A former heavyweight champion has weighed in on the Terence Crawford vs Canelo Alvarez super-fight in September.
Terence Crawford has it all to do against the undisputed super middleweight king, following the footsteps of other fighters moving up two weight divisions.
What makes the feat more impressive is according to Crawford’s trainer, there is no rehydration clause for the bout.
Canelo comes in with the advantage of experience and natural size but some in the boxing world are favouring the skills of ‘Bud’.
Shannon Briggs backs Crawford to stop Canelo late
One name backing the Omaha fighter is Shannon Briggs, the former WBO heavyweight champion, who is a huge supporter of the boxer.
In an interview, he said: “I think it’s going to be a great fight. I got Crawford by stoppage.
“He is going to box him, he can fight both ways, he is going to trick him up, one thing Canelo has shown is that he can be outboxed.
“But I think this time in the late rounds, Crawford might have something for him.”
The fight will come one year on from the 37-year-old’s last win against Israil Madrimov by unanimous decision
Briggs has known the former two-time undisputed champion since he was ‘12 years old’ and is happy to see him fighting in big fights.
Briggs sends stark warning to Jake Paul ‘I’ll knock you out cold’
The 53-year-old has been out of the ring for almost 10 years, despite rumours of a return to the squared circle.
But one name which is always a hot topic in the sport, Jake Paul, was met with a fiery reaction from the ‘Cannon’.
Asked about his thoughts on the Ohio boxer after beating Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, he exclaimed: “I’d knock Jake Paul out and I’m 53,000 years old, I’m the oldest man in the history of the planet, I’ll knock him out cold.
“Whoever he fights, good luck for him, but if he fights me, he will know what will happen.”
This isn’t the heavyweight’s first brush with the Paul brothers; he was the former trainer of Logan Paul for his first fight with KSI.
His face-offs with current British cruiserweight champion Viddal Riley flooded coverage of the first event.