By Jeff Zimmerman
Fightnews.com® caught up with WBO #6 welterweight contender David Avanesyan (29-3-1, 17 KOs) as he prepares for the biggest fight of his life against pound-for-pound king Terence “Bud” Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) on Dec. 10 in Crawford’s hometown of Omaha, NE and shown live on BLK Prime pay-per-view. Avanesyan has shared the ring with “Sugar” Shane Mosley, Lamont Peterson and “Mean Machine” Egidijus Kavaliauskas who also shared the ring with Crawford. Avanesyan believes he is ready to shock the world!
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I admire Avanesyan’s confidence going into this fight as all fighters need motivation to win. However, like in all fights, hype is part of the game for ticket sales, increased TV viewing numbers, etc. Unless Avanesyan has much improved on lateral movement, better defense, speed, and learning how keep Crawford on the ropes, I really don’t see anything spectacular Avanesyan can do to win. Once Avanesyan gets tagged with Crawford’s counter hook, he will soon realize he’s fighting a legit fighter highly capable of marking another defeat on his record. Crawford TKO.
According to media reports, Crawford has already received half of his $10million purse for this fight. Maybe he’s no longer hungry?
Won’t matter.