Crawford Assesses His Chances Against Canelo
WBA Light-Middleweight title-holder Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) told Piers Morgan—in a joint interview with undisputed Super-Middleweight champion Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez (63-2-2, 39 KO) — that he is 70 % sure of victory on 13 September.
Piers Morgan: “I’ve interviewed many fighters, but you two are among the smartest and most self-assured. Yet on 13 September one of you will walk out the winner, the other the loser. All the hype will be over. Who wins?”
Crawford: “Me. Good thing you looked at me first.”
Morgan: “I gave you a chance to admit you might lose.”
Crawford: “No.”
Morgan: “One-hundred-percent certain?”
Crawford: “No one can be 100 % certain.”
Morgan: “So what percentage?”
Crawford: “Seventy.”
Morgan: “Two-thirds odds in your favour?”
Crawford: “Exactly. I always believe in myself. If you don’t, why should anyone else? People told me I’d never make it—that I had to leave Omaha to succeed. Faith and dedication got me here.”
Morgan: “What would beating Canelo—one of the all-time greats—mean to you?”
Crawford: “Everything.”
Morgan: “Biggest night of your life?”
Crawford: “It all comes down to that moment.”
Morgan: “Did you plan this? Dream about it, put his photo on the wall?”
Crawford: “Can’t say it was Canelo back then. I targeted Manny Pacquiao, then Errol Spence.”
Morgan: “And now—Canelo?”
Crawford: “Yes, now him.”
Morgan turns to Álvarez:
Morgan: “How sure are you of winning?”
Álvarez: “I’d say I have 30 %. He says 70; I say I have at least those 30.”
Morgan: “Pretty modest. I thought you’d say 100 %.”
Álvarez: “One percent is enough. I don’t need more. One percent—that’s all it takes.”
Morgan: “One percent is enough? Do you harbour even the slightest doubt?”
Álvarez: “Absolutely. What do you want me to say?”
Morgan: “Just be honest. Someone’s going to lose.”
Álvarez: “I’m going to win.”
Morgan: “You believe you’ll win?”
Álvarez: “One-hundred-percent. That’s the 100 % Terence didn’t claim.”
The showdown for the undisputed Super-Middleweight crown takes place 13 September in Las Vegas, USA, and will stream live on Netflix.
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