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Bomac says Crawford will stop the belts and will not face Benavidez

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1 year ago

September 15, 2025

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Coach Brian “Bomac” McIntyre rejected the possibility of fighting David Benavidez Terenka Crawford after the victory of Buda nad Canelo Alvarez last Saturday evening.

Fight Benavidez is not happening

“Bomac”, says Crawford (42-0, 31 KO) will not fight Benavidez, nor will he leave the unquestioned lanes of the medium-sized championships he won. He claims that they will sit with the titles, wait and return to the gym.

Turks Alalshikh published it Social media Last night: “Can David Benavidez still earn 168 pounds?”

Fans interpreted this comment, which means that Turki wants Benavidez for the first defense of his unquestioned medium -sized championships. This makes sense because it is a fight that would sell to the American audience.

If Crawford and Bomac have ideas for manually choosing a pretender in 168, so that he can fight the next, hoping that he will receive similar money he received for Canelo, it doesn’t happen. Turki’s post about Benavidez is a sentence that the fight between him and Crawford would sell on PPV.

“Bomac” probably hopes that Turks Alalshikh will offer Crawford a rematch from Canelo (63-3-2, 39 KO), inactive Jermall Charlo or a fight against the chaPC President WBC 168-pound Hamzah Sheeraz. These would be huge payments for Crawford and the fight that he would have a good chance of winning.

Risky fighting for Bud

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Oslyys Iglesias
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“No, we don’t conduct this fight,” said Brian “Bomac” McIntyre Warrior Asked if Terenka Crawford would agree to fight David Benavidez.

No lane release

“No, we are not going to leave the lanes. Let’s just sit where we have to sit for a minute and then return to the gym,” said Bomac.

Crawford may soon start releasing the titles because Oslyys Iglesias is already mandatory IBF. If IBF orders this fight, I do not believe that Terenka would agree to face him. Southpaw Iglesias strikes too challenging and has a better stab and reach for landing from the outside.

Bomac rejects Ennis’s “shoes”

“He doesn’t want it,” said “Bomac” asked if Crawford could fight Jaron “Boots” Ennis. “He is not a Crawford Bud. Bringing it was good for Canelo, but it did not bring anything good in battle,” said McIntyre about the fact that Alvarez brought Ennis to assist him prepare for Crawford.

This is one way to avoid a risky opponent. Just say, “He doesn’t want it.” The truth is that Ennis wants to fight Crawford and will take this fight if it is offered.

ENNISA promoter Eddie Hearn has already said that they would fight Crawford. They want this fight and jumped to fight him.

“If I was Terenka Crawford, I would give up my belt. Because we are compulsory, we press on this fight and he will have to leave,” said Hearn to call the magazine about the fight of Ennis in the eliminator of the 154-Funt WBA against UISMA Lima on October 11, 2025.

Last updated on 14.09.2025

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Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyus Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News

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2 hours ago

November 7, 2026

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"Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyu's Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News"

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.

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Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight

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3 hours ago

November 7, 2026

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"Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight"

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.