It is possible to retire Crawford after Canelo Alvarez chooses Jake Paul

Terens Crawford, who loses the battle with Canelo Alvarez, puts him in a position where he can retire if his entire focus on continuing is to receive this big pay day. Canelo chose the greater struggle against Jake Paul in May, leaving terrain tall and dry in his quest for Golden parachuteS

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Retirement rumors

Promoter Eddie Hearn is reported to believe that Crawford can retire now that he has failed to fight cinnamon. He says the battle with Kanelo-Paul can have “derailed ” Crawford's match permanently.

This would be a strange move for Crawford if he retired, because there are many interesting battles that he could do at 154. They would not bring the huge money he would fight against Canelo, but they would still pay well.

Crawford options

– Bahram Murtazaliev
– Jaron Ennis
– Sebastian Fundora
– Vergil Ortiz
– David Benavides
– Serhii Bohachuk
– David Morel
– Israil Madimov

If the 37-year-old Crawford wants to sit down and wait for the result of Kanelo's battle against Jake, hoping to negotiate with the Mexican star, he can do so. This would seem so desperately weak on his part and his popularity would continue to fall if he would not remain busy.

The fight against one of these guys would pay well, and if Crawford won, it would create a greater interest in a battle between him and Canelo. The battle will no longer be regarded as a grab of money, which would be now if they fight.

“The fight against Jake Paul has the perfect sense for Canelo Alvarez, but also changes the trajectory of the battle with Crawford,” said Eddie Hearn in the magazine Ring YouTube Channel, discussing today's news, that Canelo chose to fight Jake Paul next in May.

“Kanelo-Consford is one of the great boxing battles that can be made on modern day. When you go and fight Jake Paul, it's kind of like. Maybe someone has reacted to this news, or maybe that (cinnamon against Crawford) has just fallen.

“It sounds to me that the fight against Jake Paul may have derailed the other match. I do not blame Kanelo Alvarez because, financially, the bigger battle is Kanelo-Jake Paul, because in this match you have two big stars.

The fight against Jake Paul is a better move for Canelo's career, because the money and publicity he will receive for this match will be massive. In addition, Canelo will win more fans because of Jake's social media followers. He has over 20 million followers on Instagram and 20+ million YouTube subscribers, many of whom will become Canelo fans after this match.

Crawford's inactivity

Crawford has to defend his WBA middleweight title, which won by Israil Madimov last year in August. He has not yet protected this belt and holds him hostage. All contenders in the Top 15 of the WBA have been stopped by their Crawford career who are not defended.

As champion Crawford he has rotten with his schedule once a year. He is the biggest kind of champion because he only defends himself annually. If Crawford wants a Canelo payment day, he has to move to 168 or 175 and beat some top fighters, such as David Benavides, David Morel or Diego Pacheko.

“You have two great fighters and one big star in the other match (Canelo-Craford). Terens Crawford must be a big star, but in reality it is not. He is just an amazing fighter. Listen, everything can change overnight. So, don't exclude Canello against Crawford, but as I hear, Canelo-Jake Paul is made, “Hearn said.