Los Angeles , USA: Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov Last Press Convention forward of their WBA World Interim WBO World Tremendous Welterweight Title combat on saturday evening.
1 August 2024
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LOS ANGELES — Terence Crawford is in search of extra glory. Perhaps Saturday’s showdown with Israil Madrimov is the precursor for Bud’s aimed future conflict with Canelo Alvarez.
For now, three-division titleholder and two-division undisputed champ (140 and 147) is a title in a fourth weight class, when he faces WBA 154-pound titlist Madrimov at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
The combat, plus undercard bouts, will likely be broadcast on ESPN+ PPV, 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT. And DAZN at 4:30 p.m. ET/ 1:30 p.m. PT.
Rated No. 3 in The Ring’s pound-for-pound rankings, the 36-year-old Crawford (40-0, 31 knockouts) is a heavy favourite over the 29-year-old Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KOs), The Ring’s No. 3 junior middleweight.
On the official weigh-in on Friday morning, Madrimov got here in at 154 on the nostril, and Crawford got here in at 153.4 kilos.
What’s intriguing is how stacked this combat card is.
The co-feature marks the return of former unified heavyweight titlist Andy Ruiz Jr. (35-2, 22 KOs), who’s coming off a 23-month layoff to face one other large man in search of redemption in Jarrell “Massive Child” Miller (26-1-1, 22 KOs).
Miller got here in at 305.6 kilos, which was 27.4 kilos lower than the 333 kilos he weighed in towards Daniel Dubois when Brooklynite suffered his first defeat final December. The 305 kilos is the lightest Miller has weighed in six years. Ruiz weighed in at 274.4 kilos, the very best weight he has been since his rematch loss to Anthony Joshua again in December 2019.
Earlier than Ruiz-Miller, two extra heavyweights battle when Jared Anderson (17-0, 15 KOs), The Ring’s No. 7 contender, faces the most effective opponent thus far in his profession towards Martin Bakole (20-1, 15 KOs), the No. 10 contender. Anderson got here in at a career-high 252.4 kilos, whereas Bakole additionally got here in at a career-high 284.4 kilos.
WBA junior welterweight titlist Isaac Cruz (26-2-1, 18 KOs), making his first title protection, got here in proper on the nostril at 140. He will likely be combating Jose Valenzuela (13-2, 9 KOs), who weighed 139.8 kilos.
Cuban expatriate David Morrell (10-0, 9 KOs), The Ring’s No. 2-rated tremendous middleweight, got here in at 174.8 kilos and can attempt to proceed his seven-fight stoppage streak towards former title challenger Radivoje Kalajdzic (29-2, 21 KOs), who got here in at 174.4 kilos.
Andy Cruz (3-0, 1 KO) has a drive to turn into a world light-weight titlist in 2025. The Cuban Olympic gold medalist faces veteran Antonio Moran (30-6-1, 21 KOs) in a 10-rounder.
Listed below are the weights:
WBA Junior Middleweight Title – 12 Rounds
Israil Madrimov, 154 kilos vs. Terence Crawford, 153.4 kilos
Heavyweights – 10 Rounds
Andy Ruiz Jr., 274.4 kilos vs. Jarrell “Massive Child” Miller, 305.6 kilos
Heavyweights – 10 Rounds
Jared Anderson, 252.4 kilos vs. Martin Bakole, 284.4 kilos.
WBA Junior Welterweight Title – 12 Rounds
Isaac Cruz, 140 kilos vs. Jose Valenzuela, 139.8 kilos
Gentle Heavyweights – 12 Rounds
David Morrell, 174.8 kilos vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic, 174.4 kilos
Lightweights – 10 Rounds
Andy Cruz, 134 kilos vs. Antonio Moran, 134.8 kilos.
Joseph Santoliquito is an award-winning sportswriter who has been working for Ring Journal/RingTV.com since October 1997 and is the president of the Boxing Writers Affiliation of America.
