It's fight week already and the WBA champion, Israil Madrimov is not backing down to the challenge of being the first to beat Terrence Crawford. Madrimov not just wanted to beat Crawford but he wants to win in style. Terrence Crawford of course is expecting another achievement on his already legendary career by becoming a 4 division world champion after fight night.
And if we look at the betting lines, the over and under is 10.5. And the odds are very appealing already as it is above 1.8x. It's just a matter on how we see Crawford winning this fight. Will he go early and try to force himself and look for the knockout right away? Or uses his technical abilities with his jabs and feints and set traps?
We all know how intelligent Crawford is, he wouldn't be this great if he don't know how to uses his abilities. And yeah, another belt for him and it will make him a 4x world champion, from lightweight to welterweight, including the undisputed championship at light welterweight and welterweight.
I'm sure he will be very patient and size up his opponents until he figures out the right time to knock them out. Terrence Crawford is one of the most patient boxers I've seen; he is not in a hurry and will give enough time to figure you out, but when he does, he will lay a perfect execution to beat his opponent.
Not only patience, but he shows that he can recover and then knock out his opponent. Against Kavaliauskas, early in the fight, I thought that he will lost his belt as he is being dominated. But he came back and then knock the hell out of Kavaliauskas in round 9th.
That's exactly what he did against Spence; he had matured to be a highly technical boxer, which is why I like him to face Canelo, so we'll know who is the best technician.
This early, I would like to congratulate Terrence. He will be a four-division champion and is still getting better.
Yeah, who wouldn't like him to face Canelo Alvarez, but there could be size difference though. I think Canelo will be too big for Crawford at 168 lbs. But let's see at 154 lbs or even at 160 lbs, I think Crawford can still bring his power to that weight. But it could be different for him at 168 lbs.