Terence Crawford and Floyd Mayweather both retired undefeated and both are considered to be amongst the standout pound-for-pound greats of the modern era. Now, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr has predicted how a fight between the American duo would play out.
Mayweather went through his whole career without getting hurt more than once or twice, hanging up the gloves with an iconic record of 50-0 – that could soon be put in jeopardy – as one of six five-division world champions in boxing history.
Crawford became the latest man to join that elite unbeaten club, while simultaneously becoming the second fighter to become the undisputed champion in three separate weight-classes, 87 years after Henry Armstrong became the first man to accomplish that feat.
With no opponent being able to crack their codes and hand them a defeat during their phenomenal careers, it’s tough to envisage how either man could be beaten and which could figure out the puzzle to come out on top if they were to collide in their primes.
However, in an interview with Luis Parra, Chavez Sr revealed that he would fancy Mayweather to win that battle due to the styles of both men, as well as the superior résumé of ‘TBE’.
“I think so, [that Mayweather would have beaten Crawford]. I think that styles make fights, you know. Crawford is a great fighter, but if you look at who he has beaten, he has only beaten Canelo.”
Mayweather could potentially lose his fabled 50-fight unbeaten streak, if a professional rematch between he and Manny Pacquiao goes ahead and the latter is able to avenge his 2015 defeat.
