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Crawford is an opponent of Canelo – and boxing fans – they need

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Another fight of Canelo Alvarez and another opponent who did not want to engage him, led to the disappointing night in which the boxing super star won, but the fans lost.

Again.

This alarming trend must stop and I hope that Terenka Crawford will force Canelo to fight because fans deserve something better.

Unfortunately, Canelo brought it.

The unanimous victory in the Canelo decision (119-109, 116-112 and 115-113) over William Scull on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was the last in his last series of fights without drama or emotions. In the fight against Scull, Canelo threw a total of 152 blows. This number is the first of the first blows thrown into the 12-round fight in the 40-year compubox history. This is fatal, even according to low Canelo output standards. However, he was in the ring with a warrior who was not interested in winning and just wanted to survive, because Scull was approaching the ring and landed 55 out of 293 blows. Nothing that landed had no consequences, and Canelo was not remotely threatened by the previously undefeated Szula.

The reality is that Canelo deserved it.

Because in May 2022 he lost to Dmitryjum Bivol, Canelo spent the last three years, loading his bank account, fighting with a smaller opposition and leaving fans who wanted more. He received a pass for fighting the aging Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin two years too overdue, and following her back home against John Ryder. Then, however, he is expected that he will have more than a distinguished David Benavidez, a compulsory pretender WBC. Instead, Canelo decided to fight the undersized and filled Jermell Charlo and unjustified opponents of Jaime Munguia and Edgar Berlang. There will be those who say that Canelo had to fight Scull to become unquestioned again and blame IBF for installing an unverified warrior as a compulsory opponent, but it’s only half true. The reality is that Canelo can do what she wants, and the only real obligatory opponent (of course dictated by fans) was Benavidez. For any reason, Canelo did not want this fight. And here we are.

To be forthright, the fight with Jake Paul would be better than what we saw with Scull. Sure, Paul doesn’t deserve either, but would anyone doubt that he would at least win? In the end, Canelo was close to fighting Paweł before Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the general entertainment authority of Saudi Arabia, he could not refuse with the Canelo offer.

This trend would not be so bad if Canelo provided exhilarating fights. Instead, his last trips seemed too sheltered, choosing financial security before taking risks and sending opponents at a distance. He was too conservative. And even when he had opponents on the proverbial ropes, he apparently let them reach the last bell. His recent opponents south and did not try to win. And Canelo was nice enough to let them break away from several additional zeros on her bank account.

He will not have such a luxury against Crawford when they meet on September 12 at the Allegian stadium in Las Vegas.

Of course, Canelo will have a significant advantage of greatness, because Crawford – the undisputed champion in welterweight and welterweight – entered two consecutive weight classes to challenge him. But Crawford is one of the best fighters of this generation and has an average run that will not allow Canelo to a cruise to another decision. Instead, at some point, Canelo will have to bite his eraser and fight Crawford. This is something that we haven’t seen that Canelo has been doing Bivol since the fight. He spent the last three years in adored sparring sessions without a sense of danger.

At this stage of her career, Canelo needs a challenge that Crawford represents. He spent the first two -thirds of his career, charging his CVs with high quality names, but the last third saw how he avoided hard challenges, while depositing gigantic controls. And before you say he deserved that fans and critics also deserved to call him.

Although it can be great for Canelo, fans deserve it. The so -called “boxing face” should push the sport further into the mainstream. These fights work exactly the opposite.

The latest Canelo offer with the Riyadh season will continue to appear, but fans deserve to see one of the biggest boxers of this era in a hard fight.

And it should be a fight with Crawford.

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Herring live: Jai Opetoa places world titles on the line against Claudio Squeo

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Gold Coast, Australia – next time when Jai OPTETIA enters the boxing ring, he should meet the Mexican star Gilberto Ramírez in the struggle of unification in the circuitous weight.

The 29-year-old Australian produced the Italian pretender Claudio Squeo on Sunday evening at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Center, gibberish and bruise for four and a half rounds. It ended that Opeteta landed a nasty right hook, which broke Squeo’s jaw, dropped him to his knees and did not give Judge Robert Hoyle not made to the choice but to cancel a unilateral fight.

“I was in a hurry, I really wanted to pull him out of it,” Odetaa said right after the fight. “We did what we had to [and] We have much more to do. I am chasing these uniform fights and it’s frustrating. “

Squeo weighed almost four kilos lighter than Opetoa on Saturday afternoon at Pacific Fair, and the size and difference in height from the very beginning was clear. The Odetaa round felt the opponent’s style before he began to raise the stake and exploit it as a personal training bag.

It was the sixth time that Opitaia successfully defended his IBF and the Ring World Championships, extending his undefeated run to 28 fights and once again proving that he was a shot in addition to his addition to his collection of cruiser belts.

Opetoi has long been deafening deafening about his desire to fight Ramírez, which has WBO and WBA stripes. Their potential show is rumors as a fight that could take place on the undercard of the September fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terenka Crawford in Las Vegas, although nothing has been confirmed so far.

“I am chasing these world champions, I focus on this,” said Odetaa, asked what would happen next in his program. “Next fight, Gilberto Ramírez. Let’s take it. I am chasing the belts. The fight is straightforward to do. Let’s do it.”

Ramírez is fighting Yunal Dorticos this month in Anaheim and it is challenging to see how the fight against Opetsia will not go forward if he had a victory.

“Turki al-Sheikh has been talking about this fight for a long time,” said the manager of Odetai, Mick Francis, asked about the possible battle of Odetaa-Ramírez. “But it depends on them, they have to say” yes, we are here, we are ready, let’s do it. “

Here’s how the fight night developed:

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Keyshawn Davis jumps the opponent behind the scenes after his brother’s losses – he is pulled out by clays

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Image: Keyshawn Davis Jumps Opponent Backstage After Brother’s Loss — Gets Dragged Out by Cops

One might think that after meeting his title he blew up the main ESPN event and watching his brother lost on live television, Keyshawn Davis could make sense to sit and close. But no – instead, he decided behind the scenes a full clown and attack Nahir Albright.

It was not balmy adrenaline. It was a deliberate move. Albright has just handed Kelvin Davis his first professional loss-arranged in the decision on the pure majority-he interviewed Marek Kriegel ESPN after the fight with Marek Kriegel. Then Keyshawn comes, freshly refueling the card, walking on Albright With his younger brother KeonPutting the forehead on the face of the guy, and then grabbing him, as if they were going to settle in the parking lot. Safety had to take them off. Albright ended with a apparent tumor on his head.

From Olympians to Clown Act for 48 hours

The whole thing was caught on ESPN cameras. And it was pathetic. The self-proclaimed face of a modern generation resorting to sneaking attacks and budget-friendly intimidation tactics-after the whole event is broken. His brother just lost. He had no fight. And yet he, still trying to be the main character in history, nobody writes about him anymore.

And let’s not forget: Albright defeated Fair Kelvin Davis. Neat. And now Keyshawn wants to rewrite the narrative of his fists behind the curtain? Grow up. Settle in the ring – If You are still allowed in one.

According to Albright, who calmly gave an interview to Marek Kriegel ESPN after defeating Kelvin Davis because of the majority decision, the whole thing began when the Davis brothers – Yes, the plural – I blew up in search of trouble.

“Keyshawn and his younger brother Keon jumped me,” said Albright on the air. “They began to approach me, and one of them put my head to mine and grabbed me. I was to get woven, but my team and everyone caught Keyshawn and everything.”

Timothy Bradley said it’s best: “His supplies just fell”

Bradley did not stop the ESPN transmission. Prosto said he was a fan of the Davis brothers- was. The time has gone through. “Do you see how you don’t control your anger? Do you see what will happen?” He said, watching how all the defeat is developing. You rarely see a broadcasting team that has been disgusted on the air. But it was not a boxing incident. It was a crash caught in 4K.

You can’t be another star if you behave like a backbone tyrant. This is not just a bad optics – it is a career reset. And if Keyshawn Davis thinks that after that he will return to the main place, he dreams.

Local cops had to remove Keyshawn from the building. That’s where we are there. From the Olympic buzz to escorted by law enforcement agencies – and for what? Pride? Ego? Jealousy?

Albright said it clear: “We have to do it now … inside the ring, not outside.” And he is right. But don’t be surprised if the next Keyshawna fight is with the commission, not another warrior.

If this is the next great boxing name, sport is in sedate trouble. When a man loses his temperament, belt and a hug of reality within 24 hours, what else is left until the fall?

Last updated 06/08/2025

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Reports: Moses Itauma vs. Dillian Whyte set to August 16

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Słowaki-British perspective of Moses Itaum I former claimant to the title of the world Dillian Whyte are finalizing the agreement to fight on August 16 in Riyadh.

The report in the Ring magazine says that the couple will manage a special event of the Riyadh season, which coincides with the Esports World Championships, meaning a grave spectacle between combat sports and game culture.

For Itauma (12-0, 10 KO), perspectives of the ESPN year in 2024, the fight is a key moment in his juvenile career. The 20-year-old turned to his mixture of power, self-control and pedigree-now has a chance to prove that he is ready for a higher level.

Whyte (31-3, 21 KO), former WBC champion, will provide the most complex test for a juvenile warrior. The veteran returned in December 2024 to defeat Ebenezer Tetteh after seven runes of Slug Fest. The fight was only second in Whyte within two years after he did not pass the drug test before the planned rematch against Anthony Joshua in August 2023.

The intrigue is also intrigue to the rest of the cards set for August 16.

Master WBA Feather Nick Ball (22-0, 13 KO) will defend his title against Australian Sam Goodman (20-0, 8 KO). The Australian, junior featherweight, will escalate by his first opportunity for the title of the world.

A younger lithe duel is also planned between Anthony Cacace (24-1, 9 KO) and Raymond Ford (17-1, 8 KO)

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