Philippines, 09 May 2025
  Home >> News

 


BOXERS

CURRENT CHAMPIONS 

FORMER CHAMPIONS   

RATINGS                       

NEWS           

FORUM        

FIGHT GALLERIES        

RING CARD GIRLS        


 
 
News  


What's the Big Ado About Canelo-Crawford?


PhilBoxing.com




The fight between Saul Canelo Alvarez and Terrence Crawford is still several months away and yet every Tom, Dick and Harry of boxing have been putting their dollars worth of analysis as if it is the biggest deal ever in the professional fight sport.

The big ado about the fight is the huge difference in weight and possibly strength and punching power between the two, Alvarez being a super middleweight who has also fought twice at light heavyweight; and Crawford who has just moved up to super welterweight or light middleweight after sweeping the opposition from lightweight through the welterweights. Terrence is moving two weight divisions up for this clash.

Fair enough, until we consider other important factors as skills levels, speed and resilience, among others, in which Crawford could even hold the advantage over the red-head Mexican.

And until we remember that the likes of junior featherweight Guillermo Rigondeaux and welterweights Kelly Brook and Amir Khan were also in almost similar situation against lightweight Vasily Lomachenko, middleweights Gennady Golovkin and the same Canelo Alvarez in the fairly recent past. All three were stopped within the distance but not after having their moments.

The last smaller fighter in the recent past to have been successful against a bigger opponent was lightweight Sugar Shane Mosley doing a modern Roberto Duran in wresting the WBC world welterweight belt from Oscar De La Hoya who himself started his pro career in and around 135 lbs.

Then there's Roy Jones Jr essentially a blown up middleweight winning the heavyweight crown against John Ruiz rewriting boxing history. Jones though had pit stop at light heavyweight and where he bucked the odds against the likes of rugged Eric Harding and Julio Cesar Gonzalez. There's also Jones' contemporary James Toney who went on to win the world cruiserweight title beating a hard punching Vassily Jirov and competed well against some of the top heavyweights of his time including Evander Holyfield whom he upset by TKO.

But looking back in the more distant past, we have had more examples of tough fine smaller fighters who dared challenge the limits of their capabilities by battling bigger fighters and champions of established reputations.

The most famous and successful of this rare breed of pugilists is American Henry Armstrong otherwise known as Homicidal Hank who is known as the first and only fighter to win and hold world boxing championships simultaneously in three weight-classes-featherweight, lightweight and welterweight. He nearly won a fourth at middleweight but was held to a draw by Filipino defending champion Ceferino Garcia in the 1930s. What is not generally known was that Armstrong won the welterweight title straight from the featherweights, beating Barney Ross, a future all time great boxer like him. To make a modern day comparison and give us a clear idea of how amazing that feat was, that's like Manny Pacquiao winning the welterweight crown from Miguel Cotto after winning the featherweight title from Marco Antonio Barrera.

Much earlier, there had been the likes of Stanley Ketchel, a rugged middleweight who sowed terror among many light heavyweights of his era and even challenged then heavyweight champion Jack Johnson and Mickey Walker, the original Toy Bulldog who reigned at welterweight and bullied middleweights, light heavyweights, even heavyweights in his time.

And then there's the so called Murderers Row who were essentially feared middleweight fighters who fought and beat many light heavyweights and even heavyweights but were denied cracks at world championships merely because they were blacks or deemed not white enough in the Jim Crow era. Harry Greb and Sam Langford were two of the more noted fighters of this distinguished group.

So the next time the publicists try to sell their pitch regarding the Canelo vs Crawford fight as if such has not been done before, go back to boxing history which is just a tap away especially in this modern electronic information age.

The author Teodoro Medina Reynoso is a veteran boxing radio talk show host living in the Philippines. He can be reached at teddyreynoso@yahoo.com and by phone 09215309477.


Click here to view a list of other articles written by Teodoro Medina Reynoso.


Recent PhilBoxing.com In-House articles:

  • A TRIO OF MATCHUPS ADDED TO "CHAMPIONING MENTAL HEALTH: A NIGHT OF BOXING" PRESENTED BY 555 MEDIA AND BASH BOXING
    , Fri, 09 May 2025
  • SHAW SURGES AS CAPITO STUMBLES IN TITLE DEFENCE | 2025 UK OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
    , Fri, 09 May 2025
  • 2025 USA Boxing Youth Men’s and Women’s High Performance Teams announced
    , Fri, 09 May 2025
  • Jessie Villasin chess tournament on Sunday
    By Marlon Bernardino, , Fri, 09 May 2025
  • Press Conference Notes: San Diego Favorite Emanuel Navarrete Set to Reignite Mexico-Philippines Rivalry against Charly Suarez
    , Fri, 09 May 2025
  • SALITA PROMOTIONS PRESENTS: UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CLARESSA SHIELDS vs. LANI DANIELS SATURDAY, JULY 26 * LITTLE CAESARS ARENA
    , Fri, 09 May 2025
  • Unbeaten Anthony Velazquez pitched shutout at home in Springfield
    , Fri, 09 May 2025
  • TYSON FURY VOTED THE MOST ENTERTAINING BOXER IN THE WORLD, ACCORDING TO BRITISH FANS
    , Fri, 09 May 2025
  • Undefeated super middleweight contender Darius Fulghum preparing to ‘Make a big splash’ vs. Bek Melikuziev
    , Fri, 09 May 2025
  • OKC Routs Denver; 149-106, Ties Series; Semis Series in East Remain Topsy-turvy as Boston Goes Down 0-2 With 91-90 Loss to NY
    By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, , Thu, 08 May 2025
  • SHAW SENDS A MESSAGE IN HUNT FOR UK OPEN GLORY | 2025 UK OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
    , Thu, 08 May 2025
  • WBO presents the Amanda Serrano Championships
    , Thu, 08 May 2025
  • GM Antonio faces tough competition in ASEAN Seniors Chess Championships in Penang, Malaysia
    By Marlon Bernardino, , Thu, 08 May 2025
  • Boxing: Entertainment Sport or Sport Entertainment?
    By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, , Wed, 07 May 2025
  • JIM LAMPLEY'S BOOK TOUR IS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK!
    , Wed, 07 May 2025
  • CAPITO IGNITES TITLE DEFENCE IN STYLE | 2025 UK OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
    , Wed, 07 May 2025
  • Sol Levinson: The Man Whose Gloves Elevated Boxing
    By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, , Tue, 06 May 2025
  • Undefeated Cuban Heavyweight Prospect Dainier Pero Finishes Intense Las Vegas Training Camp Ahead of May 9 MVP Main Event on DAZN
    , Tue, 06 May 2025
  • The Past Week in Action 5 May 2025: Inoue-Cardenas Saves Historic Boxing Weekend; Canelo-Scull Sets New Record for Fewest Punches Thrown
    By Eric Armit, , Tue, 06 May 2025
  • Sampson Lewkowicz Congratulates Cardenas, Romero and Espinoza and Vows to Make Next Year's Cinco de Mayo Unforgettable, Highlighted by David Benavidez Facing the Winner of Bivol vs. Beterbiev
    , Tue, 06 May 2025
  • Saving the Best for Last: GSW Upstages Raw Rockets
    By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, , Tue, 06 May 2025
  • Antonio, Bagamasbad face tough competition in Woman FIDE Master Sheerie Joy Lomibao Open Rapid Chess Tournament on May 18
    By Marlon Bernardino, , Tue, 06 May 2025
  • Andres “Savage” Cortes Finishes Strong Training Camp Ahead of Crucial May 10 Clash Against Salvador Jimenez at Pechanga Arena San Diego
    , Tue, 06 May 2025
  • SALITA PROMOTIONS and ALL THE SMOKE FIGHT PRESENT HALL OF FAME FIGHT NIGHT
    , Tue, 06 May 2025
  • IBA embraces Bare Knuckle Boxing
    , Tue, 06 May 2025




  •  



     
    PhilBoxing.com has been created to support every aspiring
    Filipino boxer and the Philippine boxing scene in general.
    Please send comments to feedback@philboxing.com


    PRIVATE POLICY | LEGAL DISCLAIMER
    developed and maintained by dong secuya
    © 2025 philboxing.com.