{"id":540093,"date":"2026-04-19T22:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/540093\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T22:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:44:08","slug":"canelo-reflects-on-the-reasons-behind-his-loss-to-terence-crawford-a-lot-went-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/540093\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo reflects on the reasons behind his loss to Terence Crawford: “A lot went wrong”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez suffered the third defeat of his career in 2025 \u2013 his first at super-middleweight \u2013 when Terence Crawford outpointed him over twelve rounds.<\/p>\n

Despite his pound-for-pound credentials, many in the sport felt the move up in weight would be a step too far for Crawford, who had just one fight at 154lbs before signing to face Canelo at 168lbs.<\/p>\n

On fight night, he did everything right and earned the nod on all three judges\u2019 cards, with scores of 116-112, 115-113, and 115-113.<\/a> Crawford became the undisputed super-middleweight world champion and cemented his legacy. He would retire just a couple of months later.<\/p>\n

Though Alvarez will fight on and has his ring return booked for September this year, his comments on the defeat point to a fighter who, at 35 years old and with 532 rounds under his belt, is now feeling the effects of a long career.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Mr Versace podcast<\/a>, the Mexican icon praised Crawford but said that his body was not responding in the way he wanted.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of things [went wrong]. My body [didn\u2019t] respond the way I really wanted, because I wanted to be faster, and this and that, and then I didn\u2019t recuperate my weight like I needed to. My legs felt a little bit tired, too. But he deserved all the credit. He made a better strategy than me, but I think I did well \u2026 It is what it is, you need to take the losses and learn from that and keep going.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Trainer Eddy Reynoso] told me everything, and I tried, but my body didn\u2019t respond. I had cramps in my legs. It didn\u2019t respond the way I really wanted. We learn from that and we move forward. I know what mistakes I made in the fight and in the camp too. That\u2019s what boxing is about. A winner doesn\u2019t mean you win every time. You need to learn from everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canelo is set to go straight back into championship contention this year, with a return confirmed at 168lbs and billed as a world title fight.<\/a> Though the plans are still being finalised, Christian Mbilli, who now holds the WBC belt, is the frontrunner.<\/p>\n

Whether or not camp goes better this time remains to be seen, though Canelo should at least be refreshed in one department, having undergone successful elbow surgery on a long-standing injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez suffered the third defeat of his career in 2025 \u2013 his first at super-middleweight \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-540093","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\/540093","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=540093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}