Dana White Doubts Ryan Garcia Brings Crawford Back

“I don’t know if that’s the fight Crawford would come back for. There’s a lot of options out there obviously for Ryan, the question is what is the fight that Crawford would come back for. I think there’s a fight out there that Crawford would come back for. I don’t know if Ryan is it,” White told reporters .

White smiled as he said he thought such a fight existed. Canelo Alvarez is the obvious candidate, but White did not say he meant Canelo. He offered no indication that Crawford has agreed to return or that negotiations are underway.

The only figure with the commercial weight to justify the physical tax is Canelo, and that road is blocked. Canelo first has to survive Christian Mbilli on October 31. Mbilli throws hundreds of punches, presses forward without taking a backward step, and represents an exhausting stylistic nightmare for an aging champion. If Canelo drops that fight or looks faded, the market for a Crawford rematch disappears instantly.