Gervonta Davis and Terence Crawford traded stories about being filthy rich. Crawford seems to have he started rubbing salt in Tank Davies’ wounds, talking about being bitter about not being invited to Turki Al-Shieha’s London bash at the Ring Awards last Saturday.
Real motive
Talented lightweight star Tank then pointed out that Crawford is not “chasing size” by moving up to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for their 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 a double-edged sword. If it was about size, Crawford would have stepped up and earned the fight by defeating the best competitors. He wants a direct shot of the title, which reveals what it’s all about –pension money.
Crawford wouldn’t have won that fight if Turki hadn’t given him the opportunity. Terrence wasn’t about to move up to 168 to cash in 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 have lasted two seconds if he went in with some of the predators, like David Morrell, David Benavidez, Christian Mbili and Diego Pacheco. You could respect Crawford if has entered the general population at 168 to risk his soft skin against the Sharks to earn the title against Canelo instead of Turki handing it to him on a silver platter.
Circus Boxing
Turki is all about mixing and matching circus fights that make no sense in terms of sporting value, but good fun like trash. For example, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury fight MMA guy Francis Ngannou. It was pure circus. We get an old, soon-to-be 38-year-old Crawford moving up two weight classes to challenge Canelo.
