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Turki Al-Shiekh revealed the fights he desires to see taking place within the sport. One of many prime ones when it comes to world enchantment is Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford at Tremendous Middleweight.
It’s going to be a troublesome struggle for Turki to place collectively in 2025 as a result of the unified three-belt 168-lb champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) has proven little interest in giving Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) the chance to struggle him. It’s comprehensible, although.
Turki’s Wishlist
Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford
Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury
Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney 2
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois 2
Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn
Of those fights, a Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney rematch can be interesting to a variety of followers worldwide. It may be the largest struggle in boxing that may be made. British promoter Eddie Hearn insists that Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury is the largest one within the sport. It’s not. There’s no enchantment to that old-timer’s struggle. That struggle is now not attention-grabbing, and it was by no means an amazing one to start with as a result of lack of stable wins for the 2 British fighters throughout their careers.
Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) desires to indicate the followers that his victory over former two-division world champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) from final yr wasn’t as a consequence of him utilizing Ostarine. That’s the image that Devin and his father, Invoice Haney, painted to clarify their defeat final yr.
The Brits need to see Joshua vs. Fury and Eubank Jr. vs. Benn, however People have zero curiosity in these fights. Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are seen as washed-up outdated heavyweights who by no means beat nice opposition.
They’re simply pampered, manufactured fighters—by no means the true factor. U.S. followers don’t care about them, and so they undoubtedly don’t have any curiosity in a domestic-level struggle between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn. These two aren’t world-class and by no means had been.
Canelo vs. Crawford?
Canelo has nothing to achieve from preventing a smaller, older fighter who fights two weight courses beneath him. Crawford would wish to achieve 14 lbs to make his first look at 168. This struggle is only a car for Crawford to get retirement cash. Terence appeared outdated and woefully unhealthy in his debut at 154 towards Israel Madrimov final August.
The efficiency confirmed that Terence isn’t reduce out of the junior middleweight division and would lose ultimately if he took the danger of preventing the ability punchers Bakhram Murtazaliev, Serhii Bohachuk, and Vergil Ortiz Jr. These guys would knock some chips off Crawford, doubtless all beating him, and ruing his ineffective Canelo retirement dream.
The Mexican star would maybe be extra open to giving the Nebraska native Bud Crawford a title shot if he had been brave sufficient to maneuver as much as tremendous middleweight and defeat two or three prime fighters. Crawford doesn’t plan on doing that for apparent causes. He simply desires the Canelo struggle given to him, and you may’t respect that.
Turki could make the Canelo-Crawford struggle occur this yr if he gives Alvarez a ton of cash that he hasn’t seen throughout his lengthy profession. The Mexican star’s web value is estimated at 1 / 4 billion. So, for Al-Shiekh to get that struggle made, he may have to supply Canelo over $100 million.
It’s a must to assume that Crawford would need to moist his beak on not less than half of that if no more. Financially, it doesn’t make sense. Crawford isn’t a draw, and the struggle gained’t come near breaking even.
“I want to see Eubank-Benn. Also, of course, Tyson and Joshua. [Moses] Itauma deserves to be the youngest heavyweight champion,” stated Turki Al-Shiekh on Froch on Preventing YouTube channel about fights he desires to see in 2025.
“He still has one year to reach this number [correction: Moses Itauma has until May 19, 2025, to break Mike Tyson’s record of becoming the youngest heavyweight champion],” Turki continued.
“In the American market, I want to see Canelo-Crawford. I want to see Garcia-Haney, the rematch.”
