Bradley's take: Who wins? Making a case for Canelo and Crawford

I volition unreal I'm a lawyer and contiguous a lawsuit for each combatant successful Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford -- a lawsuit dissimilar immoderate different successful modern boxing history.

Canelo volition enactment his undisputed title connected the enactment Saturday against Crawford, who's moving up 2 divisions for the accidental of becoming the archetypal combatant successful the four-belt epoch of men's boxing to beryllium undisputed champion successful 3 value classes. The combat astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas (Netflix, 9 p.m. ET) is 1 of the astir anticipated boxing events and the existent explanation of a pound-for-pound clash --- determining the champion combatant successful the satellite careless of division.

Who volition beryllium the superior boxer and go pound-for-pound king? Let's dive into the combat and look astatine however it mightiness play out.

The lawsuit for Canelo

Canelo is simply a four-division satellite champion, a two-time and reigning undisputed ace middleweight champion, a generational icon and Mexico's finest boxer since Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. He has shared the ringing with galore boxing legends, walked done value classes similar rooms successful his ain location and built a résumé worthy of a first-ballot Hall of Fame induction erstwhile he's done with the sport.

Canelo is simply a 67-fight seasoned who turned nonrecreational successful Mexico astatine the property of 14. At 23, helium fought an all-time large successful Floyd Mayweather, past held 3 belts successful 3 value classes simultaneously and was successful the ringing with immoderate of the sport's biggest punchers, including Gennadiy "GGG" Golovkin and then-175-pound champion Sergey Kovalev. Neither of them could bushed oregon adjacent stun Canelo.

His vocation grounds includes 63 wins, 39 by knockout, with 2 losses and a brace of draws. Canelo isn't conscionable a large combatant but to galore the champion combatant successful the world. He is bigger, stronger, much almighty and much experienced than Crawford.

And the cardinal constituent successful his favour is ...

There are value classes for a reason.

A large large antheral ever beats a large tiny man. I respect Crawford and his squad for believing helium is talented and skilled capable to vie with Canelo. However, Canelo has told the satellite that a combat with Crawford volition beryllium "easy work."

Canelo has a way to bushed Crawford, but is helium truly the champion ace middleweight successful boxing? Is helium a amended wide combatant than Crawford?

The lawsuit for Crawford

Crawford is simply a two-division undisputed champion and a four-division satellite champion. He is an undefeated, switch-hitting instrumentality with capabilities beyond anyone's imagination. In 2008, Crawford was sitting successful a car aft shooting dice successful his vicinity erstwhile a slug went done the backmost window, hitting Crawford. While bleeding from his head, Crawford summoned the courageousness and spot to thrust himself to the hospital.

Deborah, Crawford's mother, utilized to wage kids and different radical successful the vicinity to effort to bushed up Terence to toughen him. He went from warring successful the streets to becoming 1 of the champion boxers of his generation. He has 41 wins, 31 by KO, and nary losses. Crawford's boxing IQ has been unmatched. No 1 has solved the Crawford challenge. His boxing skills are unmatched and his slayer instinct is similar a battalion of wolves hunting for prey.

By going up 2 value classes and challenging Canelo for his 168-pound undisputed crown, Crawford is attempting to rewrite boxing past and bash the unimaginable. But Crawford isn't a regular fighter.

Canelo's strengths, skills and abilities

Punching power: Canelo's punching powerfulness has traveled with him from the little value classes -- helium started astatine 154 pounds -- to 175 pounds. He knocked retired a airy heavyweight champion, Kovalev, and 168-pound apical contender Caleb Plant. His punching powerfulness should beryllium unquestionable. While Canelo doesn't person a KO successful his past six fights, helium has knocked down...