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Chris Algieri argues the idea of Terence Crawford doing his first defense of his indisputable average weight championship against Dmitry Bivol.
The former retired world champion of 140 pounds, Algieri, claims that the Bivol of 6’0 “(24-1, 12 kos) would be too high for the Crawford of 5’9” (42-0, 31 kos) and “Stylistically” It’s a bad game for him. Crawford has a three -inch lead of 75 “out of the 72” Bivol, so the size would not be the main problem so that it would be possible to endanger.
It is more of a bivol style, combined punch, movement, exit and fear. He would not be hesitant to walk through Crawford’s shots for the thermobic bombs, causing the destruction of the explosive wave.
It may not be beautiful for Terence, but it would be a struggle full of action and full of action. Undoubtedly, it would be more entertaining than last Saturday’s competition between Crawford and Canelo, which lacked drama and was bored for long sections.
Algieri states that, unlike Canelo Alvarez standing flat, Bivol is an excellent movement, fighting the toes. “
Algieri adds this “Crawford would never make a fight that I couldn’t win. “ Which rules out his acceptance of fighting Bivol. Yesterday, Crawford rejected a fight against David Benavidez, saying that he is too big.
This states what Algieri says about Crawford only taking fights he knows he can win. This does not say much about its risk taking capacity. This also goes back to Turki Alshikh. He could have forced Bud to make a risky struggle to win the Mega-Money Superfight against Canelo last Saturday night, instead of giving it a silver dish after his victory closely played on Israil Madrimov in 2024.
This would have been the sporting thing. If Crawford rejected a fight against Bivol or Benavidez, Turki would have told him that Alvarez’s struggle is out of the table.
In some ways, Crawford would have changed his mind and would have agreed to fight one or both fights if he knew that the payment of the mega-milion would be lost against the sold out and flat foot.
“People made me tweeted,” Bud Crawford vs. Bivol at 168, “said host Dan Canobbio to his Inside Channel BoxingDiscussing the hypothetical struggle between Terence Crawford and Dmitry Bivol.
“No, no. Bad idea. No, because Bivol does not move like a big boy. He has no slow foot. He is in and out. He made a ton. He is long. He is big. He is big. No,” said Boxe expert, Chris Algieri.
I disagree with Algieri. It is not a bad idea that Crawford will fight against Bivol. If Crawford was OK to fight the car’s Crasa Crasa Errol Shell by 2023, David Avanayan or the past his first Shawn Porter, why wouldn’t it be a good idea for him to fight Bivol?
Is it because Crawford would not be the favorite for once and would be against someone who could beat him? Are sports not supposed to be teams and fighters who face the opposition where they are not expected to win all the time? Why should Crawford be different, unless your career is smoke and mirrors from the beginning?
“At this time, I will not say that the weight classes do not care, but we enter a strange slippery slope where we have just made these fights,” Canobbio said.
“Bivol is going to overcome it, but also stylistically, as it moves,” Algieri said, arguing against Crawford fighting Bivol. “Canelo has a completely flat foot. A smaller fighter can have a chance against him. Bivol never has foot.
Last updated on 4/16/2025
