{"id":698303,"date":"2026-05-27T17:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698303\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T17:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:36:11","slug":"canelo-alvarez-eyes-terence-crawford-rematch-before-christian-mbilli-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698303\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez Eyes Terence Crawford Rematch Before Christian Mbilli Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cYou always learn something from everything. So it was a good experience, and I enjoyed it a lot,\u201d said Canelo to InsideRingShow when asked if he looks back fondly on the Crawford fight despite losing.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah [he watched the fight back]. A lot of things.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust sometimes your body doesn\u2019t respond the way you want, but I know what was my mistakes. And I can adapt everything to make everything perfect for the next. You know, we just think it, right? If we can get that fight back, it\u2019ll be amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canelo also admitted he approached the fight the wrong way stylistically.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see a lot of mistakes I made. I tried to be faster for his style and everything. Now, I just need to do my job, and that\u2019s it,\u201d said Canelo about his performance against Crawford.<\/p>\n

The comments are interesting because many fans viewed the Crawford loss differently. Crawford\u2019s jab controlled large portions of the fight, disrupted Canelo\u2019s positioning, and gradually took over once the pace slowed in the second half. Canelo still landed isolated power shots, but he struggled to maintain sustained pressure after the middle rounds.<\/p>\n

That creates questions heading into the Mbilli fight.<\/p>\n

Mbilli is a completely different kind of problem than Crawford. Crawford outboxes opponents and controls them technically. Mbilli breaks fighters down physically with pressure, volume, and constant exchanges. He fights at a pace that forces opponents into exhausting rounds, and that style has already led many fans to compare the matchup to the first two fights between Canelo and Gennadiy Golovkin.<\/p>\n

If Canelo defeats Mbilli in an entertaining fight, demand for a rematch would likely be immediate because of the action style both fighters bring. But if Mbilli overwhelms him physically, the Crawford rematch talk could disappear quickly. A damaging loss against a younger pressure fighter would create a different conversation around Canelo\u2019s career than losing a tactical fight against Crawford.<\/p>\n

Canelo acknowledged his frustration over not getting another shot at Crawford, but said he is staying patient.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s frustrating, but like I always say, when you cannot control the situation, you can\u2019t do anything,\u201d said Canelo about his inability to control if a rematch with Crawford ever happens.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I\u2019m going to stay calm, do my job, and I\u2019m still going to be doing my fights in my career. If the fight can happen again, it\u2019s going to be different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canelo speaks on his fight with Bud Crawford and wants a REMATCH \u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n

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Tom Galm is a boxing journalist who has covered the global fight landscape since 2014, specializing in heavyweight analysis, industry trends, and fighter psychology.<\/p>\n

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