Gervonta Davis and Terence Crawford traded trash talk about being filthy rich. Crawford seems to have started it by rubbing salt into the wounds of Tank Davis, and talks about being bitter about not being invited to Turki Al-Shiekh’s London bash for the Ring Awards last Saturday.
The True Motive
Talented lightweight star Tank then pointed out that Crawford is not “chasing greatness” by climbing 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 “chasing greatness” and “legacy” argument that Crawford used as his rationale for moving up to 168 to challenge Canelo for his three belts sounds like double talk. If it was about greatness, Crawford would move up and earn the fight by beating the top contenders. He wants the straight title shot, which unmasks what it’s all about—retirement pay.
Crawford wouldn’t have gotten that fight if Turki hadn’t given him the opportunity. Terence wasn’t about to move up to 168 to earn the payday against Mexican superstar Canelo the hard way by running the gauntlet through the killers in the division.
Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) probably wouldn’t last two seconds if he came in against some of the predators, like David Morrell, David Benavidez, Christian Mbilli and Diego Pacheco. You can respect Crawford as he entered the general population at 168 to risk his soft spot against the sharks to earn a title shot against Canelo instead of having it handed to him on a silver platter by Turki.
Circus Boxing
Turki likes mix-and-match circus-type fights that make no sense in terms of sporting value, but good trashy entertainment. For example, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury fight MMA man Francis Ngannou. It was pure circus. We get an old, soon-to-be 38-year-old Crawford moving up two weight divisions to challenge Canelo.
