Sergio Mora believes IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Muratazaliev will still be avoided by the top-a-side fighters at 154, despite his impressive victory in the third round in October last year against former WBO champion Tim Tszyu.
Mora is right. The co-victory for Bakhram (23-0, 17 COs) will work against him to make any of the A-list fighters agree to face him because he is too dangerous, and none of them showed a lot of bravery Since they have come to the top.
The turki factor
Unless Turki al-Sheikh is interested in Murtazaliev, as he finishes with Terence Crawford, he will continue to avoid until he was shot or beaten by one of the contenders. Crawford was never popular and avoided the pest through the first 16 years. Although he won world titles in four divisions, the champions he beat were not popular.
Murtazaliev will need Turki to help him get fighters like Sebastian Fundora, Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Jaron Ennis to fight against him. Crawford will not fight against him, he chooses to return to 154 for the same reasons as the others will not. Bakhram is too dangerous, especially for older fighters.
“I don’t care that he knocked and beat Tim Tszyu. I don’t care that he is a dangerous fighter. He is one of those forgettable names, Bakhram Murtazaliev. He is going to be avoided by the big names, ”Segio Mora told Chris Mannix Youtube Channel, talks about IBF 154-pound champion Murtazaliev, who is likely to be avoided by the top fighters during junior middleweight.
“He has a belt,” Mannix said about Murtazaliev.
“You don’t want to fight a man like that, with a name like that and with a style like that,” Mora says.
“With a title,” Mannix says about Bakhram with a title. ‘
The belt is worth
Tires no matter in this era of boxing. What is more important is the popularity on social media and the ability to make contact with fans in interviews on YouTube. Bakhram’s IBF belt can be just as a trinket, because it won’t help him to attract popular fighters to face him. He needs Turki.
“It comes second. It actually comes third, ”says Mora. “Nobody’s going to want to fight that man. So, Duva will find it difficult to promote him and make him popular. Yes, they can pay out due to the belt, but it will not be against a name. ‘
With Bakhram’s power and knockout, he would be much more popular if his fights are shown four or five times a year on Dazn, but that doesn’t happen. He may become popular but he will have to be busy and have a promoter who can get fought for him
“Go the ranking at 154 pounds and think of the fights you can take against guys who would happily come to the ring with him,” Mora said. “A Serhii Bohachuk would get into the ring with him. Vergil Ortiz if he won (against Israel Madrimov) he would end up with him in the ring. Boots Ennis will come to the ring with him. “
“No,” Mora said of his belief that Ennis would not fight Bakhram.
“Charles Conwell would come to the ring with him,” Mannix said.
“The A-side won’t fight against him,” says Mora. “The B-sides will fight against him. They have no other choice. “
