Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov Fight Boxing Highlights - Crawford wins!

Terence Crawford attempts to win a world title in the fourth weight class of his career when he takes on WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on Saturday in Los Angeles. The fight is Crawford's first at junior middleweight after winning a world title at lightweight and becoming undisputed champion at both junior welterweight and welterweight.

While Crawford has long been seen as one of the elite fighters in the sport, his most recent performance vaulted him to one of the top two spots on nearly every pound-for-pound list in the sport. In that fight, Crawford dominated Errol Spence Jr. in a long-awaited clash to crown an undisputed welterweight champion, scoring a ninth-round TKO.

Crawford has not returned to the ring since his July 2023 thrashing of Spence. It was originally expected the two would meet in a rematch but Spence underwent cataract surgery, allowing the time to expire on the contracted rematch clause.

With Crawford already planning a move up in weight, he was then able to focus on conquering new ground and land in a fight with Madrimov.

"I feel great, come Saturday I got a treat for y'all," Crawford said this week. "I'm expecting him to do anything he can to throw me off, but I said it before and I'll say it again, this is the Terence Crawford era and I'm taking that belt.

"I'm just so competitive that when I think I've reached my ceiling, there's always that extra push to do something that I haven't done before."

Madrimov comes from a solid amateur background, having won multiple championships. He turned professional in 2018 and has rattled off a 10-0-1 record, with the lone blemish on his resume a technical draw against Michel Soro in July 2022 after a clash of heads caused a cut over Soro's eye. The Soro fight was a rematch of a 2021 fight that Madrimov won by TKO in controversial fashion after a punch that landed after the bell caused the stoppage.

In his most recent bout, Madrimov stopped Magomed Kurbanov in the fifth round to win the WBA title. That fight nearly didn't happen after a pre-fight medical test revealed an issue that required a second MRI to be cleared. With Jermell Charlo having been named "champion in recess" by the WBA, Madrimov and Kurbanov were fighting for the vacant belt.

While Madrimov is a talented fighter and an argument could be made that he's the top fighter at 154 pounds, Crawford will enter the ring as a heavy favorite to pull off the win and take the title.

"I feel great, I've waited for this moment for a long time," Madrimov said. "My dream is coming true. Saturday night I'll show every boxing fan a great fight.

"I'm only thinking about the victory, and I will show everything that I have inside the ring."

One of the primary storylines heading into the fight actually looks past Saturday's action as Crawford has been chasing a fight with unified super middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Despite the weight difference between the two, a clash of two of the best fighters of their generation would be a huge fight and the most financially lucrative option as both men wind down their careers.

While Alvarez initially blew off the idea, he has warmed to it some in recent months, meaning Crawford needs to avoid a misstep to keep the possibility of landing the fight in play.

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[Dumpft]

Crawfish lost that fight! It was given to him dam shame

[УмаржонТохтаев]

Исроил биз сен билан Кыргызстандан Токмак шахридан Тохтаев Умаржон Отанга Онанга минг Рахмат

[sergebruce-zp]

Clarence looks great. What a boxing lesson. Power is good if you can box.

[МухлисаБагирова]

Исроил Бекободликлар омад тилаймиз Оллохимиз мададкор булсин омад

[rashidniyozov]

Исроил ШЕРОБОД НАВБОГ ликлар сен билан .омад сенга

[zulfiyaaminova]

Ассалому алейкум олга омад тилаб коламиз оиламиз билан 💪✊🤲

[Majugorie]

Heavenly Father, the time is up now, help Crawford to win.

[munankendakwanzambi]

@luxury didn't take long for this video to age bad

[sergebruce-zp]

Crawford won 8 rounds the other guy won 2 rounds on my view.

[osvaldocortezlopez]

WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT OF A FIGHT, AT LEAST FOR MR THE GREATEST, BETTER SHUT UP MR CHAMP

[ЕркинСапаров-оч]

Исраел омад бас газ Туркистан туран халки сен б н

[Xayrullaxon]

Isroil aka olĝa Òzbeklarni kimligini bildirib qòying

[alishervaxobov]

Исроил омад агдариб тунтариб дабдаласини ëриб ташлагин

[OsvaldoBeiro]

Crawford es el mejor peleador libra por libra

[bravossiera]

Terence will give exercise to maxrimove😅

[JeffreyHowerton-kz]

Word of advice to Crawford and I'm so serious stop making friends and all that hugging and shaking hands it makes you look soft you say you Drago in the ring but I see a compassionate Balboa Crawford clearly could have knocked him out I saw Bud talking to him through the bout God only knows what he was saying like don't worry I ain't gonna hurt you in front of your people but if madrimov was given an opening he wouldn't have returned the favor I bet and now canelo really don't want the fight but will take the payday like he said easy money but for Crawford if he looking for an el it's on the way cuz he ain't beating canelo like that the way he looked against madrimov I was against it from the start and I'm even more confident and convinced that he better leave canelo alone even the sheikh wants to scrap it after Crawford's terrible showing talking about I like Israel wtf are you talking about like him a week or a month from now over dinner same thing with Spence all this hugging and pep talk BS you slipping Bud I understand good sportsmanship but Bud fighters know how to play on your sympathy it could become your downfall stop respecting these dudes in the ring you did the same thing you said Charlo did with canelo you gave too much respect to Israel and ended up with the same result but charlos respect was fear of a knockout so he kept his distance Crawford was locking up and still giving him a play which will come back to haunt all they gotta do is talk nice shake hands hug which is a sign of weakness and I saw it all he looked like he wanted to apologize to Israel for fuckin up his face

[osvaldocortezlopez]

CANELO CAKEWALKS THIS SO CALLED GREATEST FIGHTER?

[osvaldocortezlopez]

CRAWFORD SHOULD KEEP FIGHTING BOXERS THAT LET THEMSELVES BE HIT. MADRIMOV SHOULD BOX CANELO, HE HAS A BETTER CHANCE BY FAR, POUND FOR POUND BEST WHAT? BEST DANCER, BEST WANNABE? WOW, WHEN THE MOUTH RUNS TOO MUCH, THIS IS WHAT THE RESULT IS, THE ARAB PROMOTER BETTER RUN BEFORE HIS MONEY GETS TAKEN