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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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
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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
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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.
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Results
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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.
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Janibek Alimkhanuly spent months trying to get Hamzah Sheeraz into the ring. Now that Sheeraz has vacated his WBO super middleweight title, Janibek is asking fans to stop saying the former champion ran from him. That is generous. It also leaves Janibek with less to say about a fight he wanted badly.
He’s not afraid of me. He didn’t run from me. He made his decision based on his own plans. He has his own goals! He’s my brother, and I ask everyone to stop saying he ran from me. He’s a great fighter, and I have nothing but respect for him! @sheeraz_hamzah 🫂 pic.twitter.com/uxZlegqSmH
— Janibek Alimkhanuly (@qazaqstyle) September 26, 2026
Janibek’s tone has changed since the purse bid. He was eager to fight, said money was not his priority, and publicly pushed Sheeraz to accept. Queensberry then bid $1,001,809 to stage the ordered defense, beating Top Rank’s $820,000 offer. Sheeraz’s 75 percent share would have been roughly $751,000. Days later, he gave up the belt.
That sequence deserves a closer look. Queensberry put a serious number on the fight, so the bid itself cannot be dismissed as proof that nobody valued it. But winning the right to promote a title defense means little to fans when the champion vacates before it happens.
Sheeraz has objected to Janibek receiving a mandatory shot after his failed drug test. He is entitled to explain that position. Fans are equally entitled to ask why the issue reached a purse bid before he surrendered the title. Janibek’s post supplies no answer.
Perhaps Janibek sees no benefit in branding Sheeraz a coward. Doing so would also make the opponent he chased sound less valuable. Calling Sheeraz a great fighter preserves the idea that this was an important contest, even after the belt and the fight slipped away.
The respect between them may be sincere. Janibek still gets no Sheeraz fight, and Sheeraz no longer has to defend his title against Janibek. A friendly photo does not change either result.
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