Israil Madrimov: record, next fight and profile →
LOS ANGELES – Terence Crawford overcame a complicated opponent in Israil Madrimov on Saturday night to score a close unanimous decision victory in his junior middleweight debut.
Israil Madrimov believes that a move up to super middleweight to face Saul "Canelo" Alvarez would be extremely difficult for Terence Crawford.
So accustomed are we to seeing Terence Crawford figure out his problems without the help of others, it both comes as a surprise and inevitably leaves room for debate when Crawford has no option but to look elsewhere for assistance, certainty.
New unified junior-middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora is doing anything but avoiding new four-division champion Terence Crawford following Crawford’s Saturday night World Boxing Association victory over Israil Madrimov. “It is clear that Crawford is not the same as he was,” Fundora promoter Sampson Lewkowicz told BoxingScene Sunday morning following the bout that the 36-year-old Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) won by claiming the final two rounds on all three judges’ scorecards.
Terence Crawford believes that he's had tougher fights than Israil Madrimov after edging past the Uzbek to claim a junior middleweight belt.
Terence Crawford belongs among a special class now that he ranks as a four-division champion with Saturday night’s tightly contested unanimous-decision victory over World Boxing Association junior-middleweight champion Israil Madrimov.
The doubts about Terence Crawford against Israil Madrimov on Saturday in Los Angeles were few, and ultimately he showed why. Yet a lingering question about the new four-division champ remained.
On a Saturday night of earned pomp and circumstance at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, Terence Crawford won a unanimous decision over Israil Madrimov in a close, competitive fight.