Floyd Mayweather’s Uncle Fires Back After Canelo Alvarez Says Terence Crawford Is The Better Fighter

Floyd Mayweather's uncle, Jeff Mayweather, has now clapped back, claiming Canelo is saying that to make his next opponent look better. He told The Mayweather Channel:

Maybe he [Crawford] is [better]. But the one thing is, you will always say, that somebody that already beat you, is better than the person you're fighting. Because, he want to make yourself look like you're going to beat somebody that's better than everybody.

The interviewer then tried to agitate Jeff Mayweather by claiming that Floyd was at his peak when he fought Canelo, while the Mexican was still very inexperienced. He responded:

He had more fights than Floyd and he lost to a man that was 30 something years old, 36? You ain't in your prime when you're 36. That's your prime. You are in your prime in your 20s.

When asked to counter Canelo's claim that Crawford is more intelligent and is better defensively, Jeff Mayweather claimed Crawford might be just as intelligent as Floyd, but doesn't have better defense. He continued:

In order to make himself look like he beat someone that's better than Floyd, of course, he's going to say all these great things about him and it makes him bigger than he is.

Jeff Mayweather believes Canelo vs Crawford will be a great fight. However, he made it clear that Canelo's claim about Floyd Mayweather is a ploy for cover-up, in his opinion.