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Terence “Bud” Crawford (l) and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (r).<\/p>\n
The decade\u2019s greatest megafight has come and gone, and 37-year-old Terence \u201cBud\u201d Crawford of Omaha, Nebraska, defeated 35-year-old Saul \u201cCanelo\u201d Alvarez of Guadalajara, Mexico, on Saturday night at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to claim the undisputed super-middleweight world championship in a bout watched by an estimated 41 million<\/a> people on the global streaming giant Netflix.<\/p>\n Now what?<\/p>\n If bettors believe there will be a rematch, they can already place a bet on the hypothetical fight. The online sports book BetOnline has<\/a> posted odds for a prospective second Alvarez-Crawford fight, with the condition that the event must take place before the end of 2026 for a bet to count.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Odds For a Canelo vs. Crawford Rematch<\/p>\n Crawford, not too surprisingly given his technically dominant performance Saturday, opens as the favorite, with a money line of -200. In other words, a bettor would need to wager $200 to make a profit of $100 on a repeat Crawford victory.<\/p>\n Underdog Alvarez has been given odds of +170, meaning that a bet of $100 pays off a total of $270, that is, a profit of $170.<\/p>\n The sports book, according to a report by SB Nation<\/a>, is also taking bets on whether or not there will be a rematch at all.<\/p>\n Bettors who believe that a rematch is inevitable can get favorable odds of -200, while a \u201cno\u201d bet has +150 money line odds, according to the SB Nation report. Again, for a \u201cyes\u201d bet to pay off, the fight must take place before next year is out.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Is a Rematch a Real Possibility?<\/p>\n So, will a second fight happen?<\/p>\n Alvarez is generally considered, if not the greatest Mexican boxer of all time \u2014 that honor must surely go to the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez<\/a> \u2014 then definitely in the conversation. But he has now failed the two toughest tests of his 68-fight, 20-year career, losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr.<\/a> in 2013 and now Crawford 12 years later.<\/p>\n There seems to be nowhere left for \u201cCanelo\u201d to go to reach new heights in securing his legacy.<\/p>\n As for Crawford, the only opponent who could come close to equaling the challenge of the Alavarez fight for Crawford appears to be the undefeated (30-0, 24 KOs) light heavyweight champion David Benavidez<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 28-year-old from Phoenix, Arizona, fought the first 28 bouts of his career at the super middleweight 168 pound limit, but at 175 pounds not only is he heavier than Crawford \u2014 he would need to return to 168 to make the fight \u2014 but at 6-foot-2 has five inches of height on Crawford as well.<\/p>\n In any case, Crawford\u2019s trainer Brian \u201cBoMac\u201d McIntyre was emphatic<\/a> about the chances of a Benavidez matchup.<\/p>\n \u201cNo. We ain\u2019t doing that fight. No,\u201d he said in an interview Sunday, after his fighter had won a unanimous decision from Alvarez.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Rematch Only Next Fight That Makes Sense<\/p>\n That leaves one possibility, other than the seemingly unlikely event of retirement for one or both fighters \u2014 a rematch.<\/p>\n Crawford was asked about the possibility of meeting Alvarez in the ring for a return match and gave a noncommital response.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know, we shall see,\u201d Crawford said in an ESPN interview earlier this week. \u201cI don\u2019t know, you know, right now I\u2019m talking with my team. I\u2019m only two days fresh from off of a fight. I\u2019m just gonna go home and relax. I got a birthday in two weeks and I\u2019m just gonna enjoy my victory for now.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\tJonathan Vankin<\/a> JONATHAN VANKIN is an award-winning journalist and writer who now covers baseball and other sports for Heavy.com. He twice won New England Press Association awards for sports feature writing. He was a sports editor and writer at The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo, Japan, covering Japan Pro Baseball, boxing, sumo and other sports. More about Jonathan Vankin<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Boxing\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Terence “Bud” Crawford (l) and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (r). 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