CANELO-CRAWFORD, ANDY RUIZ, MORE ON HANEY-SHAKUR || FIGHTHYPE.COM

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Canelo vs. Crawford?

Hey Magno.

Thanks for being one of many few beacons of fact and integrity within the shady world of boxing media. Your work is appreciated.

My query is on the not too long ago talked about concept of Terence Crawford shifting as much as 168 to combat Canelo Alvarez. All of this speak was initiated by Crawford, who has apparently embraced the concept of taking up that problem, however is he being for actual or is he simply clout chasing? If the combat did get made, who do you see profitable and the way?

Take care.

– H. L.

Hey H.L.

Oh, Terence Crawford is being for actual. There’s not an oz. of pretense or clout chasing within the man. If he’s speaking up this combat, it’s as a result of he needs it and he thinks he can win it. And do you wish to know what’s loopy? I truly assume he COULD transfer up three divisions and beat Canelo. Crawford’s greatness is constructed way more on talent, timing, and boldness than it’s on any kind of physicality. If his walking-around, out-of-competition weight is across the tremendous middleweight restrict, then he may conceivably compete at that very same weight. There’s an argument to be made that, at 36 (he turns 36 in September), combating nearer to his pure weight and never needing to chop weight so drastically will see him enter the ring stronger and more energizing. 

By way of profession technique, a Canelo combat would additionally make sense for Crawford, who’s trying to make celebrity cash for the final chapter of his profession. There are a number of good fights to be made at 147 and 154, however none as huge as a Canelo blockbuster. The one caveat, nonetheless, can be that there’s most likely no going again down as soon as he competes at 168. Historical past tells us that older fighters attempting to return right down to a earlier weight class have a tendency to depart their greatest behind them, though he may most likely dip right down to 160 if he can’t beat Canelo and choose up a strap or two in a weak middleweight division. 

However all of this Canelo-Crawford speak could be very untimely. Crawford has an Errol Spence rematch that Spence appears intent on forcing. Canelo has Jermell Charlo on September 30 and, not less than proper now, doesn’t appear too enthused about combating a welterweight, unified champ or not. 

As for the combat, itself? I’ll go on document and say that Crawford beats Canelo through late TKO. There, I stated it. Simply don’t maintain me to it till I see Crawford truly placed on these 21 combating kilos (and till I see how Canelo seems to be in opposition to Charlo).

Haney-Shakur (and Prograis)

Hello Paul.

What’s your tackle the Devin Haney-Shakur Stevenson beef? Will it ever result in an precise combat or will they simply be just about jawing at each other from a protected distance? Additionally, what’s subsequent for each? Is Haney-Prograis nonetheless going to occur? It’s been trying lifeless. 

Thanks for taking the time to resolve my query marks.

– Damon

Hey Damon.

I don’t take note of social media beefs or any stabs at public negotiations. I maintain agency to the idea that anybody negotiating a combat within the press (or through social media) is just not critical about truly making the combat. I’ve seen somewhat of the social media dust-up between Haney and Shakur, however I don’t know a lot of what’s gone on between the 2. I simply don’t see Haney combating Shakur anytime quickly, it doesn’t matter what could also be stated through Twitter/X. As I discussed in a couple of of my Notes from the Boxing Underground columns (each Monday proper right here at FightHype.com), the danger of combating Stevenson is larger than the reward he’d get from combating him. Shakur, in the meantime, finds himself in a Catch-22 state of affairs. He can’t get the massive fights with out elevating his identify worth and bankability, however he can’t elevate his identify worth and bankability with out having huge fights. If it had been me or my fighter, I’d chew the bullet and take the B-side purses if/after they’re offered to me, not less than till I get some next-level drawing (bargaining) energy. However, in fact, that’s straightforward for me to say since I’m not Shakur.  

I’ve been assuming, like most individuals, that Haney can be shifting as much as 140 to combat Regis Prograis for the WBC title. These days, it’s appeared much less seemingly that he’ll achieve this. In a latest Combat Hype interview, Prograis, who has indicated he’s exploring different choices, says that Haney has but to signal the contract. I don’t know what’s up, however the one cheap motive for skipping out on Prograis and sitting issues out is that if a bout with Teofimo Lopez or Tank Davis (or a rematch with Vasiliy Lomachenko) is changing into a chance, and I’ve heard nothing about any of these fights materializing. 

So, my brief reply after my lengthy reply is– I don’t know what’s up with Devin Haney. 

Andy Ruiz

Hello Paul.

I’m positive you noticed Andy Ruiz on Instagram Dwell speaking about wanting $10 million to combat Deontay Wilder. That’s simply not lifelike for my part and that is simply one other case of Ruiz stepping on his personal profession. He’s solely fought twice for the reason that Anthony Joshua fights in 2019 and it seems to be like he received’t be combating this 12 months in any respect. I like Ruiz, however he’s making himself irrelevant. 

– Luis from San Jose

Hey Luis.

Andy Ruiz has at all times been his personal worst enemy. From reported lack of gymnasium dedication throughout his days as a Prime Rank prospect proper up till his current tense inflated self-worth, he’s at all times discovered a option to get in his personal means. It’s a testomony to his means and to his deep-down-inside warrior intuition that he’s gotten so far as he has. However, let’s be actual right here, if he hadn’t lucked his means into that Anthony Joshua combat after Jarrell Miller popped filth for all of Walgreens, he’d be both out of the game or carrying on as a gatekeeper. He must get the yes-men and hangers-on out of his ear and inject some actuality into his coronary heart and soul. A match and centered Ruiz is a plus for boxing, however boxing most positively doesn’t NEED Andy Ruiz. With solely a small handful of huge fights accessible to him, he must discover a option to make them occur or they’ll be gone and the not-big-enough purses he sees know shall be considerably smaller later. 

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