Comments Thread For: Crawford: Hooker Hurt Vergil Ortiz; I Seen A Lot Of Holes In His Game I Would Exploit

[STREET CLEANER]

There is not even a hint who will Crawford will fight next. This guy is something else.

[Bronx2245]

100% agree. Crawford plays with him before he stops Ortiz... If Oscar puts him in this soon with Crawford he's a sht promotor.

If he does, I hope this time he's in attendance!

[Bronx2245]

David Avanesyan Vs. Daniyar Yeleussinov In The Works

Boxing News 24
Charles Brun
March 24, 2021

Eddie Hearn is interested in making a fight between welterweight contenders David Avanesyan and Daniyar Yeleussinov, and if not them, he’d like to match either of those two against #2 WBO Vergil Ortiz Jr.

The Matchroom Boxing promoter Hearn told the AK & Barak show that he’s planning on making the fight between 2016 Olympic gold medalist Daniyar Yeleussinov (10-0, 6 KOs) and the EBU 147-lb champion David Avanesyan (27-3-1, 15 KOs).

Avanesyan, 32, is coming off a big sixth-round knockout win over Josh Kelly last month on February 20th at the Wembley Arena in London, UK.

Hearn needs to keep Avanesyan, and the 30-year-old southpaw Yeleussinov busy fighting important matches, and the best way to do that is for them to fight each other.

But if Hearn can’t set up a fight between those two, he’d be open to matching them against Vergil Ortiz Jr (17-0, 17 KOs).

Putting Avanesyan or Yeleussinov in with Vergil, 22, right now would be the fastest way possible to get them in position to challenge for a world title.

Yeleussinov has been a pro since 2018, and he’s coming off the biggest win of his career last November with a second-round knockout over former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Julius ‘Blue Machine’ Indongo in Hollywood, Florida.

While it was a nice victory for Yeleussinov, it didn’t mean as much as it would have had he fought Indongo years ago when he still held the IBF & WBA 140-lb titles. Indongo is now 38 and well past his best years.

Avanesyan’s punching power might be too much for Yeleussinov to deal with, as he’s got true world-class strength. It might be too much of a step up for Yeleussinov power-wise to be going against a puncher like Avanesysan right now.

As far as other options for Avanesyan and Yeleussinov, Hearn might want to consider setting them up against the Top Rank promoted Egidijus ‘Mean Machine’ Kavaliauskas rather than Vergil Ortiz Jr.

Kavaliauskas would be a good preliminary fight to get Avanesyan or Yeleussinov ready to face a puncher like Vergil Ortiz.

You can argue that Kavaliauskas (22-1-1, 18 KOs) punches as hard as Vergil, but he’s older at 32-years-old, and he’s not a combination puncher like him. You’ll never see ‘Mean Machine’ attacking his opponents with powerful combinations the way that Vergil is capable of doing.

But Kavaliauskas does hit very hard. He’d be the ideal opponent to get Avanesyan or Yeleussinov ready for Ortiz Jr or a world champion like Errol Spence Jr or Terence Crawford.

[Corelone]

I think Virgil has the tools, but they're not fully developed. You can see the gears working, but he's still searching. He gets the job done in a clumsy way, still getting hit too much. He makes the moves without the purpose, trying different things to see what works. He needs a few more tune ups.

[PeepeePoopooMan]

A fight with either mickey or danny would be good.

Has spencer said anything or given his thoughts on ortiz's performance?

[xEcto1x]

A fight with either mickey or danny would be good.

Has spencer said anything or given his thoughts on ortiz's performance?

Not that I've heard but could also get behind him and sweezy peezy gettin after it.

[Liondw]

Crawford would bust Ortiz up, but it would be an entertaining fight, and Vergil won't easily quit like Khan

[-Kev-]

Crawford is out here turning down Spence and Ortiz. Then we will hear of him signing a fight with Mikey Garcia. He is a true cherrypicker. The biggest names on his resume are Amir Khan and Kell Brook, two WW’s that were not ranked in the top 10 when he fought them.

[Hnnnggg]

Crawford should be chomping at the bit. Ortiz is most likely the future of the welterweight division along with Ennis and possibly Lee when he moves up. I’d favor Crawford at this point so why not add an Ortiz win to his ledger considering he has a high ceiling? The longer he waits the narrower the gap between the two considering he’s going on 34 and has already left his prime. If Crawford isn’t facing any PBC fighters or the winner of Taylor-Ramirez, then this is the fight to make.

[Tibburon245]

Crawford is asking for 42 yr old Pacquiao--how about fighting a young stud like Spence? Don't you need a challenge to show your stuff? Ortiz might surprise if he fights Crawford but he should get a couple more good fights first. Crawford is still sharp.