Lol you're giving them too much credit, the only reason they're calling him out is because he or his managers think that Kovalev is vulnerable now. If Kovalev was still Krusher in his prime he wouldn't call him out for ****. Hyena tactics. Same happening with Pac, suddenly all these new young guys want a shot but don't want to face each other, you hear Spence et al calling out Pac but Crawford? Eh let's not mention him. It's too funny.
If he's so serious about building up his 175 profile there's plenty of talent to fight at 175. Gvozdyk, Bivol, Beterbiev heck even Alvarez or Browne would be good scraps. Guarantee you he fights none of thtem but garbage until he can get the Kovalev shot.
We'll see, I'd like to think optimistic. It would be nice if he can get a title from Kovalev and then try to unify. If he continues to fight cans I'm completely done with Zurdo.