring.<\/p>\n
Several fighters are tipping \u2018Bud\u2019 to do just that — with Shakur Stevenson even going as far as to suggest the American will \u201ccook\u201d Alvarez.<\/p>\n
Terence Crawford, Turki Al-Sheikh and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (L-R) after the super middleweight fight on the Fatal Fury City of Wolves card at ANB Arena on May 03, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Richard Pelham\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
However when asked for their own fight week predictions, both Kambosos and Paro have stressed Crawford doesn\u2019t have the power to hurt a rival who has been campaigning 10kg heavier for several years. <\/p>\n
Paro also reminded how back in 2023, then undisputed super welterweight king Jermell Charlo moved up two weight classes to challenge Canelo \u2013 and suffered a near shutout loss.<\/p>\n
Yet while Crawford, meanwhile, has won world titles at welterweight, super lightweight, even lightweight, he looked far from dominant when claiming an interim strap during his one appearance at 154 pounds against Israil Madrimov in August last year,<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Jermell Charlo went up to face Canelo, he was the monster of that super welterweight division,\u201d Paro said. <\/p>\n
\u201cLooked bigger physically (on the scales), too.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut when it came to fight, Charlo was walked down.<\/p>\n
\u201cMade look like the smaller guy.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Canelo, he\u2019s battle tested at super middleweight.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s taken punches from the likes of Triple G, a knockout artist who did nothing to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I don\u2019t think Crawford can hurt him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later, Paro continued: \u201cCrawford at 140 pounds, 147 pounds was dynamite, knocking guys out.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he\u2019s only had one outing at 154.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd while he was good against Madrimov, it wasn\u2019t as spectacular as his other performances.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I think Canelo gets the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kambosos agreed, stressing Sunday\u2019s fight would not go the distance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are weight divisions in boxing for a reason,\u201d the former champ said on his Youtube channel.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd coming up all the way to super middleweight when you\u2019ve fought at welterweight, junior welterweight, lightweight as well \u2026 I\u2019m going Canelo by stoppage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think he (Canelo) can beat him on points.<\/p>\n
\u201cI truly think his way to victory is stoppage.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I don\u2019t think this fight goes the distance \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
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Kambosos added that Canelo needs to pressure Crawford, use his size and \u201cbully\u201d the American.<\/p>\n
\u201cCanelo is the pressure fighter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has to put the pressure on Crawford, land his big shots.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s seasoned at super middleweight, has fought as high as light heavyweight.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo he is accustomed to the bigger punches, the bigger shots.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think Crawford can really land anything that\u2019s going to trouble a guy like Canelo Alvarez.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Paro, Sunday also represents an intriguing day of fights.<\/p>\n
Especially given only hours before the Canelo-Crawford blockbuster takes place, Irishman Paddy Donovan faces Lewis Crocker for the IBF welterweight world title in Belfast \u2013 with the Queenslander then potentially slated for the winner.<\/p>\n
However to get there, Paro must first defeat unbeaten Frenchman David Papot (30-0-1) in his own upcoming No Limit pay-per-view headliner in Brisbane on September 18.<\/p>\n
While the Aussie has no preferred rival for any world title showdown \u2013 and a fight No Limit would look to bring Down Under \u2013 the fighter stressed he is \u201cconfident of beating either one\u201d.<\/p>\n
In Sunday\u2019s other fight, Paro said that while Canelo undeniably has the ability to stop Crawford, he actually sees the Las Vegas blockbuster being decided by the judges.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just don\u2019t know about Alvarez stopping him,\u201d the Mackay southpaw said.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously Canelo has iced proper super middleweights.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo who knows?<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Crawford is obviously one hell of a fighter too, so I think it will be points.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Elsewhere, other fighters tipping a Canelo victory include Ryan Garcia, David Benavidez and Iron Mike Tyson, who told this week\u2019s edition of The Big Podcast: \u201cI want Crawford to win, but it doesn\u2019t look like it\u2019s going to happen\u201d.<\/p>\n
However those backing \u2018Bud\u2019 include Devin Haney, Amir Khan, Teddy Atlas, Tim Tszyu and Shakur Stevenson, who says the American will \u201ccook\u201d Alvarez.<\/p>\n
Boxing great Andre Ward, who will be part of the Netflix broadcast, is also backing an upset.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going with Terence Crawford,\u201d Ward said recently.<\/p>\n
\u201cBig weight jump. A dangerous fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut somebody has got to prove to me that they can break Terence Crawford\u2019s will, and that he can\u2019t figure it out in there against you.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt ain\u2019t no disrespect toward Canelo.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019ve said this … I\u2019m not betting against Terence Crawford against nobody right now.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to show me that you can beat him\u201d.<\/p>\n
Worth noting is the fact that Canelo has been forced to go the distance in each of his six most recent wins at the super middleweight limit, meaning the Mexican superstar will need to shake things up to claim His Excellency\u2019s bonus.<\/p>\n
Canelo\u2019s most recent win by stoppage came in his first undisputed super middleweight title fight \u2013 stopping IBF super middleweight champ Caleb Plant in a tense 2021 grudge match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford doesn\u2019t boast the power to win this Sunday\u2019s famed KO bonus from billionaire Saudi promoter Turki…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-128703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}