Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford: Don’t write off Crawford in super-middleweight identify combat, warns Amir Khan

Terence Crawford is jumping up two divisions to problem Canelo Alvarez for the undisputed super-middleweight international identify.

The Canelo-Crawford superfight has been showed for September 13 in Las Vegas.

Amir Khan boxed each Crawford and Canelo in his personal profession and he is aware of precisely what it is love to make a two-division leap to field Alvarez. He moved from welter to middleweight when he boxed the Mexican famous person in 2016.

Ultimately Khan may just now not fit him with Alvarez knocking him out inside of six rounds.

“When I was fighting Canelo I was probably beating him on points but he was just so strong and so big,” Khan advised Sky Sports.

“When I used to be hitting him I may just see that it wasn’t affecting him. The man was once driving them and looking ahead to that one large shot which he stuck me with and put me away.

“But is he going to catch Crawford with that shot?”

When Khan boxed the American, Crawford put him down of their first spherical and stopped him in six.

“When I fought [Crawford] he was probably stronger than me and I was a 147lb fighter for a very long time,” Khan stated. “At the moment Crawford looks unbeatable and Canelo looks strong and especially fighting a smaller guy he looks unbeatable. So let’s see how this plays out.”

Khan warned in opposition to writing Crawford off in opposition to Canelo. “Not at all because he [Crawford] is such a technical fighter if he just boxed him technically and Crawford puts on the weight well, he’s a big 147lb fighter,” Khan stated. “Massive difference in size. Size matters but lets see.

“We additionally know that Canelo’s a larger puncher. Has he were given the similar stamina? He turns out k when he fights. But it is tough as a result of is ability going to win that combat, or energy?

“I’m not going to predict who’s going to win but I know it will be a hell of a fight.”

Khan the promoter

Khan intends to go back to the British boxing scene as a promoter, after completing his boxing profession in 2022.

He is selling a display in Ghana on Friday, that sees Ohara Davies go back to motion.

“I’m really looking forward to it. It’s a new chapter,” Khan stated. “I’m making sure I’ve got a good stable of fighters.”

In his boxing profession Khan labored with maximum primary promoters, together with Frank Warren, Eddie Hearn and Ben Shalom in the United Kingdom in addition to Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy and Al Haymon’s PBC in america.

“From my own career I’ve learned so much. You take bits and bobs from each promoter,” Khan stated. “I’ve learned my ideas and information I’ve picked up along the way.

“I’m going to be doing displays in the United Kingdom however felt Ghana could be a really perfect get started,” he added. “I need to stay on making improvements to each time.”