Andy Cruz is too soon for Ibf Lightweight King Raymond Muratalla? Cuban star banks with amateur experience

Andy Cruz insists that he is willing to challenge Light Champion IBF, Raymond Matalla, for the next belt, after his fifth technical round of Hironori Mishiro on Saturday night.

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Pedigree amateur: advantage of Cruz

Some fans wonder if Cruz (6-0, 3 kos) has enough experience to challenge a world title after two years to professionals. Cruz says his amateur career and Olympic experience are enough for Muratalla (23-0, 17 kos).

Cruz’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, is not sure if he will challenge Muratalla next to because the rank promoted fighter could take a voluntary defense before he defends himself. It will be in the IBF how the struggle occurs, but there is the possibility of taking up to a year.

“Obviously I moved very quickly in terms of professional game. I have had a very important amateur pedigree, which has allowed me to develop things really,” Andy Cruz said during the Post-Lluita Press Conference Last Saturday night when asked if he thinks he is willing to challenge the light title of IBF with less than 10 fights as a professional.

With Cruz’s long amateur career and Olympic experience, he would have been useless for him to adopt the slow focus of his career, as many fighters do that have not had much amateur experience.

The Olympic experience Cruz fuel

“I have fought at the Olympic Games. I have also struggled at the world championship level. So I feel that I am completely ready for my next step and anything to come,” said Cruz. “I always think I can do a little further there. So I would not give me a 10 tonight. I would probably say it was an eight,” Andy said when he asked what note he gave. “”

Muratalla has been a professional for nine years and has faced Tevin Farmer and Zaur Abdullaev. She looked well in both fights. It is not known how many fights had a fan, but it is sure to say that it is not close to the number that Cruz has had. He finished his amateur career with a record of 140-9.

“With every fight that faces, these are different challenges, but I am ready for any challenge that comes to me. I came here to show what I am done and to show that I am willing to go to the next level. I think this is what I did,” said Cruz.

It is very bad that Andy did not fight a better rival than Mishiro because it was not a test for him. There are many better contestants in the light division, but their promoters would not be eager to allow them to deal with a fighter as talented as Cruz.

For example, it is unlikely that the first rank will allow Abdullah Mason, 21, anywhere near Cruz because he is not ready for this type of fighter and maybe he will never be.