Terence Crawford hands Canelo Alvarez huge advantage in fight by not pushing for clause
Terence Crawford and his team aren't pushing for a rehydration clause to be inserted into Canelo Alvarez's contract ahead of their possible September showdown.
Both fighters are reportedly finalising a deal for a fight on Mexican Independence Day weekend in Las Vegas at Canelo's natural home of super middleweight (168lbs).
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Crawford is the much smaller man having only recently moved up to super welterweight (154lbs) following stints at lightweight (135lbs), super lightweight (140lbs) and welterweight (147lbs).
It is often the case that when two fighters from different weight classes sign up to fight each other, a rehydration clause is added to the deal to level the playing field.
The contractual agreement limits how much weight a fighter can gain between the weigh-in and the start of a fight through a second-day weigh check.
Most anticipated that this would be the case for Canelo and Crawford given the size disparity between the pair.
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But Crawford's trainer Brian 'BoMac' McIntyre insists this won't be the case, even suggesting that they didn't want one.
"We don't give a damn about that, you can only get so big," he told .
"If you get too big then that is on him. I love Terence's chances.
"I have zero issues with it, Terence has zero issues with it...
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"That's some bulls****, that is some weak s****. 'Oh you can't come in at this much and s***.'
"Oh man get the f*** out of here, it is boxing. You have the skills, I made the weight regardless of what I come back as.
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"You accepted the fight lets fight as men, it is as simple as that."
A rehydration clause was included in Canelo's middleweight unification clash with Daniel Jacobs in 2019.
Jacobs, known for cutting a large amount of weight to make 160lbs, surpassed the contracted 170lbs rehydration clause by weighing in at 173.6lbs
As a result, he was fined $250,000 for each pound he was over the limit.
The fight went ahead as scheduled, and Jacobs was still eligible to win the titles.
But, in the end, Canelo got his hand raised via unanimous decision to unify the WBA, WBC and IBF straps.
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