Terence Crawford is the man.
And Canelo Alvarez? Not everyone was impressed with his performance.
In the highly anticipated main event Saturday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Crawford outworked, outboxed, and outfoxed Canelo for 12 rounds en route to a thrilling unanimous decision win. Crawford improved to 42-0 with the win and claimed Canelo’s super middleweight titles to become the undisputed champion of the division. This marks the fifth division that Crawford has claimed a world title in.
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was little controversy throughout the fight as the smaller Crawford consistently beat Canelo to the punch and took advantage of the Mexican star’s inability to effectively cut off the ring. Canelo landed his fair share of power shots, but Crawford always seemed to have an answer whether it was with a counter punch or a combination that drowned out Canelo’s offense.
Pro fighters were quick to react to the result on social media, with the polarizing Jake Paul taking a shot at his would-be boxing rival.
“Canelo putting his hand up like he won,” Paul wrote on Twitter. “lol. Dumbass lying weirdo. Canelo been overrated.”
Few are likely to agree with Paul’s take, but you can check out more social media reactions below.
