Terence “Bud” Crawford 146.4 vs. Kell Brook 147
(WBO welterweight title)
Joshua Franco 114.5 vs. Andrew Moloney 114.7
(WBA super flyweight title)
Joshua Greer Jr. 118.9 vs. Edwin Rodriguez 118.9
Tyler Howard 161.2 vs. KeAndrae Leatherwood 161.9
Duke Ragan 126 vs. Sebastian Gutierrez 126.3
Vegas Larfield 119 vs. Juan Alberto Flores 117.3
Raymond Muratalla 137.3 vs. Luis Porozo 135.2
Venue: The Bubble, MGM Grand, Las Vegas
Promoter: Top Rank
TV: ESPN, ESPN+
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Brook made 147. I am deeply curious about Brook’s fight night weight, but I doubt if they disclose the fight night weights. Crawford better not get careless during the early rounds.
Agree surprised he came in proves hey can make the weight
Against Spence he weighed 11st 10 in the ring or 164lbs and Spence was 161. Big welters. TC will probably be in the region of 155.
Crawford within 10
Brook making weight is the first hurdle. I wasn’t confident he could do it after being at 154 lbs for a while. We have got ourselves a fight now. We now get to see what Kell has left. I would not be surprised to see an upset tomorrow.
I wonder what rehydration clause/max Fight day weight for Brook is in the contract ? If Brook gasses by 4-5th then you’d say there are some restrictions in place.
No weight restrictions in place after the weight in.
If Crawford is impressive in victory I will give him his due credit. But this guy went from underrated to overrated almost overnight. He has exactly 0 wins over a top notch fighter and he’s 34 years old! Jose benavides has one leg and made it to the 12th round and won some rounds. The last guy rocked him bad, and Jeff Horn can’t fight. If Brook is 85% of who he was when he beat Porter we will find out if Crawford is fools gold at welterweight or not. But with 10-1 odds on Brook he’s definitely worth a shot. He looks like he’s coming to fight.
TC can’t help it if all the PBC boys are too scared to mention his name. They don’t want to know.
PBC fighters definitely aren’t afraid it’s all politics and Crawford knows this, he chose to re sign with Top Rank knowing the situation and knowing they didn’t have any ranked welterweights. Different promotions not doing business is the norm unless you can get a huge ppv payout.
With his “limitations” that you’ve mentioned, he’s still 2 steps ahead of the other welterweights. One of the pbc kids should have gotten rid of him already of this was the case. But, I know it’s politics as usual.
If he does beat Brook easily and then beats let’s say Spence then he deserves all the accolades. He’s the one that signed with Top Rank, if he signed with pbc he would have gotten those fights. None of these guys at this level are “scared” of anyone. It’s 100% promotional and he signed with the wrong promoter ala Andy Ruiz. Ruiz got out of the contract and the rest was history, for a couple months at least lol.
Real odds better than 10-1. Save your money here.
Crawford takes him to school! Brook although will make this a fight! Who knows but this is going to be fun!
Easy work for crawford. 5 rounds of resistance from Brook before he gets broken down systematically. Hopefully, the winner of Garcia and Spence next. Hopefully.
Both in very good shape. The one thing nearly everybody is saying is can Brook still hang in there the second half of the fight.
Rooting for Brook, as Crawford’s arrogance kind of turns me off, yes he’s a very good fighter, but don’t buy him being P4P #1, considering he’s never fought, PacMan, Porter, Spence, Garcia, Thurman or any other top10 Boxrec rated welter.
If Brook can replicate the form he showed against Porter this could be interesting, Buds last opponent, Kavaliauskas, showed us he’s not invincible, maybe at 33 he’s on the decline.
To be honest I think Bud will win, mainly as Brook as been relatively inactive and hasn’t look good since the Spence fight, but I really hope I’m wrong.
Should be a good fight regardless of who wins.