One of Canelo Alvarez\u2019s former promoters senses that the Mexican superstar has only one more fight left in his aging body.<\/p>\n
Eddie Hearn told The Ring he expects Alvarez to retire after he faces Terence Crawford on Sept. 13 <\/a>at a site to be determined. Alvarez will turn 35 on July 18, but he has almost 70 fights on his professional record and made his pro debut when he was 15 in October 2005. Hearn noticed Alvarez\u2019s legs weren\u2019t what they had been in previous appearances and that the four-weight world champion might finally feel as though there isn\u2019t anything left to accomplish.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cI believe the deal with His Excellency is for three [more] fights,\u201d Hearn said in reference to Turki Alalshikh, Riyadh Season head. \u201cI think the Crawford fight will be his last fight. There\u2019s no intel there and I\u2019ve not had any conversations with him. But after watching that Scull fight \u2014 and don\u2019t get me wrong, Scull was unbelievably negative \u2014 after Crawford, what is there to do? Do you wanna go to England and have a fight? Yeah, I guess that could appeal to [him]. But I don\u2019t know.I just think Father Time, the body, the mojo, I don\u2019t know. I actually thought during the Scull fight, \u2018I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he just didn\u2019t fight Crawford.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cBecause he\u2019s never really liked the fight, as a fight. Because I think he feels like, \u2018Why would I get credit like beating a guy three divisions below me, two divisions now, below me?’ And he moves a lot and he\u2019s good and he\u2019s awkward and he\u2019s just gonna be [difficult]. But obviously the money just becomes so big that he\u2019s gonna take the fight. I think it\u2019s probably more the training camps [that will make Alvarez retire]. It\u2019s a huge toll on the body.\u201d<\/p>\n Alvarez has confirmed that he will move forward with the Crawford fight. They announced it together in the ring May 3, when Alalshikh stood between them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n If Alvarez were to retire after facing Crawford, he would leave an enormous amount of money on the table by not completing the four-fight deal he struck with Riyadh Season early in February. His unimpressive victory versus Scull (23-1, 9 KOs) marked the start of that contract.<\/p>\n Guadalajara\u2019s Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) presumably would fight Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) in an immediate rematch if the undisputed super middleweight champion were to lose in that pay-per-view main event and continue his career. DraftKings lists Alvarez as a 2-1 favorite over Crawford, yet Hearn wouldn\u2019t be the least bit surprised if Omaha\u2019s Crawford pulls off what once would\u2019ve been considered a huge upset.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing next Crawford, as I was in Riyadh, and watching, Bud has unbelievable belief,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cIn Bud\u2019s mind, there is absolutely no way he loses that fight. And, by the way, he does it easy. And he\u2019s not an idiot, so you\u2019d tend to trust him and believe. But, you also know Canelo will rise to another level in training camp and in the fight. But I think Crawford\u2019s movement is gonna cause Canelo a big, big problem.\u201d<\/p>\n Hearn isn\u2019t certain if Alvarez\u2019s pedestrian performance against Scull was more reflective of slippage or Scull\u2019s utter refusal to engage throughout their 12-round, 168-pound title fight.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s tough to say isn\u2019t it?,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cIt was a Scull fight. The guy was running non-stop. I just think [Alvarez\u2019s] mojo after a while was just like, \u2018What the [expletive]?\u2019 He didn\u2019t look the same. I don\u2019t know. Just looking at his legs a little bit, [I was] thinking they don\u2019t quite look as strong and as sturdy. I don\u2019t know, maybe it was just because of the fight. But I was sitting there, looking at Crawford, it was as if [he said], \u2018You don\u2019t understand. This is not a difficult fight for me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Scull didn\u2019t do much offensively, but he did make his fight with Alvarez difficult for the Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight champion. Alvarez was either unwilling or unable to cut off the ring and allowed Scull to fight off his back foot successfully enough for the former IBF champ to win five rounds on the card of judge Pablo Gonzalez (115-113) and four rounds according to judge Ron McNair (116-112).<\/p>\n Judge Danrex Tapdasan credited Alvarez with winning 11 rounds (119-109).<\/p>\n Alvarez landed only 56 punches overall, one more than Scull, though almost half of Scull\u2019s connections were jabs (27). Scull and Alvarez also combined to throw just 445 punches, the lowest total for a 12-round fight in CompuBox\u2019s 40-year history<\/p>\n \u201cAfter eight rounds, they put [Chris] Mannix\u2019s scorecard, which said [8-0 for] Canelo,\u201d Hearn said of the DAZN commentator. \u201cAnd Crawford had Scull three rounds up after eight. And Canelo probably won the last four rounds. But I did think 115-113, 116-112 was right. But it could\u2019ve been different. And when you think of the levels between Crawford and Scull, obviously it\u2019s significant.\u201d<\/p>\n Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. 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Matchroom Boxing\u2019s chairman began to believe Alvarez will end his Hall-of-Fame career soon after he watched from a ringside seat trudging through his unfathomably boring 12-round victory over William Scull on May 3 <\/a>at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n