Crawford’s next fight: Shaikh ordered to ‘get ready’ – but against whom?

Turki Shaikh tells Terrence Crawford ‘ready” for his next fight. He didn’t say when the Nebraska native would fight his “next fight.” “Call me,” Crawford said.

Ideally, this means Turki would insist on giving Crawford a fight with the winner of the David Benavidez vs. David Morel fight, giving Crawford a chance to win against Canet. Los Alvarez received his retirement pay.

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That’s how it should be, because in order to make a fight with Canelo seem more credible, Crawford needs to fight one of the top guys at 168 first. If this is war, Crawford needs to do something brave Win these battle ribbons Become a decorated soldier:

– Medal of Honor
– Distinguished Service Cross

you don’t understand this military medals As Crawford does, he did the bare minimum, going from a narrow win over Israil Madrimov at 154 to a golden parachute with Canelo Retirement payday. No, that’s not how it should be. If Terrence wanted to receive military medals, he would have to fight in these battles to prove he was worthy of wearing them on his chest in a parade in Omaha, Nebraska:

——David Benavidez
——David Morrell
——Christian Mbili
——Dmitry Bivol
——Arthur Beterbiev
——Diego Pacheco

Terrence wanted the medal, not the war. You can’t respect that. This is weak and wrong. If he wants to be next Audie Murphyhe must win the war ribbon.

Crawford must win the fight against Canelo Alvarez by going through real battlefield conditions, withstanding bullets and shrapnel, and facing the horrors of combat to earn the honor of fighting alongside the King of the Sport.

Turki Shaikh needs to call Crawford and tell him he has to do something brave to have a chance to realistically shape his legacy and not just get a big payday so he can You can lose a game and sneak back to Omaha with your money.

Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), who is about to turn 38, only fights once a year. So if he sticks to a minimalist schedule, his next fight will be against Canelo Alvarez in September. That’s assuming Turki doesn’t insist that the Canelo-Crawford fight take place during the Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend this May.