Andre Ward says people used “Confusion campaign” try and “bury” Terenka Crawford, leading to his title fight against the undisputed master of super medium weight Canelo Alvarez on Saturday evening in Las Vegas.
Ward states it “They” Crawford said (42-0, 31 KO) was not a draw and could not speak. He did not mention that fans believe that Crawford has no charisma, tedious style of fighting, rarely fights and has a minimal presence in social media.
Did Crawford change his mind?
It is doubtful whether Crawford changed his perception by fans after the last Saturday, because his performance against Canelo (63-3-2, 39 KO) was a low level. He was constantly moving, rarely engaging and did not stand in the trenches to fight.
Turki Alalshikh said at the last press conference: “I want to see blood, shattered faces and broken bones.” How could we see something with Crawford running around the entire creation last Saturday?
Emotional defense of Ward on Crawford
“They tried to bury Terenca Crawford to say that he It was not a draw when the numbers were there so that you can see. It was a swab campaign with his personality. “He doesn’t say. Nobody wants to hear him. No, you don’t want to hear him,” Andre Ward said emotionally All smoke Channel, working on the victory of Terenka Crawford on Canelo Alvarez.
Crawford was not a great draw, and the numbers reflect. Before the fight with Canelo last Saturday, the only time Terenka attracted enormous crowds, was that he fought Errol Spence and when he fought at home in Omaha, Nebraska.
Crawford turnout
Israil Madrimov [2024]: Attendance numbers not announced at the BMO stadium in Los Angeles. However, there are reports of 4,000 tickets.
Jeff Horn [2018]: 8112 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
Jose Benavidez Jr. [2018]: 13 323 at the Chi Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Egidijus Kavaliauskas [2019]: 10 101 at Madison Square Garden in Modern York. The capacity of boxing events at MSG is 20 789.
You need a stream [2020]: No crowd because of the fight during Covid.
Shawn Porter (2021): 11 568 at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
Errol Spence Jr. (2023): 19 900 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“I don’t hear the swab campaign now. He said,” Give me my chance. I will show you, “and he did it again against Canelo,” Ward said.
The reality of his career
What does Ward talk about? Crawford makes his shots in titles all the time. How did Crawford become a world champion with four divisions before fighting Canelo, if there is no chance to fight? The only time Crawford had to wait for the chance to fight for the title of world champion was that he tried to control Errol Spence.
When Crawford first moved to a welterweight, he received an immediate title against Master WBO Jeff Horn on June 9, 2018. Crawford did not have to wait and was not blocked. It was his first battle in the division. Marking that Crawford sounds, as if the victim does not find the reality of his situation. From the very beginning he was treated like gold.
The reality is that Terenki did not deserve the title shot against Canelo for the unquestionable medium championship, because he never fought in the weight class.
Questioning justice of the fight
Turki Alalshikh made the fight to take place with money, but it was completely undisputed and unfair to pretenders, such as Christian Mbilli and Lester Martinez, that Crawford would receive a green airy to move two classes of weight, pack over them to get a straightforward title.
I do not think that Crawford would ever be able to physically get the title shot if he had to defeat Mbilla, Martinez or Oslyys Iglesias to face Canelo for four lanes at the age of 168. In my opinion, the run that Buda against Canelo would not be acting against these three participants. They would get to Crawford and show what would happen when you jump two classes at 38.
The fight should not sanction as a professional competition. It was a fight of a trick similar to the exhibition that mocked this sport.
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Sebastian Fundora (25-1-1, 17 KOs) stopped Ermal Hadribeaj (23-1-1, 8 KOs) at 2:59 of the 12th round to retain his WBC junior middleweight title for the fourth time. Hadribeaj made the early rounds competitive by getting low, forcing his way inside and landing hard shots while denying the champion room to use his reach.
Short punches, uppercuts and a sustained body attack helped Fundora take control as he began outworking the challenger at close range. Referee Thomas Taylor deducted points from Hadribeaj for holding in the third and 11th rounds as the challenger increasingly tried to tie up the busier champion.
With just one second remaining, a left hand dropped Hadribeaj and brought the fight to an end after Fundora’s pressure and body punching had worn him down.
Super middleweight Armando Resendiz (17-3, 11 KOs) defeated Koen Mazoudier (16-5-1, 6 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision in a hard-fought fight. The judges scored it 98-92, 97-93 and 97-93, giving Resendiz a wider victory than the competitive action suggested.
Mazoudier kept coming forward and throwing, making Resendiz work at close range and enjoying success through the middle rounds. Resendiz answered with the heavier punches, hurting the Australian with right hands and left hooks as the two traded throughout.
A sustained attack in the final round left Mazoudier reeling and close to being stopped, but he survived and continued firing back until the bell. Resendiz earned his first victory since losing to Jaime Munguia, while Mazoudier made him fight for it in his U.S. debut.
Marco Romero (16-0, 14 KOs) stopped Braulio Matias Ferreira (8-4, 3 KOs) in the first round of their scheduled eight-round super middleweight fight. The 20-year-old Romero immediately pressed the attack, digging to the body and landing right hands upstairs at close range.
A right hand and left hook to the body helped set up a sweeping right to the chin that dropped Ferreira hard into the ropes. Ferreira beat the count, but he was in no condition to continue, prompting the referee to stop the fight. Romero gave the veteran little chance to settle, keeping him under attack throughout the brief contest. It was the Kansas prospect’s third consecutive first-round stoppage.
Super middleweight Jaime Enrique Osuna Diaz (12-0, 5 KOs) kept his unbeaten record with an eight-round majority decision over Cristian Cangelosi (13-1-1, 5 KOs). The judges scored the competitive bout 77-75, 77-75 and 76-76 on the Sebastian Fundora–Ermal Hadribeaj undercard.
Osuna applied pressure from the start, using his activity and body punching to make Cangelosi work. His best round came in the fifth, when he hurt Cangelosi twice with straight right hands but crowded his own punches while trying to finish.
Cangelosi fought back and had a strong seventh round, landing a big shot to keep the outcome in doubt heading into the eighth. Neither fighter scored a knockdown, with Osuna’s pressure and cleaner work in key stretches earning him the narrow victory.
Daniel Dubois sent out a big statement to the rest of the heavyweight division after his knockout win over Fabio Wardley.
The two British heavyweights met at The O2 Arena on Saturday in one of the most anticipated rematches of the year, following on from their epic first battle back in May.
On that occasion, ‘DDD’ had to recover from two early knockdowns to earn the 11th round TKO win to become WBO heavyweight champion, but it was a much more dominant display from Dubois this time around.
The rematch saw ‘DDD’ drop Wardley inside the opening 20 seconds of the bout, before landing even more heavy shots over the next several minutes, forcing the referee to stop the action in the second round as Dubois retained his WBO heavyweight title.
Ahead of the bout, one man that was picking Wardley to cause the upset and be victorious was former WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew, who felt that the Ipswich man was going to get the job done inside six rounds.
Bellew was happy to hold his hands up and admit he was wrong though, as he posted on social media to heap praise on Dubois for his triumph.
Demolition! Well done to Daniel Dubois.. 👏🔥👏
— Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) October 17, 2026
“Demolition! Well done to Daniel Dubois.”
Following his win, Dubois has already made it clear who he wants to target next, revealing in his post-fight interview that he wants to meet IBF champion Filip Hrgovic in a unification, in what would be a rematch after ‘DDD’ won their first encounter back in June 2024.
Daniel Dubois has wasted no time making his intentions known after his destructive win over Fabio Wardley in their rematch.
The pair went head-to-head at The O2 Arena in London, five months on from their first meeting when Dubois defeated Wardley by 11th round TKO to win the WBO heavyweight title.
It was a much quicker win this time around, with ‘DDD’ dropping Wardley inside the opening 20 seconds of the contest, before continuing the onslaught and earning the second round knockout victory to retain his WBO belt.
Dubois has already named his next target after his win, revealing in his post-fight press conference that he now wants a unification showdown with IBF champion Filip Hrgovic.
“I want to have a rematch with him and get that belt. I want to rule the division. Another win and another scalp. I’m the champion now and I want some big fights now.”
Dubois and Hrgovic have already met back in June 2024, claiming the eighth round stoppage win after the Croatian couldn’t continue due to cuts above both of his eyes.
‘DDD’ went on to become IBF champion after that fight, but he would go on to lose that title to Oleksandr Usyk. After the Ukrainian vacated his belt earlier this year, Hrgovic claimed it with his dramatic win over Moses Itauma in August.
It means Dubois and Hrgovic could now meet in a rematch in 2027, though Hrgovic may have to deal with mandatory challenger Frank Sanchez first, with that bout potentially taking place in Croatia early next year.
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