It might be that Turki Alalshikh and Oscar De La Hoya be part of forces to placed on a giant card that’s co-headlined by Terence Crawford Vs. Vergil Ortiz and Shakur Stevenson Vs. William Zepeda. The 2 males spoke at Saturday’s Ortiz-Serhii Bohachuk thriller, and De La Hoya and Alalshikh appeared to have come to at the least a verbal settlement.
“We need to make the massive fights,” De La Hoya stated. “If Vergil wins, we make Crawford subsequent.”
“Sure, I’ll give Crawford a giant supply to do that and let’s see,” Turki stated in response. “And never solely this. We need to see Shakur and Zepeda [fight].”
“Let’s do it,” De La Hoya countered.
So, might this large doubleheader go down, both late this yr or a while subsequent yr? No venue has been spoken of but however Alalshikh is eager to stage additional struggle playing cards within the US. Crawford desires a giant struggle now {that a} Canelo struggle is off the desk, whereas Stevenson and Zepeda each crave an enormous struggle alternative. And, to not be grasping, however there would additionally possible be further fights on this card if it really occurred.
Ortiz is an excellent younger fighter, however some followers, certainly rather a lot, need to see Ortiz give Bohachuki a rematch, so shut and so nice was Saturday’s rumble. However cash talks, and it might show to be Crawford subsequent. As for Stevenson Vs. Zepeda, this can be a real boxer versus puncher match up, and we’d all like to see it.
De La Hoya and Alalshikh working collectively? Let’s see.
As of proper now, each Crawford and Stevenson are free brokers, whereas Ortiz and Zepeda are each Golden Boy fighters.
