Shakur Stevenson got here to Terence Crawford’s protection in the present day on social media, defending him from critics after his controversial resolution win over WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov final Saturday night time at His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s occasion in Los Angeles.
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WBC light-weight champion Shakur, who’s pals with Terence, says the struggle “wasn’t shut,” and Crawford had simply gained. It didn’t look that strategy to followers, and I didn’t see it that means.
It appeared {that a} fossilized, previous his prime, Crawford misplaced the struggle in opposition to the youthful, sooner, and stronger Madrimov, however the judges gave him a break.
Followers’ Discontent: A Boring Affair
In response to Shakur, Crawford-Madrimov was “among the best fights” he’d seen. Sadly, most of the people that pays for fights expects extra from PPV occasions and needs to be entertained for his or her cash.
“Most individuals don’t know [anything] about boxing. That was among the best fights I watched in so lengthy. It wasn’t shut in any respect, however you’ve bought to have a excessive IQ to know that,” mentioned Shakur Stevenson on social media, discussing his ideas on final Saturday’s conflict between TCrawford and WBA Junior middleweight champion Madrimov, which followers have deemed boring.
Shakur doesn’t appear to know that, and that’s one of many causes followers view his struggle as just about unwatchable. Boxing has modified because the days of the dinosaurs, and followers now wish to be entertained for his or her cash. Fighters like Crawford and Shakur don’t present worth for the followers’ cash, and that was the issue we noticed final Saturday night time with Terence boring the followers.
The Controversy Surrounding the Resolution
They felt the 36-year-old Crawford seemed previous and pale from the get-go. The ultimate straw was Crawford successful a controversial 12-round unanimous resolution. Madrimov landed the more durable, cleaner photographs the whole struggle, however the judges nonetheless gave it to Crawford based mostly on his weak jabs and a few followers’ emotions as a result of his recognition.
Followers had labeled the low-punch-output, tactical affair between Crawford and Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KOs) as ‘boring,’ missing any sense of leisure worth, and fully unworthy of being offered on PPV.
