Terence Crawford’s Legacy Sealed? Ryan Garcia Thinks So After Canelo Showdown

Crawford (42-0, 31, KOs) became the first boxer in history to have been both a lightweight world champion and super middleweight world champion with his twelve round victory over Canelo Alvarez on Saturday in Las Vegas. Though the later division was lightly regarded before 1984.

“Crawford has proved it, he’s arguably one of the best to ever lace on gloves,” he said.

Ryan Garcia is a former stablemate of Canelo Alvarez (63-3-2, 39 KOs). The Mexican fighter and the Victorville Bomber were both trained by Eddy Reynoso at one point.

“Canelo will forever be an inspiration to not only me but so many other people. I love you man you are a [Mexican legend] in Victory and defeat,” he added.

Ryan Garcia (24-2, 20 Kos) also had picked Canelo to win the fight in a previous post so his about face or “media vuelta”  is all the more surprising.

Ryan Garcia also took time to describe what he thought was Crawford’s key to victory. In the build up to this fight one of the criticisms of Canelo Alvarez was that he had lost his power. Canelo Alvarez hasn't stopped a fighter since he scored a technical over Caleb Plant on November 6, 2021.

That may have influenced the strategy of Alvarez who appeared to load up on his shots in most rounds. This may have reduced his capacity to throw three punch combinations at critical moments in the undisputed 168 lb. undisputed championship fight.

“Now speaking from a technical aspect what I noticed was that the catch and counter was key for Crawford. Canelo would load up on his single power shots and then Crawford would just catch it and shoot. And then used the ring when it was time and stood his ground when it was time. Very smooth man very nice.”