Promoter Eddie Hearn says he doesn’t assume Terence Crawford will give former WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov a rematch after successful a harder-than-expected questionable 12-round unanimous choice final Saturday evening on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
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Crawford’s Hardest Struggle
As Hearn had predicted, Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) had the hardest combat of his profession towards Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs) and out-punched, marked up, and made to look all of 36.
Hearn feels the judges saved Crawford from struggling his first profession defeat and working his probabilities of getting the Canelo Alvarez combat that he’s been pining away for.
It’s unclear who Crawford will combat subsequent if he doesn’t get the combat towards Canelo, which it doesn’t seem he’ll. Hearn desires Crawford to face Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, however he doesn’t consider he’ll entertain that combat both.
No matter perception Crawford had in his potential to beat Boots Ennis, they’ve evaporated after the punishment he took towards Madrimov, and he’s not going to need to combat the younger expertise to threat dropping out on the Canelo payday.
Madrimov: The Finest at 154?
“I don’t assume they’ll need to take the rematch,” Eddie Hearn instructed the media when requested if there could be a rematch between Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov. What Israil proved is that he’s the very best 154-pounder on this planet.”
Many followers agree with Hearn’s remark that Madrimov proved he’s the very best fighter on this planet at 154. Crawford’s win solely proved that he was the very best of the three assigned judges, however not with the followers. They overwhelmingly noticed Madrimov because the winner.
“I believed he edged the combat. It was an in depth combat,” Hearn continued about his perception that Madrimov deserved the victory. “I used to be dissatisfied that we didn’t get a cut up or a little bit bit extra respect on the scorecards, however that was his eleventh combat. It was wonderful, actually, to go and combat Crawford and provides him that form of a combat.”
Hearn ought to have impressed upon Madrimov the necessity to get a knockout within the combat as a result of it’s unattainable for fighters to beat standard stars, particularly once they have a mega-fight looming simply over the horizon as Crawford does towards Canelo.
Madrimov’s Inventory Rises
“Finally,” stated Hearn when requested if a Crawford-Madrimov rematch would make sense. “Israil has acquired to come back again now, be in some huge fights, get some good wins, and hopefully, individuals will need to see that rematch,” stated Hearn.
Regardless of Madrimov dropping, his standing has elevated within the boxing world, and he shouldn’t have any issues getting a shot towards the winner of Saturday’s conflict between Serhii Bohachuk and Vergil Ortiz Jr.