FormerlyAnICposter
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Canelo lost against a bigger fighter that a lot of people thought he would lose against. Fighters don't usually suffer much backlash when they fight above their station. In this case, Crawford would be the one stepping up, Canelo is a big name. Winning would definitely help his legacy.
It's harder to go up in weight and fight opponents at a higher weight class than fighting in your weight class. It takes a lot of work.
Canelo learned that the hard way going up to fight Bivol (also the wrong guy to fight first). Pacquiao (at welterweight) and others learned this the hard way too. It's only different imo at LHW, Cruiser and HW because it's more about conditioning at that point.
I also think Canelo is the wrong guy to face first if you're going up in weight. People can hate me for this but I find Canelo to be a better and more complete fighter than Bud. Better IQ too.
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