It was a dominant win for Alvarez, dropping Berlanga on his way to a one-sided unanimous decision victory, handing the Puerto Rican his first defeat in the process.
The next man standing opposite Canelo in the ring could well be Crawford, who has made it clear he would be willing to step up to 168lbs for the bout despite currently being two weight classes below his rival.
‘Bud’ was last in action in August when he defeated Israil Madrimov to win the WBA super-welterweight title in his 154lb debut, becoming a four-weight world champion in the process.
Berlanga has now given his take on the proposed Canelo vs. Crawford match-up whilst talking to Sway, and needed just three words to sum up his initial thoughts on the American’s chances.
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“Anything can happen.”
He then explained exactly why he thinks ‘Bud’ has what it takes to get the win.
“Terence Crawford is great, he’s a great fighter. The only thing I see that I favour Canelo is his weight and that he’s bigger, that’s the only thing.
“As far as skillset wise, IQ, I feel like Crawford can match anybody and probably do way better. Crawford is a legend and like I said you can’t count him out.”
While Berlanga may see it as a 50-50 fight, two-weight world champion Tim Bradley sees it being a destructive victory for ‘Bud’ Crawford.
