{"id":806608,"date":"2026-10-18T13:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/806608\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:24:08","slug":"terence-crawford-sums-up-christian-mbillis-chances-of-beating-canelo-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/806608\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford sums up Christian Mbilli’s chances of beating Canelo Alvarez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terence Crawford<\/a> has advised Christian Mbilli on what tactics to implement against Canelo Alvarez<\/a>, with the two super-middleweights expected to collide on October 31.<\/p>\n

Or at least, that seems to be the plan, with many surprised that the event is still going ahead in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the airport has been under attack<\/a> in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

A cancellation could therefore be on the cards but, if it does take place later this month, then Canelo will have the chance to reclaim his WBC title.<\/p>\n

The Mexican lost his undisputed crown via a unanimous decision defeat to Crawford<\/a>, who moved up two weight divisions and produced a masterful performance in September 2025.<\/p>\n

All four titles then became vacant following his retirement a few months later, with Mbilli getting upgraded from \u2018interim\u2019 to full WBC champion at 168lbs.<\/p>\n

He too has not fought for over a year, as the Frenchman\u2019s 10-round draw with Lester Martinez arrived on the Canelo-Crawford undercard.<\/p>\n

But while both men are contending with a lack of activity, Canelo \u2013 based on his experience and superior skills \u2013 is widely considered to have the edge over Mbilli.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the DAZN broadcast this weekend, Crawford agreed with the general consensus and, while not believing he can actually win the fight, has implored Mbilli to adopt a high-volume and rugged approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cStyles make fights, and his [Mbilli\u2019s] style is tailor-made for Canelo. He can\u2019t do nothing but press Canelo. I can\u2019t see him beating Canelo in a boxing match.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think his best success will be letting his hands go, roughing Canelo up and making it a dog fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

It does, indeed, appear that Mbilli\u2019s best option is to make it a battle of attrition, while Canelo may look to outbox his five-years-younger opponent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford has advised Christian Mbilli on what tactics to implement against Canelo Alvarez, with the two super-middleweights…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-806608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806608","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=806608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}