Comments Thread For: Terence Crawford-Israil Madrimov Officially Confirmed for Aug. 3

[Corelone]

He has never been a draw.

Name the draws that Bud has fought? Spence and Indongo? Uh no, the Russian guy. Errr 140? He's the draw for all its worth. Bud is undefeated, undisputed in two divisions

[crimsonfalcon07]

Hang on. Boots definitely won't sell tickets, but Madrinov might? lmao. Try and be honest at least Boots is not a big star but he has a decent profile and its an fight with demand. Madrinov is a literal nobody, its a joke main event for a ppv.

As for legacy. 23 other fighters have won titles in 4 divisions, thats quite a lot, its not that special. Big fights are more important and Boots is a very highly rated fighter so that would be a bigger legacy fight than a 10-0 opponent. Thats the problem with boxing, fighters picking up worthless belts and holding like they mean something.

And your even trying to pump up a resume of a guy with 11 fights. lmao.

Don't be an idiot. I literally pointed out in that post how many people across all of boxing history have been 4 division champs. 23 total in all of boxing ever is not a huge amount, and that's a list populated primarily by ATG's. Compare that number to how many welterweight champs defended their titles against a random mandatory. Because that's all Boots is. He's got an email title and only one top 10 guy ever. Ennis has an inflated resume full of bums. 30+ fights and his opponents still don't even crack 70% win rate. Bud's opponents have a 93.2% win rate. Madrimov has a better quality resume for his 11 fights than Ennis has, which should tell you how poorly he's been brought up.

Boots is an eye test fighter. That's it. He doesn't offer anything, and Bud gets nothing for fighting him. You should know full well that people are going to call him an overrated hypejob if Bud fought him now and beat him. And he's already avoided Bud numerous times.

[indelible]

Main event seems okay. Madrimov isn’t a big name to draw a large audience in and his performances have been a hit and a miss. Crawford hasn’t been active enough and getting too old. Ortiz is always fun and a fan friendly fighter to watch but there’s question marks on him with his medical issues and making weight comfortably. Credit to Tszyu for taking on challenges like this one and staying active. Ruiz and Miller the ped user really??? Valenzuela doesn’t do well against punchers which was evident in his matchup with De Los Santos. Would have preferred Barroso . Cruz will get the early KO given Valenzuela doesn’t have a solid chin. Santa Cruz and Mares again? Let’s be honest they’re only on this card because they’re well known names in L.A. Sorry but majority of this card line up is like smoke and mirrors. It could be good but the majority of it could also be underwhelming.

[Oracle01]

Charlo, the current lineal champion, is the mandatory challenger for the winner of Crawford vs Madrimov.

If Crawford becomes lineal champion in a fourth division, he'll join Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao as the only fighters to win lineal championships in four divisions.

Crawford is already one of only 9 men to be lineal in three divisions (Armstrong, Ross, Canzoneri, Fitzsimmons, Leonard, De La Hoya, Floyd, Pac, Crawford).

Crawford is also seeking to be undisputed in a third division. The only three men to be undisputed in even two divisions in the 3 or 4 belt eras are Holyfield, Crawford, and Inoue. Crawford would be the first to do it in a third division, and the Madrimov fight will get him the WBA and WBO interim. The WBO champion is currently also the WBC champion, so that sets up Crawford for a possible three belt unification.

Yes I get it. He is chasing hollow accolades by picking up easy belts rather than fighting dangerous challenging opponents. That is why boxing sucks these days.

[famicommander]

Yes I get it. He is chasing hollow accolades by picking up easy belts rather than fighting dangerous challenging opponents. That is why boxing sucks these days.

Madrimov is the #3 ranked fighter at 154 by both TBRB and the Ring. Fighting #3 in your first fight in a new division for a belt is a good fight no matter how you try to spin it. Charlo is the champion and he's not available, Fundora and Tszyu are the nwo highest ranked contenders and they're not available, so Madrimov is next up.

[robbyheartbaby]

Yes I get it. He is chasing hollow accolades by picking up easy belts rather than fighting dangerous challenging opponents. That is why boxing sucks these days.

Bud just fought Spence and is chasing a third undisputed championship in as many weight divisions, hollow accolades?!

[robbyheartbaby]

Huge fight Bud chasing the unthinkable this will be an incredible event

[Oracle01]

Don't be an idiot. I literally pointed out in that post how many people across all of boxing history have been 4 division champs. 23 total in all of boxing ever is not a huge amount, and that's a list populated primarily by ATG's. Compare that number to how many welterweight champs defended their titles against a random mandatory. Because that's all Boots is. He's got an email title and only one top 10 guy ever. Ennis has an inflated resume full of bums. 30+ fights and his opponents still don't even crack 70% win rate. Bud's opponents have a 93.2% win rate. Madrimov has a better quality resume for his 11 fights than Ennis has, which should tell you how poorly he's been brought up.

Boots is an eye test fighter. That's it. He doesn't offer anything, and Bud gets nothing for fighting him. You should know full well that people are going to call him an overrated hypejob if Bud fought him now and beat him. And he's already avoided Bud numerous times.

Villa is at least as good as anyone Madrimov has beaten, and 11 fights is GREEN, period. Only haters would say Boots was a hype job. People who know boxing know he is a very good fighter with elite attributes. He is bigger, faster and at least as powerful as Crawford. Madrimov on the other hand is inferior in every way, he is basic and not even an eye test fighter. He aint that good.

Boots is a young lion in his prime who brings legit advantages over crawford in the ring and is one of the highest regarded fighters in the world, so he actually brings a lot plus its a much bigger fight than fkn madrimov, some random euro who doesn't even speak english. What a farce and muppets like you defend this crap mismatch.

[Teetotaler69]

Villa is at least as good as anyone Madrimov has beaten, and 11 fights is GREEN, period. Only haters would say Boots was a hype job. People who know boxing know he is a very good fighter with elite attributes. He is bigger, faster and at least as powerful as Crawford. Madrimov on the other hand is inferior in every way, he is basic and not even an eye test fighter. He aint that good.

Boots is a young lion in his prime who brings legit advantages over crawford in the ring and is one of the highest regarded fighters in the world, so he actually brings a lot plus its a much bigger fight than fkn madrimov, some random euro who doesn't even speak english. What a farce and muppets like you defend this crap mismatch.

Lmao that's why you have no credibility in this argument. Booty ennis already turned down the fight.

Email ennis has yet to fight anyone good or someone his size. He's a fvkcing bum just tweeting about a fight he ducked. Hes an overrated bum wouldn't be surprised you jumped on the bandwagon after spencerina got ktfo.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Villa is at least as good as anyone Madrimov has beaten, and 11 fights is GREEN, period. Only haters would say Boots was a hype job. People who know boxing know he is a very good fighter with elite attributes. He is bigger, faster and at least as powerful as Crawford. Madrimov on the other hand is inferior in every way, he is basic and not even an eye test fighter. He aint that good.

Boots is a young lion in his prime who brings legit advantages over crawford in the ring and is one of the highest regarded fighters in the world, so he actually brings a lot plus its a much bigger fight than fkn madrimov, some random euro who doesn't even speak english. What a farce and muppets like you defend this crap mismatch.

Just full of ****** here. Loma was a two division world champion with seven defenses by the time he hit 11 fights. But yeah, he was GREEN according to you. Inoue was a two division world champ with 4 defenses by fight 11. Ioka was unified champ and two division champ by 11 fights. Kosei Tanaka was two division world champ with multiple defenses by 11. Etc. There's many fighters who have won multiple world titles by 11. Some guys are fast tracked because they have an extensive amateur background.

Fools like you would prefer they waste more time fighting guys like Tavoris Teague (3-12-2), etc? Ennis didn't fight a guy with a winning record until his 7th fight, and that was Chris Alexander (4-2). Ennis' 11th fight was against a guy with 26 losses, FFS. You want to talk green? That's it right there. Number of fights means fugh-all compared to quality of opposition. Ennis has had crap opponents for most of his padded career. That's why his opponents have a combined win rate under 70%.

And people like you LOVE to hype people up, only to piss all over them when they lose. It's literally factual that he's got no resume. It's also literally factual that NSB will call him a bum with no resume as soon as he loses. I also happen to think he passes the eye test, but it doesn't change the fact that he's never stepped up and hasn't built anything. He's welterweight Tank Davis right now, except with way worse credentials.

I'm done with your ****** takes. Ennis is the one who's ducked BUD on numerous occasions. You see him stepping up to fight any of the champs at 154? Nope. He doesn't even let Crawford's name enter his mouth except when Bud is tied to another fight, but people like you eat his fake crap up. SMH.