Boxing superstar Terence “Bud” Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) is gunning to become a three-weight world champion as he moves up to 154lbs against Israil Madrimov for the WBA and WBO interim super welterweight titles at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles this Saturday on a $79.99 PPV telecast.
“Realistically the next step was to do a rematch with Spence,” Crawford told Matchroom. “For whatever reason it didn’t happen, so I had to move on with my career. The ultimate goal was to try to get the Canelo fight. That didn’t happen, so we went to the next best thing.
“154 was wide open. I was looking to fight Charlo, he left, so I‘ve got a fight with whoever I could get for a world title. Israil Madrimov is a tremendous fighter. He’s 10-0, already a world champion. He’s a tough dangerous fighter. I think it’s going to be an exciting fight.
“I think he’s very strong. I think he’s ‘herky-jerky’. I think he’s illusive, he can box, he can brawl, he can move, he can take a punch and that make for a great fight. I know he’s going to train hard. I know his coaches will train him to be the best that he can be and come fight night he’s going to try to do any and everything to dethrone me from my top spot, even though he’s the champion.
“He wants what I’ve got and that’s the recognition, the accolades, the pound for pound spot. He wants to be on top of the world like myself. He’s going to be filled with so much energy to prove to the world that he belongs in the ring with the top fighters. I consider Israil the best 154lbs fighter in the division right now. So why not go for the top guy in the division, right off the bat?
“As for myself, I’ve been here before. This is nothing new. I know how to handle things like this. I know how to go about fighting these type of guys that have a lot to prove. Come fight night I will show the world once and for all, once again, why I’m the best fighter on the planet.”
Now comes the crash and burn this fight he finds out what it means to be a looser it was fun bud crawfish while it lasted but your gonna taste the dirty ring floor
Edit: “Looser” = “loser”
I will never bet against Crawford even against chicken little canelo. Crawford by KO.
Hahaha I’m your dreams!!! Canelo Destroys Crawford with ease!!! Mexican Powers
“Hahaha I’m your dreams”
– Edit “I’m” to “In”.
He destroyed nobody in 4 straight fights. 4 fights 48 rounds
He ain’t destroyed nobody in 4 straight fights. 4 fights 48 rounds
typical negro. arrogant and full of himself.
“typical negro. arrogant and full of himself.”
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Gary, that guy wins it just about everyday.
1 Inoue
2 usyk
3 Crawford
Imadrinov by Dec over Crawford
Canelo ko Crawford in 4
Vergil Dec over Crawford
Canelo vs Crawford is insane
Is just like tank Davis vs Caleb plant
He’s already a three weight champ. Man, I wish he was fighting Charlo for the undisputed. It would be amazing to be undisputed in three weight classes.
He won’t
Imadrinov will beat Crawford
How much u trying to BET????
Madrimov isn’t experience enough to beat Crawford. Crawford’s experience and ring IQ alone is too much for Madrimov. Not to mention his speed and power.
Not in boxing he won’t maybe leaving the ring
My goodness the boxing GODS cheated us out of Charlo-Crawford for UNDISPUTED!! Especially coming off of the Spence fight. DAMN!!!!!
There is a big difffernt of being unified champion by beating every champion of the division vs fighting one that holds all the belts.
Crawford is definitely an exceptional fighter. He probably won’t lose to anyone at 154. The only guy that would have a chance would be sebastian fundora (if he fought like a tall man on the night of their fight. Jab, jab, hold etc.) His height and reach would be difficult to overcome if used correctly. As for a match up with Canelo, it won’t ever happen. Canelo would never accept that fight. He would be in a lose – lose situation. Crawford could definitely outbox him, similiar to the way Mayweather did.
PPV prices for this event based on the Country where you live:
Australia: 34.99 AUD (23 USD)
Belarus: 21.99 USD
Brazil: 109.90 BRL (20 USD)
Canada: 79.99 CAD (58 USD)
Germany: 19.99 EUR
United Kingdom: 24.99 GBP (32 USD)
United States of America: 79.99 USD
United States Minor Outlying Islands: 21.99 USD
Finland: 19.99 EUR (22 USD)
France: 19.99 EUR (22 USD)
Honduras: 21.99 USD
Italy: 19.99 EUR (22 USD)
Japan: 3,000 JPY (20 USD)
Macau: 21.99 USD
Mexico: 399 MXN (22 USD)
Spain: 19.99 EUR (22 USD)
Uzbekistan: 21.99 USD
Venezuela: 21.99 USD
– Bottom line: PPV buyers in the USA and Canada are supporting this event, paying 4 times as much as other countries.
Kinda sounds like what going on around the world normally, Gary.
KK:
– On another boxing site, a poster from Ireland told me that he has never seen a PPV price greater than $30.
– Reason is it is in the wee early hours of the morning, and not prime time, when these cards are televised.
– I didn’t even think of that, but it makes some sense.
– Take care.
– Gary G.
Didn’t think of that, but makes sense. Could you imagine a twenty dollar PPV in America? On a card that is like this one???? It would break records. Good day.
I remember it was June 1980 and my dad paid $10 for the first Leonard vs Duran fight which was an “ON TV” subscription.
How times have changed….
Madrimov can fight. It’ll be interesting to see Crawford at the new weight. Madrimov is the underdog but I’m betting he gives Crawford trouble for the first half of the fight. Crawford by close unanimous decision.
Agreed, but Crawford tends to figure them out and then seeks and destroys.
Yea but imadrinov has the power and the size
KO in the 7th
I believe he is, but why is he doing to Ennis what Canelo did to Benavidez?
Dennis really ain’t fought nobody and want a shot at Crawford…..Crawford chasing the Undisputed Titles
exactly but his resume is still littered with has beens and wanna bees plus a weight drained champion who was waiting to be exposed so really which fighter has really cemented his legacy hes kind of like Cleressa Shields got a resume of undisputed but against who nothing but nobodys
Ennis won’t win either way
How do you figure that? Ennis and Bud are in two separate weight classes and on two different paths. Ennis wants to unify 147 and Bud is fighting at 154. Canelo had Benavidez at 168 for a couple of years and didn’t fight him when he was the #1 contender. Apples to oranges my friend.
Crawford better not overlook Madrimov or else strange things may occur to surprise the boxing world.
Madrimov is a solid fighter. We will see how Crawford physically fills out at 154.
I don’t think Crawford is the best boxer of the world
He just lasted 3 months as a top 1 when Inoue beat Fulton and usyk beat fury it brought down Crawford to top 3
Saying “I’m the best on the planet” or “unbeatable” is a good way to put a curse on yourself. Subriel Matias said the same thing just before he was upset recently.
Yeah but Subriel Matias is not Crawford. To be honest, not to put anyone down because that isn’t my thing, but I never heard of Subriel Matias, so that tells me he’s not a major player in the boxing world, and not being a major player in the boxing world, and to say that, and get defeated doesn’t have the impact like it would with a Crawford, or Spence, Canelo, Benavidez, etc. Mike Tyson proclaimed that for many years at his peak and no one could beat him. Mike Tyson’s down fall was Robin Givens and her mother, not his opponents. He was never the same after the relationship effect after they ripped him inside and out.
no!!! Crawford is been saying his the number one pound for pound of the world for a long time. He doesn’t want to accept that in inoue and usyk are better boxers.
Will he be saying this in 4 days? I think Crawford wins but Madrimov is a live underdog.
Crawford will be aiming to become a four division champion, not three. 135, 140, 147, now 154.
– Sweetness is correct.
– Crawford held the WBO Lightweight Belt for a little while……
Crawford won’t beat imadrinov
He might become 154 world champion with somebody else but won’t be undisputed 154 lbs
Who has Crawford ever beat? Name one great, 1st rate boxer Crawford has defeated? He’s 37 years old…we’ll see how much his “I’m the best boxer on the planet ” plays out this Saturday!
He beat and stopped Errol Spence, Kell Brook, and Shawn Porter to name a few. Who else should he have fought? SRL, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns? It was always difficult for him to secure certain fights coming up due to promotional and marketability issues in terms of high risk, little reward.
He has no good opposition but he is a good boxer
If he beats imadrinov he will finally convinced me
Because he has struggled a lot in his fights
he does not win with a big dominion like Inoue who don’t even sweat when he fights
The tickets selling for this fight are very slow
The same line is always said about Crawford. Who has he beat? I don’t care, who anymore. You could question his victory over porter. He beat Spencer straight up with ease. Every fight he has shown he is steps above. Hell, I used to question it, but you cannot get over his ability to adjust and finish his opponent.
Naaaaa Spencer is not the same after accident
Porter was in his last part of his career
Kell brook was canon meet for everybody
Well, rep, if I was standing in front of you, I would say then put your money where your mouth is. Crawford by KO.
I would put my money with you but I’m gonna put my money in the casino. They gonna pay me 1100 for Madrinov by decision and 1800 for a draw. I’m gonna pick those two.
True. I wish you luck my friend. How about gentleman’s bet? Whoever wins gets to talk shite for a whole day and the loser cannot post anything back? Bet? Let me know.
Let’s do it
I pick madrinov
It’s on then. My pick is Crawford. May the best man win!
Trap my pick is Imadrinov
MY BEST WISHES TO ALL BOXER IN THIS CARD
Crawford is going to the next level ️…No doubt!
Repdom, your Confirmation Bias is quite prevalent. Inoue went life or death with a 38 year old Nonito Donaire, and has been dropped and hurt on multiple occasions, he is human. Monster is a pound for pound top 5 fighter and the best at or around his weight class, but don’t act like Crawford hasn’t accomplished anything. Not sure he can beat Canelo, but being a two division undisputed champ is unprecedented.
Pain and the spirit champion into divisions he’s impress because early boxes. He didn’t have the opportunity but Canelo in Norway, who Linko said that I can do that. It was just matter of the open opportunity for everybody.
Naaaa Crawford has struggled a lot he has not the dominion that Inoue has applied to his opponents
Inoue has been champion in 4 weigh divisions and he fights more often than Crawford
So Inoue and usyk are better ranked than Crawford
If bud wants to be in the same level he has to beat clearly to imadrinov
Inoue got badly beaten up by an old weight-drained phillipino fighter who was actually brutally knocked in his prime by Axeman. People who question Crawford`s resume`are the same haters who were saying that Postol would have been too good for him (especially after Postol beat up that hard punching Argentinian) After Bud Dominated , there were more excuses. Spence beat up all the top welters around, he was then dominated by Bud, more excuses. IF Bud beat up this Eastern block pro, then go on to beat Canelo, there will be excuses.
if you like to dream is up to you for one bit mad enough, I think will never ever beat Canelo. I see you don’t know anything about boxing
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Over rated and over hyped. Canelo will crush this guy. I wouldn’t mind Madrimov doing it first frankly, but regardless, I still say his resume is largely nobodies or has beens.
For Crawford being undisputed champion doesn’t mean anything as long as he doesn’t beat ennis or Virgil Ortiz he’s nobody unless he beat madrinov , but I doubt it
Over rated and over hyped. Canelo will crush this guy. I wouldn’t mind Madrimov doing it first frankly, but regardless, I still say his resume is largely nobodies or has beens.
I actually say Crawford is low balled and under hyped given the magnitude of his accomplishments. Is he better than inoue or usyk? Maybe, maybe not. We will never know. Pound for pound is very hard to judge most of the time. Too many variables. Does Crawford make a case, hell yeah. So does usyk, and so does inoue. For whatever reason, Crawford does not garner as much attention which is perplexing. He lives a clean lifestyle, he is confident not arrogant. He has crowd pleasing style. He seems to have respect for everybody. He talks shite usually only when someone talks shite to him. Maybe he is just that, too nice.
Crawford conveniently gets criticized for his choice of opponent by some, but they fail to realize, other boxers are terrified of him. He’s the one guy that wants all the smoke because he’s looking for those big paydays. Charlo knew Crawford was coming and found a way to get out of the fight. Spence was scared of a rematch. I’m a Canelo fan but he came up with a bogus excuse for not wanting to fight Crawford because he wouldn’t get credit if he beat a smaller fighter, YET he fought a smaller Charlo. Boots is talking loud because they’re in different weight classes and BUD has no interest in beating a guy who has done nothing and offers nothing. If he can’t get the best guys to fight him, why not continue to get undisputed?
The best fighter yet can’t sell tickets in the Madrimov fight with a stellar undercard. No one wants to see that fight. Crawford not taking big fights. The man has a shit resume. There are plenty of bigger better fights he could partake, but he’s not taking them. If he jumps up what 3 divisions to fight Canelo he will lose just like Charlo did jumping up from 2. No real boxing fan wants to see that shit either, but they will tune in and tickets will sell because of Canelo.
The few tickets sold were thanks to Cruz/valenzuela fight
not!! you are the best fighter against the level of your opponents. your fights are boring and your fighting c level fighters. Truth is, you are just another Nigga they pumped up and even then no one will buy your fights. You are are not Canelo, Muhmmad Ali was the biggest mouth and pretender , he was a self proclaimed “Greatest”, the ” Brown Bomber ” was and is the example of the “GREATEST” in heavyweight boxing.!!!!
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… NO!! especially after last night’s performance to a B type fighter. The red headed guy will steamroll you. STFU BRO!!!!!