Terence Crawford told the media on Thursday that he does not see his strength in his fight with WBA junior middleweight champion Israel Madrimov on Saturday night.
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Crawford says he keeps hearing Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KOs) is bigger and stronger than him. He says he heard similar things when he fought Jose Benavidez Jr., Errol Spence, and Jeff Horn. Terence says the fans changed their words about his strength after defeating those fighters.
Crawford's comments indicate that he is not confident when it comes to Saturday's fights. Those three fighters that Crawford uses to make the argument that he has equal or greater strength than Madrimov make him seem insecure. It would be better if she admits that she is dealing with a young man of strength, size, and youth.
If Crawford has better power than 'Little GGG' Madrimov, he'll have a chance to show the fans by standing in the middle of the ring and rolling their eyes on Saturday night. Crawford won't show that he's a better puncher if he uses his normal moves.
“A lot of people forget that I punch hard, I'm strong too. “A lot of people are overthinking this fight, like, 'He's a big guy, he's strong,' as I'm moving up in weight,” Terence Crawford said at his final press conference Thursday, arguing against people who view WBA junior middleweight champion Israel Madrimov as his superior.
It sounds like Crawford is trying to convince himself that he's like a smaller, bigger, and stronger Madrimov because he's starting to worry.
The former WBO 147-lb champion, Jeff Horn, was never a puncher and was known mostly for his boxing skills and striking tactics. You wouldn't expect Horn to have better power than Crawford because that wasn't his luck.
“But we always have the same questions from Jeff Horn, Errol Spence to [Jose] Benavidez,” said Crawford. “All these guys are naturally bigger than me. When they get in the ring with me, everybody says, 'Wow, Terence Crawford is stronger than we thought.' I think on Saturday, people will be saying the same thing. “
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Jose Benavidez Jr. he had just been shot in the leg before the Crawford fight, and he had never been a strong man before that. It is known that Errol Spence had lost a lot of weight in his training camp due to his fight with Crawford and he looked weak, and nothing like the fighter he was in the past.
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