FLOYD MAYWEATHER has named Terence Crawford as the best pound-for-pound star in the world – while reserving special praise for Canelo Alvarez.
The 50-0 boxing legend, 43, was speaking to ESPN asked who he believed was the sport’s P4P king.
Floyd Mayweather has crowned Terence Crawford his P4P kingCredit: AP:Associated Press
Mayweather was also full of praise for Alvarez – whom he beat in 2013Credit: AP:Associated Press
And Money threw his weight behind WBO welterweight champion Crawford.
But Mayweather was also full of praise for Alvarez – whom he beat at light-middleweight in 2013 – after he took the jump to light-heavyweight and won the title.
On the P4P debate, Money told ESPN First Take: “Canelo done something amazing when he became light-heavyweight champ.
“I didn’t even see him going up that heavy, and he did that.
“But, as of right now, I have to put Terence Crawford as No1.”
Former light-welterweight star Crawford, 33, jumped up a weight class to take on Jeff Horn in 2018 – and walked away with the WBO title.
He has since retained his crown three times, including his win over Amir Khan in 2019.
But Alvarez, 30, also impressed Mayweather, after an incredible transformation over the years.
SunSport’s pound for pound top ten
The Mexican kicked-off his career at welterweight before moving up to light-middleweight, middleweight, super-middleweight and finally light-heavyweight.
Alvarez beat Sergey Kovalev in Las Vegas last year to take home the WBO light-heavyweight title.
Meanwhile, SunSport has also had their say on the P4P rankings – with Crawford and Alvarez coming in at No1 and No2 respectively.
Tyson Fury takes the third spot in our list, followed by Naoya Inoue, Vasyl Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk.
Check out the full pound-for-pound top ten, here…
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
