Rumored Canelo vs Crawford September 2025

[Hagler]

Sadly, Canelo could fight worse.

 

[george14]

I really don't see a path for Crawford to win here. While Canelo is on the back 9 clearly, Crawford will be 38 and has never fought above 154. Madrimov is a tricky fighter at 154 and very underrated, but this is two full weight classes above that. Crawford's power will be a complete non-factor and I'm not convinced he will be the faster fighter either if he bulks up to 168+. This will look a lot like Canelo-Charlo IMO.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

I dont know what's going on with this forum. But the updates absolutely suck & almost make it inoperable from my phone.

Nice! I've been seeing that. Won't get to excited until the big Turk man drops the announcement.

These are the type of legendary fights the sport needs.

The 2 best "small guys" from this generation going at it.

It's annoying that the styling issues still haven't been fixed yet. When they updated to the latest version of the message board software (Xenforo version 2.3.4) it broke the layout because they were using their own custom templates previously. What they should've done is deployed the update to test it first offline or on a staging server rather than applying it to a live production server. If they can't fix it then they'll have to roll the version back to what they previously had installed while keeping any security patches.

Yeah, I knew you were interested in this fight. The match-up has grown on me more but I still have to go with Canelo. That isn't to say that Bud doesn't have a chance. He's much more skilled than Charlo.

 

[WklySportsMemes]

It's annoying that the styling issues still haven't been fixed yet. When they updated to the latest version of the message board software (Xenforo version 2.3.4) it broke the layout because they were using their own custom templates previously. What they should've done is deployed the update to test it first offline or on a staging server rather than applying it to a live production server. If they can't fix it then they'll have to roll the version back to what they previously had installed while keeping any security patches.

Yeah, I knew you were interested in this fight. The match-up has grown on me more but I still have to go with Canelo. That isn't to say that Bud doesn't have a chance. He's much more skilled than Charlo.

Typical for this place....

Yeah I love legacy and history making super fights. Especially if they are not going to fight the other guys at their weights.

Canelo wants no parts of Benavidez & Bud is not going to unify 54....So next best thing or potentially better

 

[StopDucking]

I really don't see a path for Crawford to win here. While Canelo is on the back 9 clearly, Crawford will be 38 and has never fought above 154. Madrimov is a tricky fighter at 154 and very underrated, but this is two full weight classes above that. Crawford's power will be a complete non-factor and I'm not convinced he will be the faster fighter either if he bulks up to 168+. This will look a lot like Canelo-Charlo IMO.

Crawford was officially 170 lbs in the ring against Madrimov. Canelo at his heaviest has always been in the 170s lbs. They’re 7-8 lbs apart at most.

Crawford is more technical, has a longer reach, more speed, better stamina. The fight will look like Floyd vs Canelo, except Canelo outweighed Floyd by 15 lbs, not 7-8 lbs. Canelo has no chance against Crawford.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Typical for this place....

Yeah I love legacy and history making super fights. Especially if they are not going to fight the other guys at their weights.

Canelo wants no parts of Benavidez & Bud is not going to unify 54....So next best thing or potentially better

Yep Canelo isn't fighting Benavidez. I don't see Turki paying him $130 million (minimum) for that fight. That's even more than Joshua, Usyk & Fury make in a single fight. He priced himself out. This fight will allow Bud to dare to be even greater as cliché as that sounds. Obviously it's a very dangerous fight for him.

 

[iwannabeadored]

Canelo has zero upside taking this fight.

If he canelo wins by ko everyone will say it was a mismatch

If he wins a close fight everyone will say he barely beat a guy who went up two weight classes.

If he loses lol….


In reality Crawford is the same height and weighs 170. Canelo is about 180.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Canelo has zero upside taking this fight.

If he canelo wins by ko everyone will say it was a mismatch

If he wins a close fight everyone will say he barely beat a guy who went up two weight classes.

If he loses lol….

In reality Crawford is the same height and weighs 170. Canelo is about 180.

The risk-reward isn't in Canelo's favor but the upside is the huge bag of money on the table. He'll get paid very handsomely. It isn't just about how tall someone is or what they weigh. Canelo has been fighting much bigger men for many years. Huge super middleweights & light heavyweights. Bud himself is fighting guys that are bigger but Canelo has actually been dwarfed in there. He's used to it. Bud has never fought above 154 lbs. The weight that this match-up takes place at could be crucial. I don't think Canelo can make 160. It'll probably be at a catchweight but will still count as a SMW championship fight.

 

[iwannabeadored]

Canelo has zero upside taking this fight.

If he canelo wins by ko everyone will say it was a mismatch

If he wins a close fight everyone will say he barely beat a guy who went up two weight classes.

If he loses lol….


In reality Crawford is the same height and weighs 170. Canelo is about 180.

The risk-reward isn't in Canelo's favor but the upside is the huge bag of money on the table. He'll get paid very handsomely. It isn't just about how tall someone is or what they weigh. Canelo has been fighting much bigger men for many years. Huge super middleweights & light heavyweights. Bud himself is fighting guys that are bigger but Canelo has actually been dwarfed in there. He's used to it. Bud has never fought above 154 lbs. The weight that this match-up takes place at could be crucial. I don't think Canelo can make 160. It'll probably be at a catchweight but will still count as a SMW championship fight.

I agree he’s dwarfed in there but casuals don’t care.

bud should fight one fight at 160 or 168 to show he belongs.

reality is Canelo can fight a bum and make 30-40 mill. Crawford can’t.
money is nice but he’s better off losing to David then he is losing to bud