WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, says he doesn’t anticipate to Terence Crawford to point out curiosity in taking the WBO-ordered combat towards Fundora till after he exhausts his efforts of touchdown the cash combat towards Canelo Alvarez.
The Mexican star Canelo didn’t rule out a combat with Crawford occurring, however he would should be well-paid to take action as a result of it’s a match he needs. Canelo good points nothing legacy-wise from preventing him.
Lewkowcicz instructed Boxingscene that he thinks Crawford will wait till Canelo defends his unified tremendous middleweight titles towards Edgar Berlanga on September 14th earlier than deciding whether or not to look in Fundora’s path. He believes that Crawford simply needs the cash, not the legacy, and he’ll attempt to get the Canelo combat.
Fundora’s Confidence Towards an Getting old Crawford
If the combat towards Canelo doesn’t occur, then a match towards WBC and WBO 154-lb champion Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) might occur. Lewkowicz is assured that the 6’6″ Fundora will beat the 37-year-old Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), with how he regarded in his debut at 154 towards WBA champion Israil Madrimov on August third. He notes that Crawford barely gained the combat.
Fundora is a way more tough opponent than Madrimov, particularly on offense, and Crawford will get hit greater than he ever has in his profession. He won’t maintain up lengthy beneath the punishment.
It’s unclear if the Saudis can be fascinated with financing Crawford’s combat towards Fundora, as his match towards Madrimov failed to usher in good numbers on PPV.
Crawford’s not well-liked sufficient to pour cash into him preventing Fundora or anybody. He doesn’t have the attain with informal boxing followers until he’s preventing a preferred fighter that may convey within the followers like we noticed when Terence hitched a trip a couple of years in the past when he fought the star, Errol Spence.
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