Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) weighed 153.4 lbs for his title problem of WBA Junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KOs) of their 12-round headliner on Saturday. Madrimov weighed in on the restrict at 154 kilos and appeared in excellent form. The occasion will probably be proven reside on DAZN PPV this Saturday, August third on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
Crawford, 36, is searching for his fourth division world title after a 12 months out of the ring, and he’s been put in because the betting favourite.
I don’t know the way the oddsmakers might have made Crawford the favourite as a result of Madrimov has an excellent probability of successful this struggle, which is extra 50-50. Crawford is simply too outdated to be seen as a favourite on this struggle.
There’s loads of curiosity within the Crawford-Madrimov struggle and the various fights on the Undercard, a few of that are arguably extra interesting to mainstream followers than the primary occasion.
Nobody is aware of how Crawford will fare towards Madrimov as a result of it’s a brand new division, going through a youthful fighter with extra energy, and he’s been largely inactive for the final 4 years. Crawford is a wonderful fighter, however he’s been resting on his laurels for ages and should pay a heavy value for that.
Cruz vs. Valenzuela: A Potential Present-Stealer
The group favourite WBA gentle welterweight champion Cruz (26-2-1, 18 KOs) weighed in at 140 lbs for his maiden protection towards Rayo Valenzuela (13-2, 9 KOs) of their twelve-round chief help bout on Saturday. Rayo weighed in at 139.8 lbs and appeared in excellent form.
Cruz hopes to win and steal the present from the primary occasion conflict between Crawford and Madromov. With Pitbull Cruz’s preventing entertaining fashion, he’s bought a good chance of grabbing the headlines from Crawford.
In different weights on the cardboard, former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. weighed in at a whopping 274.4 lbs for his struggle towards Jarrell Miller (26-1-1, 22 KOs). The not too long ago crushed Miller weighed in at 305.6 lbs for his or her ten-round struggle.
These two have been speculated to be a lot lighter than of their earlier fights, but it surely seems to be like they’ve been consuming too properly to trim down.
Ruiz’s weight is worrisome as a result of it’s near the 283 lbs he weighed in his loss to Anthony Joshua in December 2019. At that weight, Ruiz is simply too chunky to maneuver across the ring. In his earlier struggle two years in the past, he weighed 268 lbs for his struggle towards Luis Ortiz, and he didn’t look good.
Unbeaten heavyweight contender Jared Anderson (17-0, 15 KOs) weighed in at 252.4 kilos for his struggle towards Martin Bakole (20-1, 15 KOs). Followers see this struggle match as a toss-up. Bakole weighed in at 284.4, which is heavy for him.
Morrell vs. Kalajhdzic and Cruz vs. Moran: Undercard Sights
David Morrell (10-0, 9 KOs) got here in at 174.8 lbs for his twelve spherical contest at
Radivoje Kalajhdzic. The WBA World gentle heavyweight title will probably be on the road for the struggle. ‘Hod Rod’ Kalajhdzic (31-2, 21 KOs) weighed in at 174.4 lbs.
2020 Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz (3-0, 1 KO) got here in at 134 lbs, whereas his opponent Antonio Moran weighed in at 134.8 lbs for his or her light-weight bout.
