
After conquering Andy Cruz, who should Raymond Muratalla fight next?
Eric Raskin looks ahead at what Raymond Muratalla could do next – and looks back at his incorrect prediction that Muratalla would lose to Andy Cruz.
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Eric Raskin looks ahead at what Raymond Muratalla could do next – and looks back at his incorrect prediction that Muratalla would lose to Andy Cruz.

Muratalla doubled down on his newfound name boost to say he’d prefer to fight the winner of Saturday’s WBO 140lbs title fight between champion Teofimo Lopez and unbeaten three-division champion Stevenson at Madison Square Garden.

In a punishing, dogged display, Raymond Muratalla retained his IBF lightweight belt by defeating Cuba’s 2021 Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz by majority decision in Las Vegas.

Raymond Muratalla and Andy Cruz once again did their job at the scale as the showdown grows ever closer, writes Jake Donovan

Raymond Muratalla-Andy Cruz is a fantastic fight. It’s also a fighter’s fight – even if masses of the public aren’t tuning in to watch it, plenty of fighters will be, writes Chris Algieri

Lightweight titleholder Raymond Muratalla (134.6lbs) and challenger Andy Cruz (134.4lbs) made weight, while light heavyweight Khalil Coe was a staggering 6.8 pounds over.

Andy Cruz sees before him the opportunity to join an elite club of Olympic boxing gold medalists who’ve also won a world title, writes Lance Pugmire.

“Nah, totally different fighters, totally different fight,” said Robert Garcia, trainer of Vergil Ortiz and Raymond Muratalla.

The Raymond Muratalla-Andy Cruz lightweight title bout in Las Vegas is a cancel-your-Saturday-plans type of fight, but it should be abundantly clear who will win.

Andy Cruz expects Saturday’s IBF lightweight title fight with Raymond Muratalla to vindicate his unexpected decision to train in Philadelphia under Derek “Bozy” Ennis