Terence Crawford used the highlight to name out famous person Canelo Alvarez final evening following his win over beforehand unbeaten WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. ‘Bud’ Crawford says he’ll struggle WBA/WBC/WBO tremendous middleweight champion Canelo subsequent if “the cash is true.”
Crawford’s remark concerning the cash needing to be proper means that he’s not feeling assured about preventing Canelo as a result of, clearly, the cash can be proper.
A Rematch to Show Price?
It might be a sign that Crawford, 36, acknowledges that he didn’t carry out effectively towards Madrimov and must look extra spectacular towards another person to strengthen his negotiating place for a mega-fight towards Canelo as a result of that was not the best efficiency for him to enter talks with the Mexican star.
Crawford ought to rematch Madrimov and present followers that he can beat him decisively, however I don’t suppose he can.
If something, Madrimov will likely be higher within the rematch, and the judges will give him the victory, particularly after the backlash from Crawford’s questionable choice final Saturday evening.
The Have to Improve Bargaining Energy
What Crawford wants is a knockout win over certainly one of these fighters to provide him a greater bargaining place for favorable phrases towards Canelo:
– Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis
– Sebastian Fundora
– Serhii Bohachuk
– Tim Tszyu
– Vergil Ortiz
His Excellency Turki Alalshikh desires the Canelo vs. Crawford struggle subsequent and can reportedly provide Alvarez a struggle if he’s victorious in his title protection subsequent month towards Edgar Berlanga on September 14th.
It’s questionable whether or not Crawford could make the burden leap to 168 with out being affected by including kilos and going through a tougher puncher with a extra aggressive type than he confronted final Saturday evening towards Madrimov.
Within the struggle final evening, Crawford appeared slower than he’d been at 147, and he took a whole lot of proper palms from Madrimov. These punches thrown by a man like Canelo can be disastrous for Crawford.
Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) stored his unbeaten document intact, capturing a fourth division world title with a closer-than-expected twelve-round unanimous choice over Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs), profitable by the scores 116-112, 115-113, and 115-113.
Chris Mannix: “Is Canelo Alvarez the struggle you need subsequent?”
Terence Crawford: “If the cash is true, we obtained a struggle, however on the identical time, he’s obtained a struggle that he’s targeted on. I’m going to calm down, take pleasure in this win, and revel in all of the accomplishments that I made within the sport of boxing.”
“That’s a query for Terence. For me, 168 is a large leap, and also you’re speaking about somebody of the dimensions of Canelo Alvarez,” mentioned promoter Eddie Hearn to the media on the post-fight press convention final evening when requested about whether or not Terence Crawford can transfer as much as tremendous middleweight and beat champion Canelo Alvarez.
