Canelo Alvarez will put his super-middleweight titles on the line when he faces Jermell Charlo later this month, and Calvin Ford believes there’ll be an emphatic ending.
Charlo is moving up two weight classes for the biggest fight of his career and the huge size difference expected on the night makes Canelo a decent favourite.
Ford, the trainer of Gervonta Davis, has become one of the smartest voices on boxing in recent times and he thinks the fight will end by knockout.
Charlo is eager to show that he belongs in the same class as Canelo, but Ford says that both men have something to prove when the first bell finally sounds on September 30.
“When you look at Canelo’s last three performances, he didn’t look like himself,” said Ford when speaking during a media roundtable ahead of Canelo vs. Charlo.
“Charlo has something to prove, and Canelo has something to prove. Does he still have the legs to continue doing what he’s been doing to get him where he’s at? Somebody is going to sleep.”