Canelo Alvarez’s decline did not begin with Terence Crawford. Crawford removed the remaining doubt after Jaime Munguia, Edgar Berlanga and William Scull demonstrated that Canelo was losing the speed, activity and aggression that separated him from ordinary champions.
Those opponents suited Canelo, yet none fell before the final bell. He fought in brief spurts, leaned on single power punches and allowed long stretches to pass without forcing the action. His last stoppage occurred against Caleb Plant in November 2021.
The deterioration shows clearly in Canelo’s jab. During peak campaigns against Gennadiy Golovkin and Callum Smith, he drove
