Although Crawford won comfortably on the scorecards, Canelo never appeared close to being stopped and absorbed many of the clean shots that landed throughout the fight.
Discussing the bout during an interview, Crawford pointed to Canelo’s durability and offered an unusual explanation for it.
“They say that redheads are hard to knock out. It’s proven, I googled it, what are they called? Gingers. I promise you,” said Crawford to PowerfulJRE.
Crawford said a conversation with his cousin, who works as a nurse, led him to look into the subject.
“My cousin, she is a nurse, and she said, ‘Yeah, them gingers, they are hard to put to sleep, even when you give them the anesthetics to go to sleep.’”
“When she told me that, I was like, ‘Damn! That is why Canelo can take so many good shots.’”
Whatever the reason, Canelo’s durability has been one of the defining traits of his career. The Mexican star has never been knocked down or stopped in 68 professional fights despite losses to Floyd Mayweather Jr., Dmitry Bivol, and Crawford.
Canelo (63-3-2, 39 KOs) is scheduled to challenge Christian Mbilli for the WBC super middleweight title on September 12 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mbilli was elevated from WBC interim champion to full champ earlier this year, in January 27, 2026.
