Terence Crawford v Israil Madrimov

[Master]

"For me next it’s Jarrell Miller; god willing we get that win and hopefully I’d love to run it back with Joseph Parker," said Ruiz Jr.

Joseph Parker defeated Ruiz Jr back in 2016 in his native New Zealand via majority decision to claim the vacant WBO heavyweight title.

The fight was very close with many believing Ruiz Jr had done enough to get his hand raised.

"I’d love to get that rematch," Ruiz Jr continued. "Of course, I rate Jarrell Miller. Any fighter inside that ring is dangerous.

"You can’t underestimate nobody. We’ve got to be prepared. We’ve got to be ready for whatever comes our way. We’ve just got to get that win.

"The main thing is just getting the victory, getting back in action and getting ready to fight those big boys.

"Me personally I would like to have two fights, against people that are in the top ten or top fifteen.

"I’ll fight against anyone else after this fight. I just want to fight the top guys man.

"Joseph Parker is doing amazing things right now. He beat Wilder and he beat Zhang. I’d love to fight him too.

"I had a lot of rollercoasters and a lot of up and downs over the years since my last fight against Luis Ortiz.

"I had surgery on my shoulder. I had some ‘baby mumma’ drama but guess what?

"I’m back, I’m ready to go and I’m ready to become and two-time Heavyweight Champion of the World."

https://talksport.com/sport/1987621/...joseph-parker/

[Ivan Zhelezo]

I feel Crawford will pick Madrimov apart & make fight look easy

[TIC]

i could see rayo upsetting pitbull

[Spicoli]

Caught a couple discussions wondering how Bud is not as big or "well known" as say Leonard in his time. Is this really a mystery? If anything Leonard was overexposed but also a generational and era brand builder. And activity, consistent multi network exposure and top comp was the absolute glue. Bud is just natural lowkey but that does not diminish his premier talent in the ring. But he burned momentum away after Spence. The problem is he comes around even less often than Christmas does.

[Master]

Crawford is pure quality and so unappreciated. I have seen him easily beat our Ricky Burns and go up the weights beating everyone. I have wanted him to lose many times but he is just too good and wins all the time.

He is an ATG.

Hope he wins Saturday.

[Primo Carnera]

Crawford is pure quality and so unappreciated. I have seen him easily beat our Ricky Burns and go up the weights beating everyone. I have wanted him to lose many times but he is just too good and wins all the time.

He is an ATG.

Hope he wins Saturday.

I don’t think Crawford is unappreciated. I think basically he makes it difficult for fans to back up his ATG Status because of inactivity and lack of big fights over many years.
Despite not fighting anywhere near enough, he has still been seen as P4P #1 or #2 depending on opinion for many years.
As for being an ATG, again, I think he blew that through inactivity, bad promotional decisions and crap match ups.
You had the 4 kings fight each other regularly and Crawford beating a non prime Spence.
He is super talented, great to watch and probably a generational talent.

[Denilson3.0]

When he was 5 years old, his father died. At 16 he dropped out of school, and by 17 he had already lost four jobs. At 18 he got married




Between the ages of 18 and 22

He was a railway engineer, but failed. He joined the army and got kicked out and returned home. He attempted to enter law school, but his application was rejected. Then, he became a salesman but was fired again.

At 19 he became a father. At 20 his wife left him and took their daughter. He started working in a small cafe as a cook and dishwasher, but was fired again. He spent much of his life doing odd jobs.

At 65 he retired and received his first government check of just $105.

He realized that he could not meet his family's needs with that amount. Disappointed and disgusted by his life, he told himself that he had accomplished nothing and tried to kill himself, but failed at that too as the overdose didn't work.

Sitting under a tree, he began to make a list of everything he had done in his life and realized that it hadn't been entirely a waste because he excelled in one field

COOKING

So, he borrowed $87 from a friend and started frying chicken, selling it door-to-door to neighbors in the state of Kentucky.

Let's remember that at 65 he was about to kill himself, but at 88 Colonel Sanders, founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) empire, had become a multimillionaire.

It's never too late for anything.

Restart...

Only your attitude towards life events can determine you.

Never give up!

[TitoFan]

Crawford is pure quality and so unappreciated. I have seen him easily beat our Ricky Burns and go up the weights beating everyone. I have wanted him to lose many times but he is just too good and wins all the time.

He is an ATG.

Hope he wins Saturday.

I don’t think Crawford is unappreciated. I think basically he makes it difficult for fans to back up his ATG Status because of inactivity and lack of big fights over many years.
Despite not fighting anywhere near enough, he has still been seen as P4P #1 or #2 depending on opinion for many years.
As for being an ATG, again, I think he blew that through inactivity, bad promotional decisions and crap match ups.
You had the 4 kings fight each other regularly and Crawford beating a non prime Spence.
He is super talented, great to watch and probably a generational talent.

I agree with this, although I think Crawford would've been too much for any version of Spence. Prime or non prime.

[Spicoli]

Crawford is pure quality and so unappreciated. I have seen him easily beat our Ricky Burns and go up the weights beating everyone. I have wanted him to lose many times but he is just too good and wins all the time.

He is an ATG.

Hope he wins Saturday.

I don’t think Crawford is unappreciated. I think basically he makes it difficult for fans to back up his ATG Status because of inactivity and lack of big fights over many years.
Despite not fighting anywhere near enough, he has still been seen as P4P #1 or #2 depending on opinion for many years.
As for being an ATG, again, I think he blew that through inactivity, bad promotional decisions and crap match ups.
You had the 4 kings fight each other regularly and Crawford beating a non prime Spence.
He is super talented, great to watch and probably a generational talent.

Very much this. And it's not a slight against Crawford or denying obvious top tier talent. If anything, it's a fans frustration that it's been so sparse and inconsistent. You're as good and as 'big' as your shared opponents many times over. Now he's reduced to in a strange way hoping for a Canelo spectacle to cement "greatness". Playing catch up at the tail end and almost cutting himself short in a way. He was and is so much better than that. And in fairness it's not exclusive to Bud in this current era. 135 is an example in potentially two of the very best running parallel to each other rather than staking claims ala the 4/5 kings.