Madrimov being written off vs Crawford?

Madrimov is dangerous because he's a legit big puncher and Crawford has barely fought any of those at all, especially ones his size and one of the few times he did he got dropped by Mean Machine. He's also very athletic and 7 years younger and he's used to taking punches from 154 pounders and MWs in the amateurs. But he's only had 11 pro fights, hasn't fought anyone above fringe world level, and is giving away huge advantages in pro experience, reach, quality of opposition and he's fighting on a deck heavily stacked in Crawford's favour.

He's very dangerous but very green in terms of pro experience and he's jumping way up in class to fight a top 3 P4P fighter in the sport who many have ranked #1

And when you saw them standing next to each other they looked the same size and Madrimov looked a bit chubby in the face at the time whereas, conversely, Crawford looked lean and in shape so it's not like, as many believe or will try and have you believe, Crawford is fighting a much bigger guy here. I won't be in the least bit surprised if he weighs more than Madrimov on the night or even significantly more but at worst they'll be about the same size.

We know that Crawford walks around as high as 180 and that he posted a video of himself weighing 177 six years ago. I've also seen him walking around weighing in the ''60s-70s'' five years ago so in the late 160s at least and he looked super lean.

You be the judge and he's clearly bigger now

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Madrimov said he walked around at 160-164 but that was two years ago. His trainer Joel Diaz said he walks around at 170-175 the other day so if true maybe he's bigger now too. But I doubt Madrimov who looks smallish at the weight to me rehydrates as much as Crawford has usually done.

Given all the aforementioned it's a tall task for Madrimov and one which had it come 10 fights more down the line with a wealth more experience fighting world class foes and top operators under his belt it would stand him in much better stead. But even despite all that, he's still a very good fighter, a dangerous puncher and a risky assignment for Crawford.