Terence Crawford’s unanimous decision win over Israil Madrimov for the WBA super welterweight title on Saturday moves the consensus best pound-for-pound boxer in the world to a potential super fight against Canelo Álvarez.
Terence Crawford, centro, levanta el puño al final de la pelea a 12 asaltos contra Israil Madrimov durante una pelea de boxeo por el campeonato de peso súper welter en Los Ángeles, el sábado 3 de agosto de 2024. Crawford, el consenso del mejor boxeador libra por libra del mundo, derrotó a Israil Madrimov por decisión unánime para convertirse en campeón de cuatro divisiones.
“Canelo, we are ready to February,” said Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi Arabian politician and financier who was behind the Crawford-Madrimov card. “Crawford ready. Accept.” Brian McIntyre, Crawford’s trainer, said his fighter would need to highlight athleticism in a showdown with Álvarez. Now, at 36 years old, Crawford is in position to be the centerpiece of the sport. That could come against Álvarez, but Alalshikh is also championing Crawford and undefeated Vergil Ortiz Jr. at 154 pounds as an equally intriguing fight should Álvarez decline.
And for a pugilist who spent most of his career being overshadowed in the mainstream by the likes of Álvarez, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, the structure of the event at BMO Stadium, which included a pre-fight concert by rapper Eminem, was seemingly designed to establish Crawford at that level.
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