Oscar De La Hoya names Terence Crawford’s skills that ‘Canelo cannot handle’

Oscar De La Hoya feels Terence Crawford has the ability to trouble Canelo Alvarez

Oscar De La Hoya was a recent guest on the Ring Champs podcast, where he previewed the upcoming fight between Alvarez and Crawford.

The former promoter of one of the greatest Mexican fighters of all time began by insinuating that Alvarez would be too large for Crawford. “When I watched Terence Crawford get rattled and rocked by Yuriokris Gamboa, a natural 130 pounder? That, to me, is going to be a huge problem when he gets hit by Canelo.”

De La Hoya then referenced Alvarez’s durability in his light heavyweight fights as well as his meeting with Edgar Berlanga.

“How is Crawford going to keep him away for 12 rounds,” ‘Golden Boy said. “Canelo’s going to come at him, hard.”

Despite feeling this way about the size difference and track record between the pair, De La Hoya went on to make a case for Crawford. “I think about Crawford’s abilities, his IQ, his footwork, which Canelo cannot handle.”

The boxing promoter added to his point by saying, “We know that for a fact [he can’t handle it]. It happened with Bivol, it happened with Mayweather, who schooled him, left and right… And Canelo was way stronger than Mayweather.”

Oscar De La Hoya criticizes Canelo Alvarez and his last performance

De La Hoya and Alvarez have a seemingly fragmented relationship since ‘Golden Boy’ stopped promoting the Mexican.

Despite the promoter giving credit to Alvarez during the podcast, there were also some less-than-complimentary statements from the American. “He’s flat-footed, he’s very heavy on his feet,” De La Hoya said when asked about if Alvarez had improved since his 2013 meeting with Floyd Mayweather.

The former Manny Pacquiao opponent De La Hoya went on to reference Alvarez’s last fight against William Scull. “You saw his last fight with Scull, he couldn’t touch Scull. I mean, he [Scull] was a runner, he was a Cuban runner. But, he couldn’t touch Scull.”

Adding to his point, De La Hoya feels that Scull’s ability to evade Alvarez gives other fighters hope they can beat the Mexican.