Crawford Los Angeles stacked card announced

[WelshDevilRob]

His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), announced a blockbuster World title clash as pound-for-pound superstar Terence Crawford challenges Israil Madrimov for the WBA and WBO interim World Super-Welterweight title on August 3rd sponsored by Visit Saudi, MDL Beast and Red Sea Global at BMO Stadium, Los Angeles. The event will be promoted by Riyadh Season Card, Sela, League 1 and Matchroom Boxing in association with World Of Boxing, TGB Promotions, Golden Boy, Goldstar, Queensberry, Salita Promotions and Warriors Boxing Promotions.

HE Turki Alalshikh said: “We are delighted for Riyadh Season to host its first overseas event in Los Angeles and this fight in the United States is a special one to mark this moment. We want to give people around the world the opportunity to enjoy their own Riyadh Season experience and this is exactly what we hope to achieve by staging this and also future events around the world.”

Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Sport Chairman, said: “This is a fantastic fight between a pound-for-pound great and one of the best World champions in the sport. Terence is a pound-for-pound great and continues to strive to be the very best, but in Israil, he meets a hungry champion that has no intention of relinquishing his title in his first defense – this promises to be one of the fights of the year. The undercard has to be one of if not the best we have ever seen for a US card – get ready for a huge night on August 3 in Los Angeles”.

Crawford (40-0 31 KOs) is gunning to become a Four-Weight World champion as he moves up to 154lbs after conquering the Welterweight division with a stunning KO win over Errol Spence to be crowned the undisputed champion at 147lbs in Las Vegas in July. The Omaha star has already ruled the roost at Super-Lightweight and Lightweight, and now the pound-for-pound great is arrowing in on cementing greatness by claiming honors at a fourth weight.

Madrimov (10-0-1 7 KOs) is the man that stands in Crawford’s way, and the Uzbek champion makes his first defense of his title against the toughest opposition possible after winning the belt in spectacular fashion in his last outing in Saudi Arabia. The 29-year-old took on Magomed Kurbanov for the vacant title in Riyadh in March, and stopped the Russian in five rounds with a dominant performance to continue his impressive unbeaten run in the paid ranks, following a glittering amateur career.

Read more: https://www.ringnews24.com/2024/04/24/terence-crawford-vs-israil-madrimov-los-angeles-card-set/

 

[Cableaddict]

Really looking forward to Morrell - Kalajdzic.    IMO, Rad is seriously underestimated.  He got robbed against Marcus Brown:  That KD was obviously a slip,  and then Brown hot him when he was down, but the ref did nothing.  If he had won that fight, as he shguld have, he would then have gotten the high profile fights that might have gotten him to the top 5.

 

It's a great test for Morrell,   who looks terrific but has a somewhat limited opponent list to date.

[WelshDevilRob]

Just been announced that Deontay Wilder vs Jared Anderson will take place on this card. Though, Wilder has to come through unscathed against Zhilei Zhang two months earlier.

[Cableaddict]

On 5/1/2024 at 12:01 AM, WelshDevilRob said:

Just been announced that Deontay Wilder vs Jared Anderson will take place on this card. Though, Wilder has to come through unscathed against Zhilei Zhang two months earlier.

 

Wow,  now THAT'S an exciting fight!  -  If Wilder can get his head back into the game.

[Ledhed1]

What Wilder does for Hearn is Hearn doesn't risk one of his fighters in the 5v5. Wilder wasn't a Hearn fighter until last week, and he won't be after the Zhang fight regardless of the result. Clever. When are the promoters gonna get it? We don't give a shit about them or their companies. We're boxing fans.

If Wilder-Anderson comes off, it's too much too soon for Anderson. Or perhaps TopRank sees the writing on the wall, i.e. Anderson's ceiling isn't all that high. So cash him out. And maybe make a contingency deal with Wilder, and he becomes TopRank's top heavyweight. (Fury isn't TopRank's fighter; he's Queensberry's. TopRank merely controls US broadcast rights.)