Terence “Bud” Crawford places higher than Saul “Canelo” Álvarez on every list of boxing pound-for-pound rankings.

Boxing fans would also near-unanimously agree that the 37-year-old Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) has performed more impressively than the 35-year-old Álvarez (63-2-2, 35 KOs) in recent years.

But few are picking Crawford to knock off Álvarez when they meet Saturday at Allegiant Stadium in boxing’s biggest-possible fight, which will air live and free to subscribers on Netflix.

The dichotomy is all because of the weight. The light middleweight champion Crawford is moving up two weight classes to challenge Álvarez for his super middleweight championship belt.

Crawford has fought at as low as the 135-pound division throughout his decorated career while Álvarez has competed at as high

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