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The power trainer warns: Power Feeding Terence Crawford to 180 pounds will lead to a disaster against Canelo Alvarez
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2 months agoon

The trainer of strength and conditioning Rob Acosta believes that Terenka Crawford is in trouble, approaching, eating his way to 180 years vintage.
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Too huge, too rapid?
Crawford ate his way until 168 because he quickly gained weight from the last fight in August. It no longer looks toned and you can say that he fed power. Crawford just looks like a typical warrior he has He was in a feed bagExcessively, thinking that it can transform into a super medium weight, eating alone.
He says that Crawford will decrease to 168 to earn weight, and then hydrate until the mid-1970s to challenge Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KO) for his belts. This additional weight that Crawford puts in a fight, will not transform it into another Gennadiy Golovkin In terms of energy. It will not be what he has never been designed. He would be a welterweight and very snail-paced.
Crawford will first conduct 175 in a fight in his 17-year professional career, fighting a warrior who has been competing for many years. In other words, it will not end well for the 38-year-old Crawford. It will be slower, weaker and became stronger than ever it has been hit.
“Crawford comes from 154. He will go 160 and move straight to 168,” said Rob Acosta’s coach Warrior About Terenka Crawford connects with 154 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his unified titles in Super Middle weight in September. “Let’s say Crawford is about 180. These 12 rounds will go down to make 168”.
Crawford’s decision not to stop at 160 about the fight against one of the best guys in this weight class was a mistake. If he were against the idea of tuning in 168 to get my feet damp, at least he should stop at the age of 160 and fight Janibek Alimkhanuly to feel that he would face a greater warrior with greater power. Janibek is one of the biggest strokes in medium weight and would be better prepared to fight Canelo at the age of 168. Did Terenka be afraid that he would be revealed by an average weight?
Food?
“He ate until 180. Understand it. He did not work out until 180 – said Acosta. “It’s a difference. So if you’re going to eat, eat, eat, you are to greater weight, assuming that because you’ve burned the heavier guys, assuming that you can appear at the highest level against the guy [Canelo] which has been there many times and is very convenient in this weight and going down from more importance. It’s a completely different animal. “
The sparring sparring of the inexperienced, snail-paced Lester Martinez is not the same as the fight with the killer like Canelo. If Buda paired someone like that Oslyys IglesiasIt would be a much better preparation for Canelo, but this guy probably knocking Crawford in the camp. The last thing Crawford needs is to start fighting with Canelo in half a sparring with Iglesias.
“The last two weeks of a very camp is always the most vital time, because then the most stupidest things can go wrong,” said Acosta. “It is very arduous to come from 154 to 168 at a certain time and perform as if you had 140, 147 and 154. We saw what happened when it went from 147 to 154. It wasn’t a bad performance.
“Crawford scored a few good shots. What do you think will happen in 168? Canelo was touched by GGG, one of the most arduous boxing strokes. Do you want to tell me that Crawford will simply go up and tidy it? I don’t see how it happens.
“What is he [Crawford] Are you going to hydrate? 175? You walk after this weight. Let’s see what will happen when you enter there with the best competitor, such as Canelo, “Acosta said.
Last updated 26.03.2025

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Garcia: Crawford needs a perfect fight, doubts in power against Canelo
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25 minutes agoon
May 12, 2025
Danny Garcia claims that the power of Terence Crawford will not be enough at 168, to have a chance to defeat Canelo Alvarez for his unquestionable championships with a super medium weight on September 12. Garcia notes that Crawford’s power “did not raise” to 154 in her fight with Israil Madrimov on August 3 last year. He says that when Crawford now jumps two weight classes to 168 to fight one of the biggest strokes in the division, Canelo, it will be “arduous”.
Crawford’s decision, in order not to get up and take one or two melodies in the Super Middle Wweight to prepare for Alvarez, will make his work more arduous. He decided to play safely, sit down and wait for a gigantic fight against withdrawals, instead of risking your skin in front of one of the rivals. What does this say about what the real goal of Terenka was to fight Canelo? He says it is for heritage, but his actions suggest that it is for cash.
168 Power deficit?
“I rate Crawford’s last performance when he went to 154 against Madrimov. I feel like his [Bud] The power did not reach so much until 154. So I feel that 168 is arduous – said Danny Garcia WarriorDoubting that Terenka Crawford has enough pop in its shots to be a threat to defeating Canelo Alvarez on September 12.
Crawford’s power did not raise from 147 to 154 in its last fight. He was never a substantial blow, even at the age of 147 and He looked frail in the junior of the medium weight against Israil Madrimov. Some of them are an older age that bred an ugly head. When you are 40 years antique like Crawford and you only fight once a year from 2020. “Little GGG” Madrimov knocked with Crawford chips with his right hands, hitting his head many times. At the end of the fight, Crawford’s face looked like he was hit by a truck. Unlike this, Madrimov looked like he wasn’t even in battle.
One win to rule them all?
“If it pulls it up, you must put it there Three of the best all time. This means he [Crawford] All four lanes in three divisions are unified. Going up all weight classes to defeat Canelo, “Danny said. “If he wins this fight, you must put it in the top three. But it will be a steep, steep hill to climb. It will be arduous.”
You can’t call Crawford “three of all time” if it causes Canelo’s nervousness because he is exaggerated and is not close to his best career at that moment. If Crawford defeated the Canelo version in 2017, which fought the controversial draw against Gennada Golovkin in their first fight, you can put it in the first 30 or 40 of all time, but not in the first three. At that time, 35-year-old GGG was unveiled. Canelo was 27 years antique.
In order for Crawford to be in the top three of all time, he would have to defeat these warriors:
– David Benavidez
– Dmitryry Bivol
– David Morrell
– Artur Beterbiev
– Jai Ottaia
You do not get the highest three places of all time, beating an antique barn like Canelo, and then you say you are one of the best? Danny must slip if he thinks everything he needs is that Crawford defeats Canelo to be among the great all time. It will not even be in the top 50, if he overcomes faded antique Canelo.
“If he can do it, he praises everything, but I think it will be too much for him. He is a naturally bigger guy [Canelo]. You’re talking about a guy [Crawford] who started his career at the age of 135, fighting at the age of 168. It’s crazy. When he begins to be hit with these bombs, he will be like “Whoa” – said Garcia.
If Crawford moved to 168 and got a few tuning fights to show what he can do, he could have a chance to beat Canelo. He should have participated in a few quick fights with pretenders to super medium -sized weight, Oslyys Iglesias and Christian Mbilli, before fighting with Canelo. If Crawford was physically in one piece after these matches, the fans would give him a better shot in winning with Alvarez. What Terenki does will raise by 14 pounds after a frail performance in its debut in 154 against Israil Madrimov, does not look good for him. He will still get a $ 100 million Paydation, which is probably the only reason why he conducted a campaign to fight Canelo. But when it comes to victory, I do not see this happens, even in relation to this washed version of the Mexican star.
Lost mobility
“Crawford likes to fight,” said Danny, asked if Terenka would be Canelo’s boxing, as he did against Viktor Postole in 2016 at 140. “He can make it easier, but he just likes to fight. That’s why he is sometimes hit. He hits and presses this pressure.”
Crawford no longer has the same mobility as he had when he fought with Viktor postol at the age of 28. Bud is going to be 38 years antique on September 28. He is not an applicant that almost a decade ago, when he fought with postol, until he is packing up to the 180s of 180s, he would not be airy enough to move.
Last updated 12.05.2025
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Hearn is trying to quickly unify Ennis – Norman Jr., faces resistance from the Norman Jr. team.
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2 hours agoon
May 12, 2025
Eddie Hearn says he wanted to “lock“WBO Master of welterweight, Brian Norman Jr. In the unification agreement at the moment to clash with IBF and WBO Champ Jaron” Boots “Ennis, but Normana Jr. He told him that they wanted to wait for Jin Sasaki in June.
Hearn says that Ennis (34-0, 30 KO) can face Teofimo Lopez because Turks Alalshikh wants her to fight so. He says WBA obligatory Shakhram Giyasov “It’s not a fight we really want“For Ennis. Hearn suggests that they will organize a contract for Giyasov, to go aside, so that Ennis can fight Norman Jr. or, more likely, Teofimo then.
The promoter of Matchroom, Hearn, states that Boots only want “belts and union”. Defense defense is not what he wants. He does not say whether Ennis will continue to take steps with Giyasov or other obligatory pretenders who pop up until he reaches the purpose of being the undisputed champion at the age of 147.
ENNIS probably do to accelerate the process of non -questioning immediately or suffering losses along the way. If the master can escape from extreme unsafe contenders, this is a great way to avoid beating and rapidly capturing belts against tender masters. However, this is a bad precedent when the masters can do it because it is not sporty.
“Blocking” discount?
“He is [Brian Norman Jr.] Absolutely available now. We submitted them to the offer last week. And we even said to them: “If you take this fight [Jin Sasaki]IN Let’s close the fight After that, October, November, December, whenever, “said Eddie Hearn to Chris Mannix YouTube channel About how he recently tried to configure the union between his warrior Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Brian Norman Jr.
“And they [Team Norman Jr.] He returned and said: “We don’t want to talk about any other fight until we fight.” So I don’t know. We cannot rely on Brian Norman Jr., who chased any size because the purse is outraged in terms of what he created. This is a huge purse in terms of what we offered him, “said Hearn.
Why Norman Jr. would like to negotiate the fight against Boots Ennis before the fight against Jin Sasaki on June 19 in Tokyo, Japan? The value of Norman JR may raise rapidly after this fight if it looked spectacular against Sasaki, and then he would be worth a lot more money in the fight against Ennis. That Hearn would try to quickly negotiate a contract with Norman Jr. To get low-cost, before its value increases. This is the crafty move of Hearna. Norman Jr. He doesn’t fall in love with this. They were not born yesterday and they know what this game is about.
“We don’t want to fight”
“We have mandatory Shakhram Giyasov [for Boots Ennis’ WBA title]IN which is not really the fight we wantBut we understand his position. He moved to the side to let [Eimantas] Stanionis is fighting, and then the second fight is Teofimo Lopez, and his Excellency [Turki Alalshikh] It seems that we want us to take – said Hearn.
As you can see here, Hearn already says that Giyasov will be avoided so that the shoes can take another fight. If he does not want to defend against his mandatory contenders, he must leave or deprive himself of his WBA or IBF title, if he also begins to avoid defense against their mandatory pretenders. I know Ennis wants a surface trick After capturing the undisputed at 147, but what is the achievement if you avoided fighting the obligatory pretenders on the whole road? This is one of the problems that are bad in boxing.
When popular masters win titles, they twist their main competitions, looking for defense against their obligatory pretenders. One example was Canelo Alvarez, who did not defend against David Benavidez when he was his mandatory WBC for two years. This happens with Ennis shoes, avoiding the mandatory WBA Giyasov.
“Teo called it. I love the fight in terms of our skills, our chances of winning this fight. I think it’s a good fight profile,” said Hearn. “Jaron is very clear in terms of what he wants. Belts, union and unquestioned. So when I talk to him about Teo’s fight, it’s a bit like: “Yes, I don’t mind, but what about the titles?”
It doesn’t matter what shoes want. He has mandatory duties if he wants to keep his titles. You don’t win them without having to defend the titles by choosing a fight with anyone you want. Hearn suggests that Ennis will twist his mandatory WBA Giyasova and will either fight at the business level with a smaller, player with a low Teofimo exit, or less likely, fight union against Norman Jr. Giyasov for the second time in a row after he was defeated with the Stanionis unification clash.
Paying to avoid competition
“So if we can’t get the title and If there is a way to deal with Shakhram Giyasov, Regardless of whether in the meantime or anything else, we are open to the fight of Teofimo Lopez. I think it’s a great fight and respect for Teo, if he wants to jump and take it, “said Hearn.
Ennis should fight his obligatory pretenders. What is the master that he bypasses his mandatory duties and only fights with great money with such as Teofimo or united matches? Jaron wants to become the undisputed champion in the age of 147; He should deal with his obligatory pretenders, like any other master, and not have special treatment to twist them to facilitate work.
If Ennis already does this in welterweight, you can bet that he will do the same at the age of 154 if he gets one of the titles. Theoretically, the shoes could twist the ranking of younger killers in medium weight, such as Vergil Ortiz Jr., Israil Madrimov and Serhia Bohachuk, if he manages to capture one of the titles aged 154.
Just Pay them a step away from each other forever. It shows what a warrior can do after supporting a lot of money. When they win the title of world champion, they can twist any of the unsafe compulsory rivals to choose and choose various warriors or masters they want to fight. It’s anti -porting. Imagine for a second what the NBA or NFL team could do if they could pay the main competition to go aside so that they could exploit effortless games. What would leagues be?
“He is [Giyasov] He is our warrior. He is our friend. One thing that we will not do is to be wise and release people, “said Hearn, when Mannix said that Giyasov had already made a favor, pushing to the side to allow him to be able to face the WBA Stanionis master in unification, and not insisting. [Note: Hearn hinting about another step aside deal for Giyasov]. “
Here you go. Hearn suggests a great time that he intends to offer a unsafe Giyasova the next step to the side to get him out of the way so that Ennis shoes can either fight the match of union with Norman Jr., and more likely, a lucrative start with Teofimo Lopez, who says that Turki wants. Giyasov is a more risky version of Karen Chukhadzhian and everything is fine for Ennis, which is struggling with highly qualified Eastern European warriors.
Last updated 12.05.2025
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Shakur Stevenson does not promise a retreat against William Zepeda: can Braggard finally silence critics and provide a fight?
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4 hours agoon
May 12, 2025
Shakur Stevenson says He didn’t run away In his fight with William Zedaja on July 12 in Novel York. The lithe champion of WBC Stevenson (23-0, 11 KO) replied this week to criticism that he would not win the fight if he escapes from Zepeda (33-0, 27 KO). Zepeda seems to have an order for him, which is why he is so eager to fight a Mexican knockout artist. Shakur did not show the same readiness to fight the President No. 1, Andy Cruzor his “brother” Keyshawn Davis.
Fans want Shakur to fight Zepeda, instead of running all over the creation, as he did against the last decent opponent he met two years ago, against Edwin de Los Santos in 2023. So that Shakur does not run away from the high volume of Zepeda, it will be demolished without four or five rounds. There is no way to match the Mexican blow.
Stevenson was booed from the T-Mobile Arena for running all night. Since then, his promoters tried to match him only with the low level opposition to avoid this repetition; Hence, we saw Shakur fighting Electrician, Josh PadleyAnd the slightly striking Artem Harutyunaan, who lost his loss and a year -round release.
What’s wrong with Shakur?
- Lifeless fights: People do not like to watch the amateur style of Shakura, which he still uses. He focuses on scoring points, hitting, and then backing up 3 to 5 feet to avoid replacement. It is always one blow at once, and then the defender’s step. Fans perceive it as uninteresting.
- Tender record: No significant victories. Stevenson chooses opponents who are not a threat that they have defeated him, and can pour them out using a uninteresting style of fighting. The best name on his album is Edwin de Los Santos and probably lost to him. Although Stevenson defeated Oscar Valdez, he was 100% washed when there was a fight.
- Braggard: At X Shakur, he boasts what he is and how he is the best warrior in boxing. He does everything that you praise, never fighting with anyone’s good. Fans are annoyed to see him as false. He wants to be loved, but he doesn’t have to get it, fighting and beating the best.
- Too much by pressing the payment: Stevenson persecute Gervont Davis for a fight 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from his arrival in a lithe in 2023. He just wants this payment without earning him, accepting his “brother”, Keyshawn Davis, Andy Cruz, Abdullah Mason and Raymond Muratalla.
You won’t run on July 12, you don’t know boxing if you think I’m a Lol runner https://t.co/qlgar2fvxr
– Shakur Stevenson (@shakurstevenson) May 12, 2025
Last updated 12.05.2025

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