LAS VEGAS — It's almost getting greedy to ask — beg, perhaps — for Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford to fight each other after boxing's already had such a great year.
and Terence Crawford to fight each other after boxing's already had such a great year.Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk had signed contracts to fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship
In the ring, though, it was a giant bore. Charlo looked like he just showed up for a paycheck. He fought with no passion, no fire. He didn't look like he was determined to win. He looked compliant, accepting of his role as the guy who was supposed to lose. That got him the fight with Alvarez. He was jumping two weight classes to face Alvarez, though that didn't seem to be a factor. But he never showed any fire, not even during fight week when he had the ability to do a bit of trash talking and perhaps get Canelo off of his game.The question, of course, is where Alvarez goes after this. There is no logical next opponent.
After Alvarez's win Saturday, Stephen Espinoza, the president of Showtime Sports, didn't dismiss out of hand an Alvarez-Crawford fight. But nor was he cheerleading it, particularly not next. Not long after Crawford routed Spence, Alvarez fielded questions about facing Crawford. He seemed put off that the topic was being broached. Alvarez is a proud guy who is always looking to advance his career, and he couldn't see how fighting a guy three classes below him made sense.
He's usually a fighter who seeks out the best challenges, but he wasn't giving much thought to a Crawford bout Saturday.
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