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Washington clearly has immense respect for both fighters and refused to pick a side. However, he pointed out some important aspects, noting that Crawford has never taken a hit from a guy like Canelo in his career.<\/p>\n
“In our gym, Crawford sits right there, and Canelo sits right here [the other side],” said Washington. “That’s why we play the game, we’re gonna find out.”<\/p>\n
“But, I will say this, and I love Crawford, Canelo’s a bigger man. He ain’t ever been hit by a man like this. But Crawford’s a great great fighter. One of the greatest I have ever seen. I love Crawford, I try to be like him. I love Canelo, I can’t call. I won’t call.”<\/p>\n
–\u00a0Denzel Washington<\/p>\n
When the host answered that he is backing Canelo, Washington said, “Because he’s the bigger dude, I don’t know, we’re going to find out. I am glad Crawford finally has the fight.”<\/p>\n
Former WBC and WBA super lightweight champion Regis Prograis is also team Canelo. Like Washington, he feels there are weight classes in boxing for a reason. Speaking to Fight Hub TV, Prograis said, “Crawford is putting on weight but it\u2019s not weight like Canelo. Canelo has the weight already, he doesn\u2019t have to put on muscle. He\u2019s already big like that.”<\/p>\n
Prograis thinks Crawford has the style to beat Canelo, but reminded what happened when Canelo hit former undisputed 154 lbs champion, Jermell Charlo.<\/p>\n
“Same thing with Jermell. Jermell was undisputed at 154 and Canelo hit him and Jermell was like \u2018hell no.\u2019 Jermell took a knee. So it\u2019s a big difference and Crawford had that one fight at 154 and he Madrimov touched him up a little bit and this is not nowhere close to Madrimov, you talking about Canelo.”<\/p>\n
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