Coach Greg Hackett sees Terence Crawford breaking down IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev and knocking him out by the ninth spherical if the 2 struggle in a unification.
Hackett factors out that Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) isn’t Tim Tszyu, and it wouldn’t be the identical scenario for Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) because it was in opposition to him final Saturday evening in his third-round knockout win in Orlando, Florida.
Murtazaliev With Too Many Benefits
Crawford has extra expertise, however Murtazaliev has too many benefits for the getting older Omaha, Nebraska native to tackle this killer. That is what Crawford could be up in opposition to if he selected to face Murtazaliev:
– Measurement
– Youth
– Energy
– Attain
Crawford has been a part-time fighter for the final 4 years since 2020, and he couldn’t step into the ring with a devastating puncher like Murtazaliev with out one thing dangerous occurring to him. We noticed Crawford getting hit lots in his final struggle by Israil Madrimov, and he was lucky that he was going through a man who didn’t throw plenty of punches.
If Crawford fights Murtazaliev, he’d going to be getting hit much more by pictures equally as arduous as those that knocked out Tim Tszyu.
The 37-year-old Crawford has not talked about eager to struggle Murtazaliev, and he selected arguably much less harmful WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov in his current debut at 154 on August third. Some consider that Crawford strategically selected the 11-fight novice Madrimov reasonably than taking over the extra harmful risk, Murtazaliev.
“That may be an ideal struggle for Terence Crawford. He’s at that degree. Bakhram, everyone is talking about him now due to what he did to Tim Tszyu, however that’s what occurs in boxing while you take fights,” mentioned coach Greg Hackett to Fighthype when requested a few unification struggle between WBA 154-lb champion Terence Crawford and IBF champ Bakhram Murtazaliev.
“After all, we don’t know a lot about him, however from what I see, he has an up-and-down type. He’s obtained an ideal jab, proper hand and hook, and that’s all you want in boxing is the nice fundamentals,” Hackett continued about Murtazaliev. “Should you’ve obtained good fundamentals, you can also make issues occur. After all, Terence Crawford isn’t Tim Tszyu.”
Crawford’s Lack of Energy
Crawford doesn’t possess the punching energy that Tszyu delivered to the desk in his struggle in opposition to Bakhram Murtazaliev, and he’s not going to need to combine it up with the tall 6’0″ IBF champion after what he noticed what he did to Tim.
“Terence Crawford comes with much more parts than Tim Tszyu. So, I believe he would give Bakhram a world of bother simply behind his jab alone. He’d take a while to interrupt him down, stab him to the physique. He’d work him out till the ninth spherical after which get him out. Bakhram obtained caught with some pictures that he felt, however he stayed decided and stayed on the mission. I don’t assume Bakhram might beat Terence Crawford,” mentioned Hackett.
There’s little likelihood that Crawford would knock out Murtazaliev as a result of he would wish to get off his bike and stand within the pocket, and commerce pictures. He’s not going to try this. We noticed how Crawford fought the potshot fighter Madrimov, and that was mainly all jabs.
Crawford performed it secure, not taking any possibilities however nonetheless consuming numerous proper fingers all evening lengthy. His face was badly marked up on the finish of the struggle, and he seemed just like the loser of the competition, which was razor shut. Crawford barely received, profitable by the scores 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113. Murtazaliev is a mix puncher with devasting energy, and he wouldn’t throw occasional potshot proper fingers at Crawford the way in which that Madrimov did.
Crawford would seemingly by no means conform to struggle Murtazaliev after watching what he did to Tszyu. He’s nonetheless and hoping the Saudis will repair him up for a retirement payday struggle in opposition to Canelo Alvarez, which he doesn’t fee on condition that he’s by no means fought at 168 and even at 160. He’s not going to get within the ring with Murtazaliev and have him mess up his possibilities for a golden parachute ship off.
