Hamzah Sheeraz provides for the victory of “Stoppage” for Canelo Alvarez against Terenka Crawford in the fight on September 13 in Las Vegas. He believes that there are “weight classes for some reason” and believes that the jump with two divisions, which Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) will be in this fight, will be too vast for his body to cope.
Age, dismissals hurt Crawford
Crawford is not newborn, he is 38 years elderly in September, and from 2020 he will estimate his career as an part -time warrior.
We saw it in Crawford’s last fight, leaving the 13-month release, debuting in 154 and barely won. Instead of staying at the age of 154 to prove himself against Teenage Lions, Crawford moves two divisions for the fight against the unquestionable master of the super medium weight Canelo (63-2-2, 39 KO). It does not look good for Terence.
Canelo strength, the advantage of greatness
“My look at this is No. 1, for some reason there are weight classes,” said Hamzah Sheeraz Warrior Asked about his thoughts about Terenka Crawford, moving around two weight classes to challenge the unquestioned master of the super medium weight Canelo Alvarez.
We saw Crawford’s last fight in 154 that he achieved his ceiling of what is possible for his frame. He would not be a dominant warrior in a younger average, which he had 147, 140 and 135 in his era. If he stayed at the age of 154, he would probably be beaten by younger, physically larger and stronger fighters in this weight class.
Madrimov revealed Crawford’s ceiling
He will not return to this division because writing is on the wall. Israil Madrimov unveiled him. Of course, Crawford would not move to 160 to fight the masters in this division, because it would be even worse for him. He would be too petite and elderly.
“And if we base it at their last performances, Canelo had a better performance, even though he had a negative warrior [William Scull] Before him, “said Hamzah,” and I feel that Crawford was fighting a little [Israil] Madrimowa’s physicality. Yes, it was very physical and I feel that he fought it. “
Sheeraz puts it slightly when he says Crawford fought Madrimov. He was probably beaten by him, but saved by three judges working in battle. They were won by 115-113, 116-112 and 115-113 for Crawford.
I watched the fight and I had 7-5 for Madrimova [115-113]. Cleaner, much more tough blows landed in every round of the fight. Crawford threw a lot more blows than Madrimov, 433 to 275, but he only landed at 11. He had a mentally associated in nodes.
Canelo strength, the advantage of greatness
“You have to remember. Canelo is a great guy. He is sturdy,” said Sheeraz. “He knows how to operate your size, but at the same time you can’t write back fighters such as Crawford, because it is so skillful. So, raising two scales, it can oppose opportunities because it is a great generation.”
Crawford can get more shots than Canelo, but he will be similar to his fight with Madrimov. His shots will be much weaker. The judges will not give Canelo activity because he is a star. They will do it honestly and give him a decision. If you are Crawford, you should try a knockout because you will not get a budget-friendly victory, as in your last fight.
“But if I had to put the money on it, I would put money on Canelo to win by stopping,” said Sheeraz.
Canelo will be tough to knock out Crawford, because he will probably be in motion through the full 12 rounds, after William Scull’s plan, how to go a distance with the Mexican star. It will be ugly, but at least Crawford can have a moral victory.
Oleksandr Usyk has shared his reaction to Anthony Joshua‘s dramatic knockout victory against Kristian Prenga.
Usyk nearly suffered his own shock defeat in May when he was pushed to the limit by kickboxing star Rico Verhoevenand two months on it was nrw teammate Joshua’s turn to come close to a massive upset loss that would have stunned the heavyweight division.
The Brit was dropped twice by massive underdog Prenga in the opening round of their clash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but ‘AJ’ managed to recover and record a big knockdown of his own in the second round that resulted in the stoppage victory.
Joshua and Usyk now train together, having famously had two battles for the unified world heavyweight title in 2021 and 2022, and the Ukrainian has had his say on his stablemate’s victory over Prenga.
Speaking to TalkSporttwo-time undisputed champion Usyk praised Joshua, insisting ‘AJ is back’ before predicting that Joshua will now claim a knockout win over long-term rival Tyson Fury in his next bout.
“Anthony Joshua is next undisputed champion. First round it’s a test but AJ is back.
It’s boxing, [the] big upper cut is good, it’s a knockdown. AJ [come] back and win.
“Greedy Belly [Fury] will speak now and say weak chin, Greedy Belly get out. AJ wins [against Fury], [he will] knock him out.”
Fury was victorious on Friday as he earned a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach in Thailand, paving the way for the showdown against Joshua later this year.
Jake Paul was the last man to fight Anthony Joshua and he has now revealed his verdict on AJ’s chaotic victory over Kristian Prenga.
Joshua went up against Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturdayin a clash that was expected to be a comfortable win for the former world heavyweight champion in order to set up the long overdue battle against Tyson Fury.
Any hopes of seeing that clash were nearly ended after AJ was dropped twice in the opening round of the bout, though he was able to recover and claim the second round knockout to come out on top and prevent a stunning shock upset from taking place.
Saturday’s outing saw Joshua back in the ring for the first time since his sixth round triumph over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul back in Decemberand now ‘The Problem Child’ himself has shared his reaction to his former rival’s victory over Prenga.
Posting on social mediaPaul praised AJ for earning the win, after returning to action following the tragic car crash he was involved in at the end of last year which took the lives of his two close friends.
“Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through. Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.”
Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through.
Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) July 25, 2026
The win for Joshua should now tee up for meeting with Fury later this year, after ‘The Gypsy King’ held up his end of the bargain by also securing a win in his warm-up bout on Friday, securing a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach.
Anthony Joshua may have earned a knockout win over Kristian Prenga but the fight certainly didn’t unfold as most people expected.
Joshua was facing the Albanian in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, and it looked like a massive upset could be on the cards when he was dropped twice in the opening round.
‘AJ’ was able to recover and went on to secure a second round knockout victory to prevent the shock lossseemingly paving the way for the battle against Tyson Fury later this year.
One man who was ringside to witness the battle was former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellewand he praised Joshua’s ability to turn things around in the fight after describing it as ‘chaos’.
“We predicted round two but I don’t think we foresaw that. That was chaos. He doesn’t see the uppercut coming and finds himself on the floor without knowing how he got there.
“The second one he did see it coming and he was able to clench down on the jaw. He got up and then the experience that he has he used tonight because he tied him up. Against Andy Ruiz he didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t know how to do that, but tonight he did.
“He showed once again there is no quit. To be that hurt in the first round and get up, that’s the recoveries of power. People talk about your chin, but it’s not, it’s the level of fitness that gets you up from the floor.
“When Joshua gets a fighter hurt he’s the best finisher in the division. Whenever he hurts someone they’re gone. I haven’t seen him drop anybody and they survive, only Andy Ruiz. He’s a ruthless finisher.”
The clash between Joshua and Fury is now expected to be announced soon for later this year, after Fury won his own interim fight on Friday by defeating Mariusz Wach.