Gervonta Davis and Terence Crawford exchanged trash talk about being extremely rich. Crawford appears to have I started it rubbing salt in Tank Davis’ injuries, speaking about his bitterness at not being invited to Turki Al-Shiekh’s London party for the Ring Awards last Saturday.
The real motive
Talented lightweight star Tank then emphasized that Crawford is not “looking for 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 exposed
The “pursuit of greatness” and “legacy” argument that Crawford used as justification for moving up to 168 to challenge Canelo for his three belts sounds like doublespeak. If it was about greatness, Crawford would advance and win the fight by beating top contenders. He wants a direct title shot, which reveals what it is…retirement money.
Crawford wouldn’t have this fight if Turki hadn’t given him the opportunity. Terence wasn’t about to move up to 168 to earn the payday against Mexican superstar Canelo the hard way by laying down the gauntlet against the division’s killers.
Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) probably wouldn’t last two seconds if he found himself with certain predators, like David Morrell, David Benavidez, Christian Mbilli and Diego Pacheco. You might respect Crawford if he entered the general population at 168 to risk his flabby skin against the sharks to earn a title shot against Canelo instead of having it handed to him on a silver platter by Turki.
Boxing at the Circus
Turki likes circus type fights that make no sense in terms of sporting value but are good junk type entertainment. For example, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are fighting MMA guy Francis Ngannou. It was pure circus. We get an old Crawford, almost 38, moving up two weight divisions to challenge Canelo.
