Turki Al-Shiekh revealed the fights he desires to see occurring within the sport. One of many high ones by way of world attraction is Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford at Tremendous Middleweight.
It’s going to be a tough battle for Turki to place collectively in 2025 as a result of the unified three-belt 168-lb champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) has proven little interest in giving Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) the chance to battle him. It’s comprehensible, although.
Turki’s Wishlist
- Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford
- Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury
- Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney 2
- Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois 2
- Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn
Of those fights, a Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney rematch can be interesting to lots of followers worldwide. It could be the most important battle in boxing that may be made. British promoter Eddie Hearn insists that Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury is the most important one within the sport. It’s not. There’s no attraction to that old-timer’s battle. That battle is now not fascinating, and it was by no means an awesome one to start with as a result of lack of strong wins for the 2 British fighters throughout their careers.
Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) desires to point out the followers that his victory over former two-division world champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) from final yr wasn’t attributable to him utilizing Ostarine. That’s the image that Devin and his father, Invoice Haney, painted to elucidate their defeat final yr.
The Brits need to see Joshua vs. Fury and Eubank Jr. vs. Benn, however Individuals have zero curiosity in these fights. Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are seen as washed-up previous heavyweights who by no means beat nice opposition.
They’re simply pampered, manufactured fighters—by no means the true factor. U.S. followers don’t care about them, they usually undoubtedly don’t have any curiosity in a domestic-level battle between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn. These two aren’t world-class and by no means had been.
Canelo vs. Crawford?
Canelo has nothing to realize from preventing a smaller, older fighter who fights two weight lessons beneath him. Crawford would wish to realize 14 lbs to make his first look at 168. This battle is only a car for Crawford to get retirement cash. Terence regarded previous and woefully unhealthy in his debut at 154 towards Israel Madrimov final August.
The efficiency confirmed that Terence isn’t lower out of the junior middleweight division and would lose finally if he took the chance of preventing the facility punchers Bakhram Murtazaliev, Serhii Bohachuk, and Vergil Ortiz Jr. These guys would knock some chips off Crawford, possible all beating him, and ruing his ineffective Canelo retirement dream.
The Mexican star would maybe be extra open to giving the Nebraska native Bud Crawford a title shot if he had been brave sufficient to maneuver as much as tremendous middleweight and defeat two or three high fighters. Crawford doesn’t plan on doing that for apparent causes. He simply desires the Canelo battle given to him, and you’ll’t respect that.
Turki could make the Canelo-Crawford battle occur this yr if he provides Alvarez a ton of cash that he hasn’t seen throughout his lengthy profession. The Mexican star’s internet price is estimated at a quarter billion. So, for Al-Shiekh to get that battle made, he might have to supply Canelo over $100 million.
It’s a must to assume that Crawford would need to moist his beak on at the very least half of that if no more. Financially, it doesn’t make sense. Crawford isn’t a draw, and the battle received’t come near breaking even.
“I need to see Eubank-Benn. Additionally, after all, Tyson and Joshua. [Moses] Itauma deserves to be the youngest heavyweight champion,” mentioned Turki Al-Shiekh on Froch on Combating YouTube channel about fights he desires to see in 2025.
“He nonetheless has one yr to succeed in this quantity [correction: Moses Itauma has until May 19, 2025, to break Mike Tyson’s record of becoming the youngest heavyweight champion],” Turki continued.
“Within the American market, I need to see Canelo-Crawford. I need to see Garcia-Haney, the rematch.”
