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According to Eddie Hearna, Crawford inactivity will be his loss

Published

1 year ago

September 11, 2025

Image: Crawford's Inactivity Will Be His Undoing, According to Eddie Hearn, Who Predicts a Canelo Alvarez Victory

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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Johnny Fisher vs Michael Pirotton Scorecard Analysis: Key Highlights and Insights

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7 hours ago

September 26, 2026

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"Johnny Fisher vs Michael Pirotton Scorecard Analysis: Key Highlights and Insights"

World Boxing News provides a round-by-round scorecard as Johnny Fisher faces Michael Pirotton at the Copper Box Arena in London.

Fisher and Pirotton collide over ten rounds at heavyweight as Zuffa Boxing stages its latest card in the United Kingdom.

The Romford Bull returns to action with Pirotton standing in his way as the British heavyweight looks to continue his climb.

WBN provides a live scorecard of the contest below, plus live results throughout the event.

Fisher vs Pirotton Scorecard

Johnny Fisher vs Michael Pirotton

(Round-by-round scorecard will refresh every 2 mins)

Heavyweight
Copper Box Arena, London
10×3

Round	Fisher	Pirotton
Round 1	10	9
Round 2	10	9
Round 3	9	10
Round 4	9	10
Round 5	10	9
Round 6	10	9
Round 7	10	9
Round 8	10	9
Round 9	10	9
Round 10	10	9
WBN Totals:	98	92

Official Result: FISHER MD – 98-92, 96-95, 95-95

Preview

Fisher faces Pirotton in the first fight of his lucrative deal with Dana White and Zuffa Boxing.

The Briton enters the contest with a 14-1 record, while Pirotton brings a 12-2 record into the Zuffa Boxing 11 bout.

The event is available live on Sky in the United Kingdom and Paramount+.

The Fisher vs Pirotton event unfolds alongside more live coverage on World Boxing News.

About the Author

Phil Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of World Boxing News (WBN), a BWAA-acknowledged boxing news website founded in 2010. A veteran boxing reporter with 16 years of experience, he has interviewed world champions, broken international exclusives, and reported ringside from major events. His work is published worldwide through WBN and distributed on platforms including Apple News.

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Johnny Fisher vs Michael Pirotton Results: Latest Fight Outcome and Highlights

Published

11 hours ago

September 26, 2026

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Johnny Fisher vs Michael Pirotton Results: Latest Fight Outcome and Highlights

World Boxing News provides results and updates as Johnny Fisher faces Michael Pirotton on Zuffa Boxing 11 at the Copper Box Arena in London.

Fisher returns to heavyweight action over ten rounds against Pirotton as part of Zuffa Boxing’s latest event in the United Kingdom.

Craig Richards faces Radivoje Kalajdzic at light heavyweight, while Lee Cutler takes on Louis Greene and Cesar Mateo Tapia faces Leo Ruiz at middleweight.

WBN provides results and updates from every bout as they happen.

Results

All times are local BST.

23:41

Johnny Fisher defeated Michael Pirotton by majority decision after ten competitive heavyweight rounds at the Copper Box Arena. WBN scored the fight 98-92 for Fisherwhile the official judges returned scores of 98-92 and 96-95 for Fisher, with the third scoring it 95-95.

22:42

Radivoje Kalajdzic improved to 31-3 with a unanimous decision over Craig Richards, who dropped to 20-5-1 after a good ten-round scrap. Both men had their moments and hurt each other at times before “Hot Rod” got the verdict on the scorecards, which included knocking Richards down for the first time in his career.

21:43

Lee Cutler carded a unanimous decision win over Louis Greene in their ten-round middleweight clash. Judges scorecard 98-92 and 97-93 twice in favor on Cutler, who improves to 17-2.

20:52

Ahead of the three main bouts, Zuffa’s only female fighter, Kayla Allendefeated Edina Kiss via TKO in their super lightweight bout.

20:32

Leo Ruiz overcame Cesar Tapia over 10 rounds at middleweight, scoring a unanimous decision to move to 18-1 as Ruiz Tapia suffered a first loss.

19:29

Alex MacMillan moved to 5-0 with a second-round stoppage of Guillaume Azagier, who went down twice in the opening round and again before the finish at 0:32 of the second.

18:40

Rogelio Romero improved to 7-0 with a third-round stoppage of previously unbeaten Aurel Ignat, ending the cruiserweight contest at 2:12.

18:24

Alexis De la Cerda improved to 10-0 with a unanimous decision over Cain Lewis, taking the eight-round contest 80-72, 79-74 and 79-73.

17:42

Fred Pullen marked his professional debut with a four-round points victory over Leonardo Faretina, who was dropped in the second round.

Remaining Bouts

Johnny Fisher vs. Michael Pirotton — 10 rounds, heavyweight

Craig Richards vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic — 10 rounds, light heavyweight

TV Coverage

The event is available live on Sky in the United Kingdom and Paramount+.

Follow WBN’s live boxing coverage throughout the event.

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Davies vs Collins & Heaney vs Warburton II Results: Full Fight Recap

Published

12 hours ago

September 26, 2026

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"Davies vs Collins & Heaney vs Warburton II Results: Full Fight Recap"

World Boxing News provides results and updates as Liam Davies faces Nathaniel Collins in the main event at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham.

Davies and Collins collide over 12 rounds for the EBU European featherweight title at the top of the Queensberry Promotions card.

Luke McCormack faces Kay Prospere for the vacant British super lightweight title, while Bradley Goldsmith takes on Amir Abubaker for the IBF International middleweight title.

WBN provides results and updates from every bout as they happen.

Results

All times are local BST.

23:11

Gerome Warburton defeated Nathan Heaney for the second time running as the middleweight put an exclamation mark on his first victory.

Heaney walks away from the sport having been an entertainer through a long carer, without reaching the heights of a world title.

22:04

Liam Davies improved to 19-1 after Nathaniel Collins retired at the end of the seventh round due to a cut over his right eye. Collins had also been dropped in the opening round as Davies successfully defended the European featherweight title.

21:22

Bradley Goldsmith improved to 17-1 with a seventh-round stoppage of Amir Abubaker to retain his IBF International middleweight title. Abubaker went down in the fourth and three times in the seventh before the finish at 2:42.

20:10

Lewis Richardson improved to 3-0 with a shutout six-round points victory over Ivan Trofimovich, earning a 60-54 decision.

19:56

Luke McCormack moved to 6-0 and claimed the vacant British super lightweight title with a tenth-round knockout of Kay Prospere, who was counted out after a right uppercut at 1:28.

18:55

Michael Hussain moved to 5-0 with a four-round points victory over Nabil Ahmed, earning a 39-38 decision.

18:11

Nelson Birchall moved to 12-0 with a third-round stoppage of Lewis Morris, who went down before the finish came at 1:12. Lasha Guruli also remained unbeaten at 5-0 after edging Hughie Wilson 77-75 over eight rounds.

17:22

Early action saw John Tom Varey and Reese Lynch claim four-round victories to move to 3-0 and 5-0 respectively.