Max Kellerman puts Terence Crawford on the place about the fight and jumping in Israil Madrimov for Canelo

The commentator Max Kellerman put Terence Crawford in the defensive today when he mentioned the name of Israil Madrimov in his press conference for his fight against Canelo Alvarez in New York.

Kellerman challenges Crawford’s Canelo’s movement

Kellerman asked Crawford (41-0, 31 kos) why jumps the 160-pound division to go directly to 168 for Canelo’s struggle after the time he had in his 154 debut against Madrimov last August.

Crawford made a face on the mention of the hard struggle he had with the former WBA champion of 154 pounds Madrimov and reduced the. The reality is that it was possibly struck, but was saved by the three judges, who gave him a victory for the score 115-113, 116-112 and 115-113.

Crawford’s performance showed that he is not elite in 154 and would probably lose a resale with Madrimov. He would also have serious problems with many of the other 154 fighters, such as Vergil Ortiz, Sebastian Fundora and Bakhram Murtazaliev, to name a few.

After this Crawford effort, it is not surprising that he has jumped the 160 -pound division and went directly to 168 for Canelo’s struggle. If he had gone to the middle weight, he would have had to fight the number 1 of the Division, Janibek Alimkhanuly. Would not do well against him. Janibek is on another level than Madrimov in terms of power and would be a nightmare for a small larger fighter like Crawford.

Skip the average weight: Why Crawford?

Max Kellerman: “Why do you jump and jump a division? Have you only reached the middle junior weight. They received the best struggle of your career in Madrimov, which gave you a harder struggle than Madrimov?

Terence Crawford: “Listen, if you think it was a hard struggle, Woo.”

Kellerman: “Well, you have been hitting the hell of most boys you have struggled. It gave you a good fight. Now, jump the middle weight without any rehydration clause, nothing like this to fight to fight a guy who has dominated this weight class for a decade. Why do you do this?”

Crawford: “Why not?”

We know why Crawford jumped the middle weight and went directly to Canelo. The money. I would probably lose before Janibek by tie and the day of payment would not be nearly $ 50 million he fought against Canelo.