Uzbekistan’s Israil Madrimov can consider his performance against American Terence Crawford, who is losing time in weight, as a victory, RCC Boxing Promotions general director German Titov said in a conversation with .
On Sunday night, Crawford defeated Madrimov by unanimous decision to win the WBA junior middleweight belt that had previously belonged to the Uzbek boxer. Crawford became champion in the fourth weight class. He previously held the lightweight title and was also the undisputed world champion at junior welterweight and welterweight. Crawford has 41 victories in the professional ring. For the first time since July 2016, an American fought the entire match.
– An even fight, completely even. As I expected, they are even opponents. Few people thought about it. Everyone was sure that Crawford would come out, beat Madrimov, win the title at the next weight and go on to prepare for Saul Alvarez. But it wasn’t there! For most of the fight, Madrimov was in control. By my calculations, it was a draw, 6-6 rounds. Israil has dropped his last few fights; they played a big role in his defeat on the cards of these three judges.
In any case, it’s like a victory for Madrimov and his team. He fought on equal terms with one of the best boxers in the world. Nobody has been able to give Crawford the slightest opposition in recent times. And this is such an even fight. The case where defeat advances the boxer. He will still have big fights, victories, championship victories, I hope!
And Crawford once again showed that this weight no longer belongs to him. Where will he enter the super middleweight division with Canelo? It will be very difficult. Of course, it is worth considering that Alvarez is not as agile as Madrimov. Perhaps this will equalize the fight, but in terms of size, Terence is seriously inferior to Canelo, “Titov told .
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