Shakur Stevenson says that he believed that Terenka Crawford had a style to beat Canelo Alvarez, even before Dmitry Bivol did it a few years ago. Stevenson says he watched Crawford hurt bulky scales, and he doesn’t believe that Canelo could move forward against him with power.

Stevenson says that he began to believe that Crawford defeated Canelo in 2021 when he fought the welterweight Shakur Porter. He felt that the then 34-year-old porter was a good indicator of predicting Crawford’s performance from three divisions above 168.

Loyalty vs. logic

37 -year -old Crawford will challenge Canelo for his lanes in 168 September 13. Despite two divisions, Shakur does not consider it a problem. He says he believed that Crawford was the best warrior in Super Middle Wweight for many years.

The WBC Lightweight Stevenson champion said that it would not matter that Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) moves two divisions from 154 to 168 to challenge Unified Champion Canelo (62-2-2, 38 KO).

“I have been pretending to be Shawn Porter since Crawford [2021 at welterweight]. I said that Terenka Crawford would defeat Canelo Alvarez as soon as he fought [34-year-old] Shawn Porter – said Shakur Stevenson Ring magazinerevealing that four years ago he predicted that Terenka Crawford defeated Canelo.

It is reasonable to assume that Shakur’s views on the fight of Canelo-Crawford are influenced by his close friendship with Buda and his loyalty to him. This is a natural thing. Of course, he wants Crawford to get him the opportunity without earning it as they must.

Massive weight claim

“I felt in this weight class [168]Terenka Crawford is the greatest, “Shakur said about how he felt that Crawford was the best in Super Middle Wweight, never fighting there. “I just feel it in the style of Canelo and it is before [Dmitry] Bivol did it. I felt that Terenka Crawford was the only guy who could beat Canelo with his style.

“I said it even before Bud said it. Bud is southern. This is Southpaw hinders Canelo, “Shakur continued to praise Crawford. “He has problems with them after I watched him fight John Ryd. He wasn’t that good. Canelo just fought Southpaw.

“How does Canelo deal with bud power? When Bud hits him, will he just go forward and just take a blow? I just don’t know. I saw heavyweight, Shakur said.

If Shakur thinks Crawford was the best warrior at the age of 168, why did he not move to test? He could do it years ago and earned a lot more money than in welterweight. The only fight Massive Money Crawford in 147 is Errol Spence. If he could overcome all years of super medium weight, as Shakur keeps, why didn’t he do it?

Crawford could not hurt Israil Madrimova with his blows in his last fight at the age of 154 and is not close to being bulky. If he had power to hurt heavyweight, he should show it against Madrimov.

WBO Master of Pentecost, Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza (26-0, 22 KO), will defend against Edward Vazquez (17-2, 4 Kos) on the Nayya Inoue vs. card Ramon Cardenas on Sunday, May 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Vazquez has two narrow defeats in the fighting, which he approached winning with Raymond Ford and Joe Cordina. Many Vazquez fans defeated Cordina in the fight on November 4, 2023 in Monte Carlo, but the judges believed that the British warrior had done enough.

Espinosis vs. Vazquez is a good enough fight to be the main event on this card, because it is more competitive on paper than Headliner Inoue-Cardenas. This is a mismatch.

The advantage of Rafael

Espinosis 6’1 ″ descends from the sixth round of arrest the injury of the former WBO champion of 126-pound Robeisa Ramirez on December 7 last year. This was the second win of Espinosis with two -time gold Olympic medalist Robeisia and a signal that it is simply too good for Cuban talent.

Vazquez, 5’7 ″, he will have to come up with a way to deal with the height of a stork -like espinosis, because it will be bombed if he is not able to find a strategy. His lack of impact strength will make it harder because he would need to beat a much higher master. It is not that espinosis uses its height to fight outside.

What makes him so tough is his long arms and the way his loops are shot, which makes it tough to see them. Espinosis also has a high work rate, which causes even greater difficulties. However, he can be wounded, as we saw in his first fight with Robeis, when he was dropped slow in the fifth round. He was saved from knocking out the round ending.

“Rafael Espinosis is a high featherweight with power and skills to be the world champion for many years, and we are glad that we can present him on such a significant weekend for Mexican boxing,” said Bob Arum promoter, “Edward Vazquez is a tough, determined claimant who knows that he is his shot. Fans at the T-Mobile Arena are waiting for pleasure, because espinosis divides the spotlight lightweight with the incomparable Nayy Inoue on this historic Cinco de Mayo card. “

Promoter Eddie Hearn shot him in response to the blame by Edgar Berlang for not providing him with money for the title shot against IBF Super Middle in Libra, William Scull, who, as he believed, will open the door to a lucrative revenge with Canelo Alvarez.

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Hearn claims that Scull wanted more than $ 1.5 million, which Berlanga said (22-1, 17 KO). He says they followed the contract they had from Berlang. They did not intend to pay beyond the money written in Berlang’s contract for the last fight for his contract with Matchroom.

$ 12 million payday

Eddie says he provided Berlanga with the fight with Canelo and created Over $ 12 million in his three fights from Mechroom. They were all stars. Hearn says that Berlanga does not go on Saturday against Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz because he agreed to fight to be on the card for the money offered.

Three Berlanga fights with Matchroom

– Canelo Alvarez
– padraig mccrry
– Jason Quigley

“It is significant to notice that in our three fights with Edgar Berlanga the headline in Madison Square Garden against Jason Quigley. He recorded here against Padraig McCryry [Orlando, Florida]And then the headline against Canelo Alvarez in T-Mobile [Arena in Las Vegas]- said Eddie Hearn Warrior About what Matchroom provided to Edgar Berlang in the three fights that he was with them.

“He made over $ 12 million with us. We completely changed his life and career, “hearn continued about Edgar. “We did the fact that we provided everything we’ve ever promised and more. We do it again on Saturday evening. This is a good fight to return to your winning ways and then go to a greater fight. If it is with us, fantastic. We would like to continue this relationship. “

Berlanga’s CV is unworthy that the warrior assesses the money he earns with the lend a hand of Matchroom. From his 22 wins, everyone was against smaller warriors. Hearn was still able to maneuver Berlanga in the fight against Canelo, he did not have to face one of the killers, such as David Benavidez, David Morrell, Diego Pachco, Caleb Plant or Chistian Mbilli. The guys that Berlanga defeated to get Alvarez’s fight were staring.

“If this is not the case, we say:” Good luck, Edgar. We completely gave our wildest dreams to you. Edgar has great faith in his commercial strength of the star, “said Hearn. “Many fighters want to be partners or have their own promotional companies, but none of them want to put money on the table. None of them wants to take risks. “

Berlanga can probably sell tickets in Novel York, but it would not last forever if he couldn’t beat the five best rivals. A dream that is to defeat someone like Jaime Munguia or Jermall Charlo to get a rematch from Canelo Alvarez is unreal. It won’t happen. Canelo will never fight him again, because this is not his style to give revenge to warriors that it is empty.

Uncard Drop

“Yes, this is a partnership. You work for me in a promotional company. “Okay, no problem. If the tickets do not go well and we lose $ 1 million, are you too half? ‘Oh no.’ “Okay, we take risks and want a logo on the background.” This is how it works – said Hearn.

“We do what is on the contract [with Berlanga]. We did not ask for a place for cards. They did it because they agreed to a certain amount and said: “This is not a header fight. This is the fight with the card. So we will just fight on the card in the fight for a return. I said, “Okay” and we’re going forward. He received an absolute fortune to fight Canelo Alvarez.

“What he has to do is turn on it because it won’t be Gimme [Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz]This fight. He is a complex kid. It is a chance for him to change his life. If you start thinking with your head in the whole place. You can’t afford to look bad in this fight, and you definitely can’t lose in this fight – said Hearn.