2020 Olympic Cuban gold medalist Andy Cruz (5-0, 2 KOS) will fight Hironori Mishiro (17-1-1, 6 KOS) at the IBF Lightweight Title eliminator eliminator on the Richardson Hitchins vs. George Cambosos Jr. at the theater at the theater in Madison Square Garden in Novel York. The event will be shown live in Dazn.

The winner of the Cruz-Mishiro fight can end the challenge of Raymond Muratalla if he is raised to the full master if the current IBF Vasily Lomachenko champion decides to retire and not return. Given that Cruz is talented and is not one of the Top Rank fighters, Muratalla will probably wait a year or longer before he defends him.

The highest rank promotes Muratalla and will not want IBF to lose Cruz in a low paid fight. They will expand it as long as possible, and try to configure more lucrative matches from Gervont Davis, Keyshawn Davis or Abdullah Mason.

Shakur protection against Cruz

Interestingly, the promoter Eddie Hearn positions Andy Cruz towards the IBF title, not the WBC belt kept by Matchroom Fighter Shakur Stevenson. Cruz takes #1 WBC and #3 ibf. The idea is to protect Shakur long enough to fight great money with the champion of WBA Gervont Davis.

If Hearn fought Shakur with Cruz, Newark, a compatriot from Novel Jersey, he would probably lose. This would constantly destroy his chances of fighting tank. He is sharp, but still looks bad that Stevenson is protected against beating by a more talented Cruz. It’s business.

Cruz calls Keyshawn Davis constantly since he changed the professional in 2023, but without happiness. Now, when Keyshawn captured the title of WBO from the highest ranking fighter, Denys Berinchyk, on his part there is even less interest to face Cruz.

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Floyd Schofield vs. Tevin Farmer is possible for Undercard Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. June 28. The undefeated Schofield (18-0, 12 KO) talked about the fight against Lucas Bahdim, but the negotiations came.

@Danrafael1 reports that his sources say that there is a good chance that the Schofield-Farmer fight will be created on the card on June 28. It would be a risky struggle for an unverified 22-year-old Schofield at this early stage of his five-year professional career. He did not look good during his last fight, leaving in the 11th round by Rene Tellez Giron in November last year.

Schofield received a lot of criticism from fans for withdrawing from the fight with the title in February last year against Master WBC Lightweight Shakur Stevenson. In this fight Floyd would have a nice payment day. Some boxing fans believe that at the last minute he lost his icy feet, lost his nerves and pulled out the excuse for being infirmed.

Sink or swimming?

The Golden Boy’s decision to permit Schofield on the former IBF Super Feather Wweight (33-8-1, 8 KO) farmer is a sink. In other words, if Schofield loses, it is possible that Golden Boy can reject him, seeing him as a lost case and it is not worth spending more time on its construction.

The farmer was close to beating William Zepeda In the last two fights in exhausting competitions. Tevin took and threw out many penalties. Earlier, the farmer lost a challenging 10-round unanimous decision against Raymond Muratalla In July last year. Although he lost the fight with Muratall, he made him look bad, landing many shots and making him miss the right arrows.

Schofield’s fight with Giron should have enough for Golden Boy to give up because he looked so average. But the strange withdrawal from his fight with Shakur must raise doubts in the minds of the best Golden Boy brass about whether Schofield has hardness to keep it on board. When the warrior is tender, promoters must throw them overboard to focus on fighters with the required spark to succeed.

Promoter Eddie Hearn believes that the Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez will hang gloves after the fight against Terenka Crawford. Hearn says he thinks “Father’s time” He soon met 35-year-old Canelo (63-2-2, 39 KO) after watching his performance against William Scull on May 3 in Riyjad.

The fights remain

Alvarez looked as bad in this fight as in losing to Dmitry Bivol in 2022. He was lucky that Scull lacked the desire to stand and fight, because he was better than Canelo during exchange due to his hand speed and surprisingly good power.

What does not make sense. Canelo still has three fights for a contract with Turki. His first fight against the original four fighting contract from Turka was against William Scull. Canelo’s second fight will take place on September 12, the title defense against 37-year-old Crawford, followed by its third and fourth fight in February and October.

The third fight for Canelo may be a rematch with Crawford in February 2026 or, more likely, clash with the winner Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn. The fourth fight will almost certainly be against the winner of Edgar Berlang vs. Hamzah Sheeraz. These are victorious fights for Canelo; He won’t reject them. These are not skillful warriors who move like Crawford, and will be able to go down to unload the bombs.

“I think that the contract with his Excellency applies to three fights. I think Crawford’s fight will be his last,” said Eddie Hearn Ring magazine He probably retired about Canelo Alvarez. “There is no Intel there and I did not talk to him. But after watching this fight after Crawford, what else is to do him?”

The blue way of thinking

Canelo likes money too much To leave from the last two fights for four fights after Crawford’s clash. Even if he loses this fight with Terenka, he will not retire because of pride and cake. Canelo was not born of wealth. So he has a way of thinking about a blue collar that makes him want to get as much money as possible. He believes in work. The Mexican star is different from the average warrior who, after making millions, sits around, not train, surround and live Nouveau Riche gentle life.

“Do you want to go to England for a fight? Yes, I think it might like it. But I don’t know. I just think my father, body, Mojo, I don’t know. I actually thought during the Scull fight,” I wouldn’t be surprised if he just didn’t fight Crawford, “said Hearn.

Alvarez is not a warrior he was once, but he can still defeat fighters such as Berlanga, Eubank Jr, Benn and Sheeraz. These are guys with whom he would fight for the end of four fights from Turk and the creation of golden crusiness. He does not intend to retire without obtaining this gold. Hearn sounds as if he knows what he is talking about with his guessing.