Canelo vs. Crawford: Best Betting Tips for September 13 Superfight

September will see arguably the biggest boxing bout for the remainder of the 2025 as legendary Mexican fighter Canelo Alvarez faces off against unbeaten American Terence Crawford in Las Vegas, and boxing fans will no doubt be considering what wagers to place for Canelo vs Crawford.

Best Betting Tips for September 13 Canelo vs Crawford Showdown

Canelo vs Crawford: Predictions and Wagering Advice

Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs)  and Crawford are two generational talents, and this long-awaited clash promises to be an explosive one, but onemajor factor must be taken into account before you stump up your hard-earned cash on one fighter or the other.

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37-year-old Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), whose last fight was last August when he beat Uzbekistan fighter Israil Madrimov by a unanimous decision, is the underdog for the fight with Alvarez, and with good reason.

The fight with Canelo Alvarez will be for his super-middleweight titles, which means Crawford is moving up a number of weight classes to take on a fighter who is one of the best in the business.

Alvarez, whose first professional fight came way back in 2005, has a tremendous record that has seen him win 63 of his 67 fights; the last of his only two losses came in 2022, and the one prior to that was at the hands of a certain fighter by the name of Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2013. 

As for pundits and their predictions, famous mouthpiece Stephen A. Smith, who is perhaps more loathed than loved, has made his feelings on the potential result known. 

“I love Canelo. Crawford will beat Canelo. Crawford will beat Canelo by decision.”

“I can’t see anybody knocking out Canelo Alvarez. But I do believe that if you can box and you can move, you can beat Canelo.”

“You can outpoint him. I think that Crawford is brilliant as a boxer. I think that between switching to conventional and southpaw, using his jab and movement, I think that Crawford is going to outpoint Canelo because he’s faster.”

Canelo vs Crawford: Former World Champion Backs ‘Bud’

Former super welterweight champion Tony Harrison also believes Crawford will complete a famous victory, albeit he’ll have to be at the peak of his powers to do so.

“I’m Crawford till the day I die. I honestly think Crawford got a task on his hands; he is fighting one of the best ever to put on a pair of gloves at his weight.”

“For me to see Crawford do that, jump up two weight classes, not one but two weight classes, to demand respect from the best guy in our generation to lace up the gloves.”

The fight, titled Once in a Lifetime, will take place at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on September 13, and you can be sure there won’t be a spare seat in the house and an audience in the millions, with the fight being streamed live on Netflix to its 300 million subscribers.