{"id":119251,"date":"2026-01-04T01:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/119251\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T01:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:05:09","slug":"terence-crawford-thought-win-over-canelo-alvarez-would-be-difficult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/119251\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford thought win over Canelo \u00c1lvarez would be difficult"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now retired from professional boxing, Terence Crawford<\/a> recently spoke with YouTube host Adin Ross about his career and his victory over Sa\u00fal \u201cCanelo\u201d \u00c1lvarez<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The unanimous-decision win over \u00c1lvarez in September in Las Vegas marked the end of Crawford\u2019s domination of the sport \u2014 he subsequently retired with a 42-0 record and 31 knockouts \u2014 and the Mexican star\u2019s run as super-middleweight champion. <\/p>\n

During the conversation, Crawford said he expected to be challenged and tested more by \u00c1lvarez. Crawford, who had won titles in four weight classes before moving up to face \u00c1lvarez, took all four 168-pound titles on the line in the bout, becoming the undisputed champion at a third level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie, I thought it would be more difficult,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Crawford explained that as the early rounds progressed, he was able to clearly read his opponent\u2019s approach and feel increasingly comfortable in the ring. Crawford said he didn\u2019t notice any significant adjustments on \u00c1lvarez\u2019s part, which allowed him to control the pace of the fight and choose his moments to attack more effectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first round went by, the second round went by … and then I thought, \u2018I\u2019ve got him,\u2019\u201d Crawford said. <\/p>\n

Crawford also spoke about the prefight narrative and how, in his opinion, he was underestimated.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people spent time talking about how big he is, his stamina, that he was going to knock me out or run all over me,\u201d Crawford said. \u201cThere was no talk about whether or not I could hurt him.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Crawford, that perception changed in the ring when his power forced \u00c1lvarez to be more cautious. Crawford said the Mexican ended up respecting his punching power and his ability to control the exchanges.<\/p>\n

The interview took place weeks after Crawford confirmed his retirement at age 38<\/a>, ending speculation over the possibility of a rematch against \u00c1lvarez.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared in Spanish<\/a> via L.A. Times en Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now retired from professional boxing, Terence Crawford recently spoke with YouTube host Adin Ross about his career and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[63130,63118,63127,63119,63120,63123,63128,48,52,51,47,50,49,63125,63124,63088,63121,54531,63129,63126,63122],"class_list":{"0":"post-119251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-boxeo","9":"tag-canelo-alvarez","10":"tag-celebrado","11":"tag-combate","12":"tag-dificil","13":"tag-entrevista","14":"tag-invicto","15":"tag-la","16":"tag-la-headlines","17":"tag-la-news","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","20":"tag-los-angeles-news","21":"tag-mexicano","22":"tag-pelea","23":"tag-profesional","24":"tag-saul-alvarez","25":"tag-terence-crawford","26":"tag-trayectoria","27":"tag-triunfo","28":"tag-vez"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}