Terence Crawford’s All-Time Great Legacy Hinges On Benavidez

Terence Crawford’s assistant coach, Bernie Davis, says he’s upset with Turki Alalshikh for hinting that he desires David Benavidez to come back all the way down to 168 to struggle Crawford. He says that Turki is attempting to regulate Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) with cash.

An Obligation to Take Dangers

After all, Turki paid Crawford some huge cash in fights the place he was seen as having the benefit getting in towards a light Canelo Alvarez and Israil Madrimov.

These had been gimmees for Crawford through which he wasn’t risking. However now that Alalshikh is hinting about wanting Crawford to tackle Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs), he’s not on board, and his coaching staff doesn’t need to take that struggle.

Gimmees for Crawford: Threat-Free Fights

Canelo Alvarez
Israil Madrimov

Why shouldn’t Turki need Crawford to check himself after the 2 gimmees he gave him? Doesn’t Bud have a way of obligation for Alalshikh to pay him again by preventing whoever he desires this time? We all know that Crawford desires Canelo. However how about him doing a stable for Turki now?

Crawford, his trainers, and pro-media have made an enormous fuss about his win over Canelo, believing it’s sufficient to place him among the many all-time greats in boxing. These fighters had been completely different.

They weren’t avoiding dangerous fights, even late of their careers. To be among the many all-time nice fighters, they need to should take fights the place they’re the underdog and have the potential to lose. Why gained’t Crawford take the dangers that these fighters did?

All-Time Greats Don’t Duck Fights

Sugar Ray Leonard
Muhammad Ali
Henry Armstrong
Roberto Duran
Thomas Hearns

You possibly can’t put Crawford in with these guys if he’s going to show down the Benavidez struggle. He doesn’t belong on the highest 10 all-time greats together with his non-risking perspective. You must have proven braveness throughout your profession to be within the firm with the all-time greats. I don’t see that with Crawford, and positively not with the individuals who practice him. I odor worry.

Terence’s resume remains to be weak, crammed with lesser guys or ones that had been on the ends of their careers. Who has he overwhelmed? Shawn Porter? He was 34 on the finish. Errol Spence? He’d appeared like a damaged fighter since his 2019 automobile crash.

Bernie states that Benavidez is a “huge man” and ought to be preventing mild heavyweights Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev. If not them, Davis says Benavidez ought to struggle Canelo Alvarez, regardless that he’s coming off a loss to Crawford.

Worry From Crawford’s Nook?

“I agree no. David Benavidez has all the time been an enormous man. He by no means fought at a lighter weight. That disturbs me about Turki,” mentioned Bernie Davis to MillCity Boxing. “That p**** me off and make me begin speaking s*** only for silly s*** like that. It’s like he acquired the cash. ‘Mainly, I can management you with the cash. Now, I’m going to current the Benavidez struggle.’

“No, no, no, no. Benavidez ought to be going to struggle Bivol, Beterbiev as a result of he’s prepared for that kind of competitors,” mentioned Davis.

Will Turki Subsidize One other Gimmick?

Turki is clearly hinting that he desires Crawford to struggle Benavidez. So, it doesn’t matter what Davis desires. He’s simply an assistant coach. Turki is the one who’s dropping hints. Who’s Crawford going to struggle if not Benavdez? Does he count on Turki to pay him $100 million to struggle one of many middleweights, like 42-year-old Erislandy Lara, Carlos Adames, or Janibek Alimkhnuly?

If Crawford goes to cherry-pick opponents for his first protection of his 168-lb title, ought to Turki proceed to subsidize his fights? I don’t see why he would.