Gervonta Davis and Terence Crawford trade trash talk about getting filthy rich. Crawford seems to have it he started by rubbing salt in the wound of Tank Davis, talking about how he is bitter about not being invited to Turki Al-Shiekh’s event in London at the Ring Awards last Saturday.
True Purpose
Talented lightweight star Tank then revealed that Crawford is “not chasing greatness” by moving up to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his unified super middleweight titles. This is what Crawford “has to do to make decent money.”
Double Talk Revealed
The “chase for greatness” and “legacy” argument that Crawford used as his reason for moving up to 168 to challenge Canelo for his three belts sounds like double talk. If it was about size, Crawford would step up and win the fight by beating the top contenders. You want a specific title, which reveals what this is about—retirement income.
Crawford wouldn’t have gotten that fight if Turki hadn’t given him a chance. Terence wasn’t about to move up to 168 to earn a payday against Mexican superstar Canelo the hard way by running the gauntlet against the killers in the division.
Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) probably wouldn’t last two seconds if he faced other predators, such as David Morrell, David Benavidez, Christian Mbilli, and Diego Pacheco. You can respect Crawford if he entered the general public at 168 to risk his tender skin against the sharks to get a title shot from Canelo instead of it being handed to Turki on a silver platter.
Circus Boxing
Turki is into mixed and matched circus type fights that are pointless in terms of sporting value but good fun like junk. For example, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury fought MMA guy Francis Ngannou. That was pure circus. We find the 38-year-old Crawford moving up two weight classes to challenge Canelo.
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