Terence Crawford posted a short message on social media as we speak, saying he’ll “Present the world” how nice he’s in 2025.
The combat that Crawford desires in opposition to unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez remains to be not trying promising. His Excellency Turki Alalshikh revealed this week that Crawford, 37, is out with an damage and gained’t be free to combat till “after Could.” Turki says he desires to begin negotiating with Canelo to make a combat for 2025.
Canelo could have already fought in Could 2025 when Crawford returns from his damage, which implies his solely probability of combating him is in September. Ideally, Terence ought to combat one of many champions at 154 or 160 to indicate that he’s not simply on the lookout for a money out in opposition to Alvarez.
Is “Bud” Lacking Out?
Crawford probably has taken be aware of the publicity his final opponent, Israil Madrimov, has acquired this week. He’s scheduled for 2 Riyadh Season occasions inside 63 days of one another, with Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) feeling unnoticed. It’s bought to be annoying for Crawford to see the star therapy Madrimov is receiving from Turki and the followers.
Poor Crawford is lacking out on the motion and seeing ‘Little GGG’ take the limelight. He might wind up because the star of the December 21 and February twenty second occasions.
Madrimov is being handled just like the winner of his combat with Crawford, being scheduled to face Serhii Bohachuk on December twenty first on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2 in Riyadh, after which in opposition to WBC interim 154-lb champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. on the Mammoth February twenty second occasion.
If Crawford wasn’t on his ordinary once-a-year schedule, he might be getting in on the motion on one or each of those Riyadh Season playing cards in December and/or February.
In fact, if he did that, he can be anticipated to combat somebody proficient, like IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev or IBF and WBO 160-lb champion Janibek Alimkhanuly. Sebastian Fundora is reportedly in negotiations with Errol Spence, so he wouldn’t be an possibility for Crawford.
Bud’s 2025 Vow
Crawford’s coach, Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre, mentioned that they’re going to make use of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. blueprint in opposition to Canelo. He says Crawford can be shifting on him, attempting to not get hit.
That doesn’t sound interesting from a fan perspective as a result of they might buy the occasion on PPV, believing it might be an entertaining combat. What they might get is a repeat of how Mayweather fought him ten years in the past, on September 14, 2013, and that was a uninteresting combat.
“Get them legs in form as a result of he’s going to have to make use of some side-to-side motion in opposition to Canelo,” mentioned Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre, letting the media know that his fighter, Crawford, can be working in opposition to Canelo in the event that they get that combat.
2025 I’ll present the world as soon as once more how nice I’m 😈
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) December 5, 2024
