Coach Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis believes that WBA junior middleweight champion Terence Crawford would cease IBF champ Bakhram Murtazaliev if the 2 met for a unification combat. Bozy feels that Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) has an excessive amount of technical potential for Murtzaliev (23-0, 17 KOs).
Bozy feels that Crawford’s potential to punch and transfer would lead him to victory over the highly effective Murtazaliev, who appeared devasting in his current victory over Tim Tszyu.
Many followers really feel that Crawford lacks the ability and youth to defeat Murtazaliev. The 37-year-old Crawford appeared outdated and weak in his current debut at 154 on August third. Crawford took a shellacking in opposition to Israil Madrimov, and appeared all of his age after which some.
If Madrimov was extra in style, he would have gotten the choice as a result of he hit Crawford with the higher pictures in each spherical of the combat. The judges scored the combat like an beginner affair somewhat than knowledgeable bout.
Father Time Knocking On Crawford’s Door
You can inform from watching his combat in opposition to Isrial Madrimov that Father Time is knocking on Crawford’s door. If he sticks round to tackle a younger killer like Murtazaliev, he may very well be sorry for it later.
It wouldn’t be a giant deal for Crawford to threat his neck in opposition to Murtazaliev if he wasn’t nonetheless hoping that the tooth fairy would ship the Canelo Alvarez combat to him.
Crawford is saving himself for that dream combat, and he’s not anticipated to take any dangerous fights in opposition to somebody like Murtazaliev and have him mess issues up.
“Terence is a method completely different fighter than Tim Tszyu. Extra strategic and extra technical. I feel Terence would cease him within the tenth or eleventh spherical. He must beat him up and work on him. The identical as he did in opposition to Postol,” mentioned coach Greg Hackett to YSM Sports activities Media when requested about his ideas on a combat between Terence Crawford and Bakhram Murtazaliev. “He must work on him.”
Hackett, utilizing Crawford’s win over Viktor Postol in July 2016 for why he’ll defeat Murtazaliev is a poor instance. Crawford was 28 when he fought Postol and was combating at 140 in opposition to a weaker fighter. He’s combating at 154 now, older, slower, and can be going through a a lot greater and stronger fighter than the slender Postol.
Hackett is correct about Crawford being completely different than former WBO junior middleweight champion Tszyu. He’s much less highly effective than Tszyu, older and fewer formidable. The pictures that Bakhram Murtazaliev dropped Tszyu with would have completed the identical to Crawford, and sure so much sooner as a result of he’s by no means been hit like that in his profession.
For Crawford to have any probability of beating Murtazaliev, he would wish to get within the trenches in opposition to him and take some large pictures within the 12 rounds for him to win a call. I don’t assume Crawford may deal with six rounds of getting hit by Murtazaliev with out doing down for the depend or needing to be pulled out by his long-time coach Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre.
Bozy Predicting Crawford Knockout
“I feel that may be a great combat for Terence, and I might put my cash on Terence,” mentioned coach Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis to YSM Sports activities Media, predicting a win for Terence Crawford over IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev in the event that they had been to combat.
“I feel Terence would deal with that man. I do know he’d beat him. Terence’s type. He can field, he can punch and he can transfer. Bear in mind, Tim Tszyu was proper in entrance of him, strolling proper to him. Terence isn’t going to be strolling like that.”
The Omaha, Nebraska native Crawford confirmed in his debut at 154 in opposition to Israil Madrimov on August third that he’s not the identical fighter on this weight class as he was previously. Every part is completely different now for Crawford, who’s a junior middleweight, in opposition to these younger killers. He doesn’t possess the ability in his punches on this weight class as he had within the different three divisions, and he’s gotten outdated.
Crawford appeared like a 40-year-old in opposition to Madrimov, consuming proper palms like they had been sweet. He didn’t get out of the way in which one proper hand in that combat and appeared like he’d been run over by a prepare on the finish of the combat. Crawford’s face was swollen and marked up.
“Terence goes to be transferring his head, utilizing his jab, utilizing completely different angles, and setting him up. Terence would have an opportunity to cease him. I’ll wager on it going the space. Terence would break him down. Terence is actual sensible,” mentioned Bozy.
Bozy is basing his views on Crawford for his wins over the fighters he beat a few years in the past at 147, 140, and 135. That was way back in opposition to weaker, smaller, and fewer proficient fighters than Murtazaliev. Furthermore, the 37-year-old Crawford isn’t a spring hen at this late stage of his 16-year profession. He’s additional harm his recreation by combating solely annually for the final 4 years since 2020, and that has so much to do with the cash he’s made.
Crawford was getting hit so much by proper palms in his combat in opposition to Israil Madrimov, and it didn’t matter that he was transferring his head. He was consuming proper palms all the combat, and was fairly lucky to get the choice. If Madrimov had been busier and possessed the identical highly effective left hook that Bakhram has in his arsenal, he’d have overwhelmed Crawford.
