Gervonta Davis and Terence Crawford traded nonsense about how filthy rich they are. Crawford seems to have he started rubbing salt in the wounds of Tank Davis, talking about being upset that he wasn’t invited to Turki Al-Shiekh’s performance in London for the Ring Awards last Saturday.
Real motive
Talented lightweight star Tank then pointed out that Crawford is not “chasing greatness” by moving up to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his unified super middleweight titles. That’s what Crawford “has to do to make decent money.”
Double Talk Exposed
The “chase for greatness” and “legacy” argument that Crawford used as his rationale for moving up to 168 to challenge Canelo for his three belts sounds like a double-edged sword. If it was about size, Crawford would have stepped up and earned the fight by defeating the top contenders. He wants a straightforward cover photo, revealing what this is all about—money for retirement.
Crawford wouldn’t have won that fight if Turki hadn’t given him a chance. Terence wasn’t about to move up to 168 to earn a payday the hard way against Mexican superstar Canelo by going through killers in the division.
Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) probably wouldn’t have lasted two seconds if he had entered with some of the predators, such as David Morrell, David Benavidez, Christian Mbilli and Diego Pacheco. You might respect Crawford if has entered the general population at 168 to risk his soft skin against the sharks to earn a title shot against Canelo instead of Turki handing it to him on a silver platter.
Circus boxing
Turki likes to mix and match circus fights that make no sense in terms of sporting value, but good entertainment like trash. For example, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury fight MMA guy Francis Ngannou. Those were pure circuses. We get the old, soon-to-be 38-year-old Crawford moving up two weight classes to challenge Canelo.
