IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev’s coach, Roma Kalataryan, says Bakhram needs a unification combat subsequent towards both the Errol Spence vs. Sebastian Fundora winner or Terence Crawford. The primary selection for Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) could be to combat the Spence-Fundora profitable.
Roma says that Murtazaliev goes to attend till subsequent 12 months to see if he can get a unification combat. If he fails to get one, he’ll transfer as much as 160 and problem WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara for his title.
Crawford isn’t anticipated to comply with combat Murtazaliev as a result of it wouldn’t be a big-paying match as a result of he’s not a family title. The one factor that may persuade Crawford to vary his thoughts is that if His Excellency Turki Alalshikh supplied him some huge cash to face Murtazaliev. We haven’t heard something but about Turki doing that.
If Spence defeats Fundora, he in all probability gained’t comply with combat Murtazaliev both as a result of he needs a rematch with Crawford. Spence will look in a distinct path quite than take a harmful combat towards Murtazaliev and might knocked out.
Fundora could be Murtazaliev’s finest wager, however even he may not need to as a result of there are greater fights obtainable for him.
“He’s planning on unifying the titles. He doesn’t care about straightforward fights. He doesn’t need a no person,” stated coach Roma Kalantaryan to the In opposition to The Ropes YouTube channel about what his fighter Bakhram Murtazaliev needs subsequent. “He stated, ‘I’m unifying the titles. If I’ve to attend till subsequent summer time or the top of the 12 months, I’ll wait as a result of I simply need to unify the titles.’
“We already completed the job so far as the obligatory goes as a result of they [IBF] made it the obligatory, and we did it. So unifying the titles will probably be both the winner of Spence-Fundora and the second choice is Terence Crawford,” stated Roma about Murtazaliev wanting a kind of fighters subsequent.
“They’re all good fighters. None of them are a simple combat. None of them are a joke. That’s what he needs. In the event that they don’t need that, ‘I’ll simply go up. Give me Lara or one of many different champions.’ That’s what he needs,” stated Roma.
Nothing goes to vary for Murtazaliev if he strikes as much as 160. He’ll be averted at middleweight, and the one means he’ll get the fights he needs is to maintain impressing by scoring knockouts. Once more, Turki Alalashikh may change all that if he exhibits curiosity in his profession. Signing with one of many massive title promoters would additionally assist.
“You’ve received to grasp this man. They made him wait for nearly 5 years. He was the obligatory for the IBF, WBA, and all of them. [Jermell] Charlo had all these belts. They threatened him with sanctions as a result of he’s from Russia. The struggle began. They informed him that it’s a unification combat, so you must step apart and wait. These are the principles.,” stated Roma about former undisputed 154-lb champion Jermell Charlo placing Murtazaliev on maintain.
It’s good that Murtazaliev lastly received his alternative to combat for the IBF belt and win it. It’s too unhealthy that he’s now more likely to be averted by the opposite champions as a consequence of him being a excessive danger, low reward fighter. It’ll be the identical scenario for Murtazaliev at 160, too, however the distinction is, there are not any widespread champions in that weight class.
“They’ve been holding it up for all these years. So, he lastly will get his likelihood. He’s a champion. He’s like, ‘I don’t need to waste no time. I’m 31-years-old. I need to get this massive combat,’” stated Roma about Murtazaliev.
It will be a good suggestion for Murtazaliev to determine rapidly to maneuver as much as 160 if it appears like there are not any alternatives for any of the fighters on his hitlist to face him. He can transfer up and problem Lara one of many different champions.
