Canelo Alvarez' trainer Eddy Reynoso promises spectacular performance against Terence Crawford

Canelo’s trainer promises a knockout on Saturday

Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford is just around the corner, and the fight still seems as wildly unpredictable as ever. 

Crawford (41-0, 31 KO’s) is boasting a new physique, having packed on the pounds in order to compete with his much larger Mexican opponent. 

Eddie Hearn recently revealed that he feels age will play a factor in this bout, with the winner being decided on who can best keep Father Time at bay. 

Both men are nearing 40, and the clock will certainly be ticking on their time at the top. But losses have yet to start piling up for either man,  with Crawford still undefeated and Canelo (63-2-2, 39 KO’s) on a six-fight win streak since his 2022 loss to Dmitry Bivol. 

However, Alvarez’s trainer Eddy Reynoso feels that the bout won't be close, with Canelo the sharpest he has been in decades.

“He still has it, and on Saturday night we are going to show it by knockout,” Reynoso told Ring Magazine.

“This is going to be the best Canelo we have seen in his 20-year career. We’re going to show it.”

Concerns have been swirling surrounding Canelo’s deteriorating performances. The 35-year-old hasn’t found a stoppage since 2021 over Caleb Plant, and he looked particularly uninspiring in his last performance, despite cruising to a Unanimous decision win over William Scull. 

Against Scull, the Mexican legend looked slow and disinterested; he didn't appear to chase a stoppage, nor did he find much success in cutting off angles and trapping his Cuban counterpart. 

He also managed to set an undesirable record, with just 445 punches thrown throughout the bout - the fewest ever in a 12-round contest.

Canelo contributed to just 152 of these, looking as though he lacked the confidence to put his foot on the gas and pressure his opponent. 

Hesitation is normally a telltale sign of a fighter reaching the tail end of his career, and it will be interesting to see how his team have tried to remedy this glaring issue ahead of this weekend's meeting.