His Excellency Turki Alalshikh says he thinks Terence Crawford has his thoughts made up about solely eager to combat Canelo Alvarez subsequent.
Turki Alalshikh Doubts Crawford’s Curiosity in Vergil Combat
Turki doesn’t consider Crawford, 36, will conform to a proposal to combat Vergil Ortiz Jr., who not too long ago captured the WBC interim 154-lb title with a 12-round majority choice win over Serhii Bohachuk.
“I don’t suppose Crawford will combat anybody besides Canelo,” mentioned Turki to Charlie Parson on the Stomping Grounds.
It feels like Crawford might be sitting and ready on the Canelo golden parachute payday for a very long time. If Crawford sits out of the ring for too lengthy, his worth might drop as a result of he’s not fashionable as it’s with informal boxing followers within the U.S. He by no means has.
Except Turki can provide you with a proposal that the famous person Canelo is keen to conform to, it feels like Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) goes to be out of luck and might want to combat Vergil or one of many different 154-pounders subsequent.
Canelo reportedly desires $150 million to combat Crawford, which is perhaps greater than Turki is willingness to pay. If the reviews are correct, Crawford’s current combat in opposition to Israil Madrimov on August third solely introduced in 200,000 PPV buys, which means that he’s nonetheless not a draw.
These numbers present that Crawford continues to be a tough promote with informal boxing followers within the U.S., and that’s shocking as a result of he’s not a family identify.
As followers noticed in Crawford’s combat in opposition to Madrimov, he’s a pure boxer with out an thrilling type that pulls curiosity. That’s been certainly one of Crawford’s main issues throughout his 16-year profession.
The one time Crawford deviated from that type was when he fought Errol Spence, however he was dealing with a depleted fighter, making it straightforward pickings for him.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. is the logical possibility for Crawford if Turki can’t get the combat in opposition to Canelo, which doesn’t look seemingly. Crawford would have a troublesome time with the hungry 26-year-old Ortiz (22-0, 21 KOs), who possesses quite a lot of energy, throws quite a lot of punches, and is keen to stroll via exhausting photographs to land his personal.
Vergil could be a grueling combat for the soon-to-be 37-year-old Crawford, and he would possibly lose. He’s not been broken from automobile crashes, and he received’t be weight-drained like Spence was after shedding 40+ lbs of fats in camp.
The Nebraska native Crawford feels like he’s spoiled from getting his manner within the final two fights and feels he could make calls for to get his manner. Actuality will hit Crawford within the face as a result of Canelo is financially out of attain for him, and he doesn’t seem to need the combat.
