Tim Bradley is critical of the bottom map that Turki Alalshikh met to support ‘The Fight of the Century’ between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford on September 13 at Netflix.
The ‘garbage’ undercard
Bradley says the bottom map event is ‘garbage’ and scolds Turki because he has not piled up the card as he did in the past with his Riyadh season meetings. Tim says, “Who are these dudes?” The remark was reflected by fans on social media, who are not familiar with many of the fighters.
Turki recently gave his rationale to choose the fighters for the bottom map. He said, “We have the biggest struggle, we don’t need a big battle on the bottom map.” In other words, he believes that the Canelo Crawford battle is large enough that the undercard was unimportant in terms of quality. Some fans of X believe that Turki spent so much money on the wallets for Crawford and Canelo. So he chose to watch the rest of the September 13 event.
Main card
- Callum Walsh vs. Fernando Vargas jr.
- Christian Milli vs. Lester Martinez
- Mohammed Alelel vs. John Ornelas
Preliminary card
- Serhii Bohachuk vs. Brandon Adams
- Ivan Dychko vs. Jermaine Franklin
- Reit Tsutsumi vs. Javier Martinez
- Sultan Almohammed vs. Martin Caraballo
- Steven Nelson vs. Raiko Santana
- Marco Verde against Marcos Osorio Betancourt
A deviation from the norm
“This is the first time I have seen the bottom map of this great A ** fight that is not promoted,” commentator Tim Bradley said on his channelCriticism of the bottom map packed with the Canelo Alvarez against Terence Crawford match on September 13. “What’s going on? You have already spent $ 300 million or $ 500 million. What’s going on with the bottom map, Turki? ‘
Empty card, no interest
It is understandable why Bradley Bare legs undercard It was compiled for the Canelo-Crawford event next week, as fans ignore it because it does not have high caliber fights.
The best of the crowd is probably the Christian Mbilli against Lester Martinez fight. Even that one failed to resonate because Martinez did not fight any significant opposition during his career. The same goes for Mbilli. It would have been better to use Osleys Iglesias or Diego Pacheco as the opponent of Mbilli, as the two would have an excellent chance to beat him. There would have been more interest.
“It’s not like you, Turki. You have made main cards. Each fight could be their own main event, and you are going to give this garbage here? ‘ Bradley said about the Canelo-Crawford under map. ‘Come on, man. Hey, there is no such thing as halfway crooks. Don’t do halfway. ‘
It’s too late now. Turki already has the bottom map for Canelo-Crawford, and he doesn’t talk to adding any extra fights to wipe it for fans. This is a big negative, because there are many fans who are not interested in watching Canelo fight against an outdated 37-year-old in a gimmick battle.
It is not a sporty one, because Crawford has never fought at 168 and has been waiting for his struggle.
Some analysts and fans expressed the view that he lost with the way Crawford looked in his last fight against five of the top 10 contenders in the Super Middleweight division.
Some fans consider it a money grab and a retirement day for Crawford’s benefit, given its success in the lower weight classes. It is like the equivalent of a gold watch given to an employee who retires from a business in old days.
“If you’re going to do it, Turki. Do it as if you did, Turki. Don’t do halfway, man. I don’t know anyone on the damn under map. Who the hell these dudes are? I’m like ‘who? “I can’t even say some of these damn names on the bottom map,” Bradley says.
What is worrying is that Turki’s July 12 and February 22, 2025 had better lower cards than the Canelo vs. Crawford card. The same goes for all four Turki’s events in 2024.
Turki’s charged events in 2024:
- December 21: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Ulsyk 2 Rematch
- October 12: Artur Betterbiev vs Dmitry Biblical 1
- September 18: Anthony Joshua against Daniel Dubois
- August 3: Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov
“The world will watch the Canelo Alvarez sites Crawford Fight of the Century on Netflix, Crawford Fight of the Century. And for that, I want to load the bottom map with young, hungry fighters who deserve the chance to act under the bright lights,” says Turki Alalshikh to the Ring Magazine.
The fighters who chose Turki for the Canelo-Crawford undercard are definitely ‘young’ and ‘hungry’. However, the battles he added to the map could not echo with fans, and they are completely overlooked. There is no buzz about the co-fight between Callum Walsh and Fernando Vargas Jr. It is the same with the rest of the bottom map.
Fans on social media are not talking about the fighting.
The general sentiment is that the undercard acted as dead weight and did the event more harm than helping it. Turki would just as well have eliminated the bottom map and went with the main event as the only battle on the 13th card.
The most important event is all that is important
‘All the bottom map on talent because we have the biggest struggle, We don’t need a big battle in the bottom map, ” Turki told Sports Illustrated and explained why the card does not have compelling battles.
There it is straight from Turki. He believes that the Canelo-Crawford struggle is ‘The Fight of the Century’, and that the opportunity doesn’t need big names on the bottom map to create interest among fans to sign up on Netflix to watch it.
Last updated on 09/06/2025
