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According to Eddie Hearna, Crawford inactivity will be his loss
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9 months agoon
Eddie Hearn believes that the inactivity of Terenka Crawford is one of the reasons why Canelo Alvarez chooses to defeat him on Saturday evening at the Allegian stadium in Las Vegas.
Promoter Hearn states that Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) recently fought in 2024 with Israil Madrimov, 13 months ago, and previously he was inactive for the next 13 months, when he fought with Errol Spence in July 2023. In July 2023, Bud had two fights in two years.
Hearn says he thinks that Crawford is too confident and too sure that he will go through this fight, winning another victory. He does not say why this is so, but it may have something to do with how they beat Canelo looked in his last fight with the super middle champion IBF IBF Willod Scull on May 3, 2025. Hearn notices that Canelo looked. “unmamery “ AND “elderly” in this fight.
Hearna’s icy reality control
“Crawford inactivity. Inaction kills fighters [careers]. Defeated Madrimov over a year ago, “said Eddie Hearn promoter StampingDiscussing how the inactivity of Terence Crawford can sink his chances of defeating Canelo Alvarez on Saturday.
“It was his last fight, and Spence’s fight was a year earlier. He had two fights in two years. Moving to 168, it was tough for me to go against Canelo. I’m going to win Canelo Alvarez.”
It seems crazy and irresponsible that Crawford decided to sit inactive throughout the year since his almost allocation against Israil Madrimov on August 3, 2024. It was the worst possible time for Bud to decide to stay part -time boxing hours once a year, which he did from 2021.
One of the reasons why Crawford escaped from the fight so rarely is that his opposition was not fighters at the elite level who were a threat to him. He fought with tired warriors and good, but not great younger medium scale in the last four years.
The last four fights of Crawford
- Israil Madrimov: 2024
- Errol Spence: 2023
- David Avaneyan: 2022
- Shawn Porter: 2021
Looking at these guys, it is understandable why Crawford escaped from the fight every year from 2021. None of them was near the elite level and there is no threat to defeating him. Spence was just a warrior shell he was once when Crawford fought him. We saw that in two fights Errola after his terrifying October 10, 2019, Crash his Ferrari, was not the same warrior.
Losing formula
Simply sparring at this time is not in my opinion to prepare Crawford for what is against Canelo. He should have been fighting twice in the Super Middle Wweight division if he would like to be ready for massive arrows with which he would deal with Canelo on Saturday evening.
Hearn says he doubts that Alvarez will start quickly on Saturday, fighting aggressively. He indicates that Crawford is a great opponent and has feet to make it tough if he decides to leave.
Hearn states that if he were Crawford, he would focus on the course, exploit of movement and frustrating it on rounds in the first half of the fight. Of course, this approach was uninteresting for fans watching at the stadium Allegian and at home at Netflix.
Turks Alalshikh will probably not satisfy, because he pays $ 50 million to Crawford. After Terenka runs around the ring, fighting the negative fight of “frustrating” Canelo, it will not be entertaining to watch over 60,000 fans at the Allegiant Stadium and Netflix stadium.
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Addressing growing speculation about White’s possible role, Sauerland explained why he thinks the UFC president could support expand the event’s reach beyond the UK.
“If Turki wants Dana to run him, it makes total sense because he has American eyes,” Sauerland told Seconds Out.
“There will be a strategic reason if they want to bring in Dana White. If they are going to bring in Dana White, it will have something to do, I assume, with America, where this fight means very little.
“It’s a huge fight in the UK at the moment. I mean, huge doesn’t really do it justice. Here it’s gigantic, but in America people don’t queue to watch this fight.”
Sauerland also pointed to White’s success in building the UFC as a dominant force in the U.S. combat sports market.
“Bringing in Dana brings a UFC element to the fight,” Sauerland said. “Let’s face it, MMA in America has been the dominant combat sport in America for the last 15, 20 years.
“Boxing, if boxing works in America, is still by far the biggest sport. So I understand from a business standpoint why they would do it.”
White is becoming an increasingly influential figure in boxing thanks to his collaboration with Turki Alalshikh and the launch of Zuffa Boxing. While no agreement has been announced for Fury and Joshua to finally meet in the ring, Sauerland’s comments underscore why White’s involvement may go beyond promotional news.
The heavyweight competition has long been one of boxing’s biggest unrealized events. While the contest would likely sell out a stadium in the UK regardless of who promoted it, Sauerland believes Dana White’s ability to reach grassroots combat sports fans in the United States could make the Joshua vs. Fury fight a truly global spectacle.

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Tim Bradley names the heavyweight who can beat Oleksandr Usyk: ‘This could be his time’
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Tim Bradley listed probably the biggest challenge for Oleksandr Usyk, who some say should hang up his gloves after the clash with Rico Verhoeven.
Last month, the Ukrainian endured a tougher-than-expected test against Verhoeven, which ended with a controversial suspension following an 11th-round knockout.
Until then Usyk was losing on one of the judges’ scorecards However, he managed to inspire the intervention of referee Mark Lyson, who waved at Verhoeven after the bell.
Indeed, it was controversial while on duty, however, the real story is that Verhoeven, a former kickboxer, was able to last 11 rounds with the heavyweight king.
Perhaps it was because Usyk underestimated his opponent, or perhaps his performance would be better explained by a text message he received from his daughter, who contacted him from a bomb shelter in Ukraine before the fight.
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“You have a guy like Kabayel who has been waiting for a while. This might be the right time for him [to defeat Usyk].
“Usyk’s aged manager [Alex Krassyuk] he said, “You must go ahead and retire, because if you don’t retire, you will be defeated.”
“[Krassyuk] I didn’t like what he saw against Rico, but I have hope for him in this fight [with Kabayel] what’s happening next. Fighting Kabayel will be tough for him.
“This guy can punch, he can punch the body very well, he can move and box, he can get forward, he can counter-punch – he can do a little bit of everything.”
Having been ordered to defend his WBC title against Kabayel, Usyk must now decide whether to face the undefeated challenger or vacate the belt and pursue alternative options.
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The lightweight world title eliminator and one of the most highly rated super middleweights in boxing returns to action, with the July 18 card providing significant stakes in two divisions as Matchroom continues to shape the title picture for the second half of 2026.
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