Terence Crawford was allowed to enter the ring to congratulate Dmitri Bivol Moments after his victory over undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Betterur Betterbiev last Saturday night in Riyadh. This Looks like a staged move To determine fans’ interest In a Crawford against Biblical battle in 2026 if both fighters win their next games. I can see it from a kilometer away. It has the features to make the appetite of fans disappear in a Crawford against Biblical battle.
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There is no other way to see this move from Crawford with Biblical in the ring as a strategy to create interest in a fight between them. If this happens next year, Crawford is likely to get up and challenge Biblical for his belts without fighting contenders to earn the title shot.
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He will give it to him on a silverboard, as he does at 168 against WBA, WBC and the WBO Super Middleweight Champion Canelo Alvarez. If Crawford had to beat a top contender at 175, such as David Benavidez or David Morrell, to earn the title shot against Bivolol, he would be out of his depth. However, it is perfectly predictable that Crawford will go up to 175 to challenge Biblical for his four titles if he still holds them after his likely trilogy with better biev.
Biful and Crawford looked the same size. It is surprising how much weight Crawford has taken up since August. He seems to be now in the 180s, as big as Biblical, but of course not as powerful or physically built for the division. The Nebraska native Crawford fed the weights and hit the weights.
Crawford (41-0, 31 CO’s) feathers his retirement nest egg and moves to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez on September 13 for his united titles in a new competition. Terence has no experience at 168 and moves on for what he calls ‘legacy’, but it’s more about money. However, if Crawford makes a questionable decision as we saw last Saturday in the Betterbievvolol 2 match, he will need another path for a big payday. This is where Bisvol comes in.
Crawford can make big money to fight Biblical in Riyadh. Even if he loses, he will still increase his retirement fund. He is not about to move back to 154 because he can’t make the same kind of dough down there, and many of the top fighters are likely to hit him.
I hope that Crawford’s true goal of being allowed to enter the ring for a photo with Biblical was to promote his September 13 match against Canelo Alvarez. Crawford is seen in the ring by many fans who ordered the competition on PPV, make him a minor star and keep him in the public eye. Crawford who poses for photos with Biblical after his victory over Betterbiev allows him to steal a little of the brilliance of him.
If Turki Alalshikh wants to create interest in a Canelo-Crawford battle, he will let Crawford go up to 168 to prove himself in June or July against Osleys Iglesias or Diego Pacheco. This is the sporty way to do this, but once again Crawford would be wiped out by one of the fighters, which would destroy the celebrity fight against Canelo.
Last updated on 02/24/2025
