Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford: Turki The Great Or Jive Turki?

The response? Mixed, I’d say. If this one had been formed and announced earlier this year, I bet more of the masses on social media platforms like X would’ve felt better hearing the hyperbole from Turki and his cohort; the ex-Boston Bad Boy turned MMA fixture/Trump posse member, Dana White.

Fight of the century talk, to my admittedly cynical view, is sales chatter.

Aging Can Make For A Better Fight

Hardcore fans of each man don’t agree. They say, how often do two top-five pound-for-pound athletes face off? Point taken. Not often enough is the answer, so hype is justified.

Sorry… but coming—Canelo is 34 and has been on cruise control for three years.

Crawford is 37, and his devotees will admit inactivity has kept him from capitalizing off the boost he got from manhandling Errol Spence into potential retirement.

The publisher and I like to use shorthand sometimes when we chat. I’ll say “comment section” when referring to a hot topic that is percolating in the boxing fan-o-sphere and has a strong thread of comments, often a debate.

Dana White Sounds Like a Boxing Promoter

I read the stories about where the September 13 fight will unfurl, the platform partner saw commenters chuckle at the quote from ex-boxing guy back in the mix, White. “It’s literally once in a lifetime fight,” said White, who has mocked boxing promoters for poor efforting, with it being run like a going out-of-business sale.

The reaction to this intriguing faceoff reflected a new reality for Turki.

The sh*t show weekend (Times Square & Canelo card that followed), which he still insists was iconic, was not. Boxing had a chance to elevate, being lifted by a money man with a proper passion for the game.

The comments sections really lit up after the Times Square screw job, and now it feels like Turki has been listening to some of those critiques and listened.

He took to Twitter to weigh in:

Good. People were not getting paid what they deserved on Turki’s Mayday weekend, and he should be using his wallet wallop to motivate the fighters to, you know, fight.

Here is some of the other comment section response to “the fight of the century” details being laid out:

There is harder scrutiny on Turki now, and White faces a similar study from prideful boxing fans defending their turf from a demonic dilettante.

Turki can spend out the wazoo, and White can toot his hardest horn to drum up interest, but ultimately their power is limited. It’s up to the fighters to collide and sort it out.

I Like Terence Crawford By Decision

I like the aggression streak in Crawford. I see him looking physically comparable to Canelo and edging the Mexican on points. And, yahoo, I have that $7.99 a month Netflix, so that’s my only fee to consume.

Here’s to, hopefully, a clean stream and a great fight.