Did Crawford

[champion4ever]

Lose the fight against Madrimov?

No! Madrimov hardly threw any punches. He never took any risks which exposed his lack of professional experience.

Both his punch volume and work rate were very low. Bud put combination punches together while throwing and landing more punches in the process.

On the other hand, Israil Madrimov used a lot of feints while only landing single counter punches at a time. As he fought with no sense of urgency.

The bottom line is it was very close but decisive victory for Terence “Bud” Crawford.

[SilverMiles]

TBud landed the eye catching shots in 12

You can’t unsee the double lead right upper combo that connected on Israil

The double lead uppercut combo was the reason I shaded the round to Crawford but 20 seconds later Madrimov landed a beautiful counter right-hand followed by another good but less devastating right-hand a couple seconds later.

I would argue both landed around the same amount of punches based on what I saw and also backed up by compubox so I find odd when people say Crawford beat Madrimov up in the 12th, just seems like fan fiction.

[MulaKO]

Don't say that, Israel was punching his forehead all night long. Could have gone either way I think.

Not even close

[champion4ever]

I had it 114-114 could see 115-113 either way. 116-112 either way is a stretch but possible.

There's a odd campaign to say Crawford dominated the last two. He certainly won round 11 but 12 was close and Madrimov landed some absolute bombs in retaliation to Crawfords aggression.

I agree. Bud did get off to a good start in the 12th round with his combination punches, until Madrimov started to time and counter him.

Nontheless, it was not enough to swing the round for Madrimov though. Overall, it was still a Crawford round due to his activity rate, punch volume and punches landed.

[Carpe Diem]

Why hasn’t any orthodox boxer try to mirror what Crawford does and mix it up a bit by throwing some looping right hand to his body the same way he does with his left hand(straight left to the body, short left uppercut, or looping straight left, those are Crawford’s main signature punches besides his 1-2-1 or right hook counter that he catches opponents with when they overextend. Madrimov was only throwing the same straight right hand over and over, he could’ve use his lead hand as a blindfold to sneak in a few looping right hand to the body, and pile up some points to win some of those rounds, but then again, that’s how you know he’s not an elite boxer.

[sbbigmike]

8-4 tc...madri was doing good shyt yet posing playing a subtle spoiler....

Whoever thinks that fight was close don't know shyt about boxing... Crawford maybe more hated than Mayweather thing is nobody is buying his boring lil fights

[Carpe Diem]

8-4 tc...madri was doing good shyt yet posing playing a subtle spoiler....

Whoever thinks that fight was close don't know shyt about boxing... Crawford maybe more hated than Mayweather thing is nobody is buying his boring lil fights

Nah, it’s the opposite. The media loves Crawford, some will give him constructive criticism every now and then for his lack of activity and competition, but it’s all within boxing related reasons, whereas with Floyd it was different, the criticism was more personal and it still is to this day.

[BustedKnuckles]

No! Madrimov hardly threw any punches. He never took any risks which exposed his lack of professional experience.

Both his punch volume and work rate were very low. Bud put combination punches together while throwing and landing more punches in the process.

On the other hand, Israil Madrimov used a lot of feints while only landing single counter punches at a time. As he fought with no sense of urgency.

The bottom line is it was very close but decisive victory for Terence “Bud” Crawford.

I wasn't counting, but there's a good chance that even if Madrimov threw less, he landed more. He was def more accurate fwiw.

But youre certainly right that he really fought with no urgency.

[champion4ever]

I wasn't counting, but there's a good chance that even if Madrimov threw less, he landed more. He was def more accurate fwiw.

But youre certainly right that he really fought with no urgency.

You are absolutely correct, He did land more power punches than Terence Crawford but Crawford landed more punches overall which included his jabs.

With the exception of Okeksandr Usyk; Many of these Eastern European bloc fighters have trouble making adjustments in the professional ranks.

They tend to fight very static and don’t know when to turn it up when the fight is close. When the fight is on the line they have tendency of being too tentative and gunshy.

[MONGOOSE66]

Not even close
What he did lose was the feinting contest without throwing

Lets be honest. They were BOTH feinting way too much. It was a BORING fight on a whole. Only thing exciting was seeing Bud not to do what he normally does. Madrimov EXPOSED Crawford in future fights. Problem with Madrimov is he just didn't have the balls to pull the trigger more. Same goes for Crawford.