Bakhram Murtazaliev Vs terence crawford

Only ignorant fans of what they see in the ring think Crawford looked back that night. What they did was listen to the goofy commentators slobber at the mouth about Madrimov's feints all night as if that was hurting Crawford.

Madrimov began trying to trade with Crawford in round 8.....and he quickly regretted it. He start landing clean straights to Crawford and they weren't effecting Crawford's approach. I believe it was the 9th/10th round where Madrimov landed 3 in a row and Crawford grinned at the someone at ringside and then unloaded a 4 punch combination that pushed Madrimov back to his original "pump faking" style he used to start the fight.

The's who have an issue with Bud count the fact he didn't stop Madrimov, as a win for Madrimov..... Similar to the same logic of them ignoring the fact that Gamboa and Kavaliauskas both got dropped multiple times and stopped, but the only thing they want to bring up is that Crawford got hurt in both of those fights. ......."Crawford got punched, Yaaaaaay!!!!!"......... As if boxers don't get punched while in the ring.....lol.

 

When a fighter signs a contract.....the date is clearly on it. Thus he can not use Ramadan as an excuse for not having the best camp he could have had to prepare for an opponent. Because he could have chose to wait til a later date.

That being said. Murtazaliev is a tough task and handled his business vs Tim Tszyu. His defense isn't tight enough to avoid what Crawford would present for him, thus I think he would be overwhelmed before the night is up vs Crawford. You not only have to be physically ready to compete with Crawford but the mental aspect is a huge factor as well.

 

If Crawford is a true all-time great, he will continue to acclimate himself to 154, and I expect he would win this fight by a knockout.

That's if he has true all-time greatness in him, that's what I would expect from someone who is great at the weight.

 

I saw it. The fight wasnt even close and crawford took it to him in 11 and 12.

 

eeked out? you mean 8-4 9-3 ish? come on guy.

 

Madrimov did nothing to win rounds. The fight was anything but close. You cant win a high profile fight without doing anything to score. Clearly lost 8 rounds and crawford seperated in 11 and 12.

 

i know, because you hate the guy.

 

I like Bakhram. I'd be rooting for him. But he is too slow to beat Bud.

 

Crawford by KO, still not overly impressed by Bakhram

 

Why do you think Crawford barely eked out a win vs Madrimov.... That fight was clearly not close. Madrimov chose not to engage with Crawford for 6 rounds, using feints as his sole offensive strategy...... When Madrimov finally began exchanging with Crawford he got hurt 4 different times. There wasn't a single round in which Madrimov had clear control of the action. Yea, he landed some clean punches on Crawford from time to time in the late rounds, but none of it caused Crawford to dial back on his approach. He laughed off Madrimov's cleanest punches and responded with 3 punch combinations. I think I've rewatched that fight like 4 times. Madrimov's approach was simply......"don't get stopped".....because it definitely wasn't to go out and win.

This is what makes Murtazaliev a more intriguing fight. Madrimov changed up his entire approach for Crawford. He was no where near as aggressive as he normally is in his fights. I still think Madrimov is a better overall fighter than Murtazaliev, but the game plan didn't help him fight night. Murtazaliev will definitely lean on his strengths and not let Crawford's ability keep him from being comfortable from the opening bell.

 

Crawford was sitting comfortable in the late rounds. Only thing Madrimov's feints did was keep him from getting stopped.