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Crawford: Kavaliauskas Can Fight, No Matter What's Said
By Keith Idec Published On Mon Sep 16, 2019, 08:34 AM EDT
LAS VEGAS – Terence Crawford took the first step Friday toward solidifying his next fight.

The unbeaten WBO welterweight champion hopes his initial meeting with his promoters at Top Rank Inc. and ESPN leads to him boxing mandatory challenger Egidijus Kavaliauskas on December 14 at Madison Square Garden. If that fight can be finalized, ESPN would televise Crawford-Kavaliauskas as the main event after a co-feature that’ll pit IBF lightweight champ Richard Commey (29-2, 26 KOs) against his mandatory challenger, Teofimo Lopez (14-0, 11 KOs).

“Hopefully,” Crawford told BoxingScene.com on Friday at MGM Grand. “We still haven’t had a sit-down to talk about the numbers or anything. We’ve got a date locked down. That’s the start of it, so I just had a meeting with Top Rank and ESPN. Hopefully, we can get that locked down and get everything in order for the fight that’ll happen December 14th.”

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Assuming a deal is completed, the 31-year-old Crawford (35-0, 26 KOs), of Omaha, Nebraska, would be heavily favored to beat Lithuania’s Kavaliauskas (21-0-1, 17 KOs), the WBO’s No. 1 contender at 147 pounds. Kavaliauskas, also 31, settled for a 10-round majority draw with Ray Robinson in his last bout, but Crawford stressed that dismissive fans and media shouldn’t shun him.

“Listen, this guy is not a walk in the park,” Crawford said. “He’s strong. He’s undefeated. He’s got a deep amateur background, going to the Olympics I think twice. They look at him and say [about me], ‘He’s not fighting nobody because of who he is.’ But l’m like, ‘This dude can fight, no matter what you say. He’s my No. 1 contender for a reason.’ Me, as a fighter, I have never overlooked ‘em or take ‘em lightly or discredit him for getting to where he got to at this point.”

Robinson gave Kavaliauskas his toughest professional fight when they met March 30 at 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Robinson’s hometown.

Two judges scored their 10-round encounter even (95-95, 95-95). The other judge scored their fight 97-93 for Robinson (24-3-2, 12 KOs), whose movement and southpaw stance troubled Kavaliauskas.

“Ray Robinson is tall, rangy and awkward,” Crawford said. “It probably threw him off a little bit, you know? But we’ve got two totally different styles, and that was that.”

Crawford last fought April 20, when he stopped England’s Amir Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) in the sixth round at Madison Square Garden.
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i like crawford..but its unfortunate dude he is fighting looked bad against a spoiler and didnt run it back so it looks bad..crawford is going to destroy this dude
 
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patscorpio said:
i like crawford..but its unfortunate dude he is fighting looked bad against a spoiler and didnt run it back so it looks bad..crawford is going to destroy this dude
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Yeah they decided that the only cross promotion there at 147 gonna be Bud vs Spence nothing earlier :francis: At least that would mean they make Bud vs Spence though. I know many ppl here don't like Crawford but let's not kid ourselves, that would be the best 147 fight that can be made easily and one of the if not the best fight in the sport too. I'd take it above anything else, it's that good.
So let's just hope we will get to see it sometimes late next year (the earliest realistic time I can imagine... assuming none of them lose before it)
 
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If Spence dominates Porter and Crawford ends up fighting this eastern euro who drew with Ray Robinson then I might put Spence above bud on my P4P list.

Crawford's has been in 3 consecutive cherrypick mismatches.
 
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Munguia: I Don't Know If This Is My Last Fight At 154 Pounds
By Jake Donovan

Published On Mon Sep 16, 2019, 01:40 PM EDT

Jaime Munguia was so pleased with his returning to old form, that he’s having second thoughts about life in a new weight division.

Granted, the unbeaten 154-pound titlist was always going to be too much to handle for Ghana’s Patrick Allotey from the moment their fight was announced more than a month ago.

Still, the 22-year old from Tijuana, Mexico drew rave reviews for his performance on Saturday, scoring a 4th round knockout in the main event of a DAZN-streamed bill in front of a raucous crowd at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif.

"The journey getting here was hard, but I feel really good with these people who came to support me," noted Munguia (34-0, 27KOs), whose last stoppage win came on this very weekend one year ago. "This is Mexican Independence Day, and I feel really good and I'm ready to (accomplish) more and go further in my career.”

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The bout was Munguia’s first under the watchful eye of Tijuana’s last great legendary boxer, Hall of Fame former four-division titlist Erik Morales who has taken over the training reins for the rising star. The intent was to bring out the aggressive side of the young boxer, who has been extended the distance in three of his last four starts, including a heavily disputed 12-round win over Dennis Hogan this past April in Monterrey, Mexico.

Their first bout together was thought to be the last at 154 pounds for the 6’0” man-child who seemed destined for a middleweight run. Perhaps not so fast on that front.

“I don't know if this is my last fight at 154 pounds,” admits Munguia, who has already made the fifth successful defense of the title he claimed just 16 months ago in a four-round wipeout of Sadam Ali. “I need to talk with my promoters Golden Boy and Zanfer.

“I need to talk to my team and then we'll decide."
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if he stays at 154..rematch hogan or fight vargas.. allotey tagged him clean too many times and hes having 2nd thoughts
 
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patscorpio said:
if he stays at 154..rematch hogan or fight vargas.. allotey tagged him clean too many times and hes having 2nd thoughts
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I had Allotey winning the 1st 2 rounds until the weight bully DLC pack kicked in for Munguia.

Looked like a welter vs a super middle.
 
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