{"id":137321,"date":"2025-09-14T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/137321\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:32:07","slug":"canelo-didnt-hesitate-when-asked-if-he-feels-he-did-enough-to-win-terence-crawford-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/137321\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo Didn&#8217;t Hesitate When Asked If He Feels He Did Enough To Win Terence Crawford Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/canelo-alvarez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canelo Alvarez<\/a> suffered the third defeat of a 68-fight campaign this weekend at the Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, surrendering his undisputed super-middleweight championship to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/terence-crawford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terence Crawford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Canelo stepped through the ropes a favourite to retain his belts, though many in the boxing world had backed the upset given the challenger\u2019s elite talent.<\/p>\n<p>Moving up two divisions from his last outing \u2013 a points win over Israil Madrimov in August 2024 \u2013 Crawford boxed strictly to showcase his own vast skillset whilst nullifying that of Canelo.<\/p>\n<p>Canelo looked dangerous early and stalked Crawford around the ring, but as the fight progressed and the American got into a groove, the champion appeared to tire and let frustration seep in. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/46224012\/canelo-alvarez-terence-crawford-live-updates-boxing-results-round-round-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The scoring judges at ringside called it 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113 after twelve.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the post-fight press conference, Canelo did not protest the outcome, rather admitted defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew Crawford is a great fighter. I did what I was supposed to do. I tried every way, I trained really hard. He deserves all the credit. I tried my best and I couldn\u2019t figure out the style. He has everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What comes next remains to be seen. A rematch is a possibility, however it is not a fight Crawford needs. The five-weight champion from Omaha may instead look to drop down to middleweight \u2013 the one gap in his title-winning run up the divisions \u2013 to create yet more legacy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/news\/canelo-on-retirement-after-crawford-defeat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Both men appear keen on fighting on at this stage.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez suffered the third defeat of a 68-fight campaign this weekend at the Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-137321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}