Angel Garcia Says Canelo Alvarez Looked Like a ‘Burnt-Out Fighter’ in Crawford Loss — Age, Miles, and Fading Fire Catching Up

Trainer Angel Garcia says Canelo Alvarez looked like a “burnt out” fighter in his loss to Terence Crawford on September 13th.

Angel believes that the three recent fights Canelo has had have taken something out of him. The combination of a long career, wars with Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin, and the last several fights has taken a lot out of the Mexican star Alvarez.

Too Many Wars, Too Many Miles

“Canelo looks like he’s burnt out,” said Angel Garcia to Fighthype, reflecting on Canelo Alvarez’s performance against Terence Crawford on September 13. “Canelo had three fights. Then he had GGG. He hit Canelo with some s***.”

Many fans echo Angel’s sentiments about Canelo looking like a “burnt out” husk of the fighter he’d been in the past. However, it didn’t take the performance against Crawford to identify this. He’d been showing that he was no longer his vintage form of Canelo since his loss to Dmitry Bivol eight fights ago on May 7, 2022.

Crawford Exposed the Decline

Bravo to Crawford for noting the slippage and campaigning for the Canelo fight. Turki Alalshikh hooked him up with the Alvarez fight, and didn’t insist he jump through a hoop by fighting any of the prime super middleweight wolves, Christian Mbilli or Osleys Iglesias, that might mess up his legacy thing.

The Muscle Fade: Canelo’s Physical Decline

Physically, Canelo, 35, looks like his physique has deflated in terms of muscles from how he looked in his three fights against GGG. Age is kicking in at 35, and he has too many hard miles from his fights against big names in the sport.

Two Fights Left — and Big Trouble Ahead

He has two additional fights left on his contract with Turki Alalashikh, but unless he’s matched carefully, he’ll likely lose both of them. At this point, Canelo would be vulnerable against any of the top five contenders at 168, and some even below that.

If Turki insists that Canelo fight some of the talented contenders at super middleweight, he’ll lose and likely be knocked out. Throwing Canelo in with Mbilli, Iglesias, or Lester Martinez would be asking for trouble. Those younger fighters would jump on Alvarez from the get-go, burying him with power shots, forcing him to fight hard in every round.

It would be interesting to watch as a spectator to see if Canelo could pull out some of his old magic, but most likely, it would end badly for him with his trainer, Eddy Reynoso, throwing in the towel.

By Sean Jones — Veteran Fight Analyst, Writing Ringside Since 2016