Coach Ronnie Shields advises that Terenka Crawford has forgotten to stick to four belts with super medium weight and defend them against adolescent contenders in the division. Shield states that the pretenders in 168 have too much youth and “power” for 38-crawford.
Avoiding adolescent lions
Ronnie says that he would like to see how Crawford (42-0, 31 KO) boils down to 160, as he recently said, and captured the title of world champion in this weight class. It would be the Sixth World Championship of the Terenca Division if he pulled him out.
He will stay down, would send a message to fans that Crawford lacked courage to stay in 168 after defeating the faded Canelo Alvarez on September 13, 2025, and precipitates quickly to avoid the defeat of his first defeat in his career.
By reducing weight to 160, Crawford could maintain his undefeated intact record, avoiding an unpleasant situation.
If Buda remained at the age of 168 and lost many times to adolescent, talented pretenders, he would confirm in the minds of fans that he would be thrown out if he was forced to work in a row to win the title of world champion, and not make Turks Alalshikh give him on a silver plate. Crawford received the title at 168, not fighting with anyone to win the title.
All time does not run
If Crawford is grave about the desire to be among All timeHe should show courage, remaining at 168 and defending his four titles against one of the next three:
David Benavidez
Christian Milli
Oslyys Iglesias
All time from the past, fighters like Sugar Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong, Muhammad AliAnd Joe Louis would not leave the division to avoid perilous opposition. They would not fall down to win an basic bar for superficial targets producing records. These warriors were not so feeble.
You can’t call Crawford great based on his one victory over Canelo or the other 41 victories in his CV, because he did not take any risk where he was a great weaker. When he had the opportunity to do it, fighting David Benavidez, he refused to fight him. This is not a great behavior of all time.
Fighting with tops, such as Benavidez, Mbilli, Iglesias, Dmitriry Bivol and Artur Beterbav Conditions of being one of the great all time. Crawford will not do it, so he does not deserve to be in the place of honor among Ali, Sugar Ray and Armstrong, in my opinion.
Adolescent people and too much power for a kennel
“If I am Terenka Crawford, I would give up the belts and fell to 160. It will be great at the age of 160. Create another milestone in your career,” said coach Ronnie Shields Fight Hub tv About what Crawford should do.
I would not necessarily say that it will be “great” for Crawford at the age of 160. If his intention is to get a motor title, he will have many problems with an attempt to capture the belt, because these guys fought earlier. The way Crawford passed Canelo Alvarez, hitting and stopping the rounds is not a guarantee of success in medium weight.
Masters in 160
Janibek Alimkhanuly: IBF and WBO
Erislandy Lara: WBA
Carlos Adams: WBC
“Leave all other guys in 168. They are too adolescent, too swift and too robust. Not to mention that he can’t spend time with these guys, “said Shields to Crawford, who needs to avoid perilous younger fighters in Super Middle Wweight.
Shields raises good right. Crawford would have many problems with adolescent people, the size, strength and speed of the best fighters at the age of 168. He barely defeated the miniature, faded, flat, weakened Canelo on September 13.
Crawford would be in the face of adolescent, live bodies of size and power if he decided to defend his unquestioned championships of super medium weight against contenders in the division.
Even if he lectures one of the defective ones, such as Hamzah Sheeraz or 35-year-old Jermall Charlo, it would still be hard for him. They are bigger guys with pop in their blows that would give Crawford problems with their power.
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Tim Tszyu seeks to become Australia’s third multi-divisional boxing world champion when he competes for Erislandy Lara’s WBA middleweight title next month, and ahead of the action, trainer Robert Garcia has offered his thoughts on the fight.
Tszyu lost his WBO super-welterweight title in a defeat to Sebastian Fundora back in 2024 and twice failed to reclaim 154lb honours, both against Bakhram Murtazaliev and in a rematch with Fundora.
Since then, the Aussie has stepped up to middleweight and scored a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr earlier this yearand now, the 32-year-old could join lead trainer Jeff Fenech and Liam Paro as his nation’s third two-weight world champion, if he can trump 43-year-old.
Speaking with ProBox TVRobert Garcia, who trains a potential future Tszyu opponent in Vergil Ortiz, admitted that he is leaning towards the home fighter, but noted that Lara will not be phased by competing in the challenger’s backyard.
“We can probably lean towards Tim Tsyzu because he is fighting at home, in front of his hometown, but Lara is not the fighter that brings in a lot of fans following him.
“He doesn’t have a following, he is not one that is going to sell out arenas, so even if it is in the United States, it is likely that most of the people are going to be [there] for Tim Tszyu because Australians do travel and Tim Tszyu has a lot of fans.
“For Lara, going to Australia is like going to Las Vegas or going to New York because he never has that following anyways. Anywhere he goes, he is going to be against the crowd. So, I think for him it is going to be one of those performances where it doesn’t make a difference if he is going to Tim Tsyzu’s hometown.”
Tszyu-Lara takes place at the Cbus Super Stadium in Queensland, Australia on Sunday 13 December.
Deontay Wilder’s former head coach Malik Scott has delivered a knockout prediction for the American’s upcoming showdown with Jai Opetaia.
The pair will square off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 11, with Opetaia making his heavyweight debut on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua.
Despite him being the naturally smaller man, many are favouring the Australian – a former two-time world cruiserweight champion – to defeat his 10-years-older opponent.
It is, after all, generally accepted that Wilder has declined significantly since his trilogy bout with Furywho survived two knockdowns and scored an 11th-round knockout in their 2021 encounter.
Back then, Wilder had just joined forces with Scott, his former opponent, and the pair maintained their fighter-trainer relationship through subsequent defeats against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.
With Wilder now operating under different coaches, though, Scott has shared a balanced view of the Opetaia fight with Seconds Out.
“The fight’s got dynamite written all over it. Jai Opetaia is very dangerous, but he’s a smaller man that’s been hurt by smaller men than Deontay, slower men than Deontay.
“I’ve never seen Opetaia get hit by nobody like Deontay; I’ve seen Deontay get hit by bigger punchers than Opetaia. [But] one thing we can expect in this fight is a knockout.
“The name of the fight is ‘bad intentions’ – at least that’s what I’m calling it, because that’s what they share in common. What they share in common is mentality – they both are trying to hurt you.”
While he stopped short of predicting a winner, it is perhaps telling that Scott, despite his relationship with Wilder, has not explicitly favoured him to win by knockout.
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