Gervonta Davis and Terence Crawford traded trash talk about being filthy rich. Crawford seems to have started it by rubbing salt in the wounds of Tank Davis, talking about him being bitter about not being invited to Turki Al-Shiekh’s London bash for the Ring Awards last Saturday.
The True Motive
The talented lightweight star Tank then pointed out that Crawford isn’t “chasing greatness” by climbing 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 “chasing greatness” and “legacy” argument that Crawford has been using as his rationale to move up to 168 to challenge Canelo for his three belts sounds like double talk. If it were about greatness, Crawford would move up and earn the fight by beating the top contenders. He wants the straight title shot, which unmasks what this is all about—retirement money.
Crawford wouldn’t be getting that fight if Turki hadn’t given him the opportunity. Terence wasn’t about to move up to 168 to earn the payday against the Mexican superstar Canelo the hard way by running the gauntlet through the killers in the division.
Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) probably wouldn’t last two seconds if he got in with some of the predators, like David Morrell, David Benavidez, Christian Mbilli, and Diego Pacheco. You could respect Crawford if he entered the general population at 168 to risk his soft hide against the sharks to earn a title shot against Canelo instead of having it given to him on a silver platter by Turki.
Circus Boxing
Turki is into mix-and-matching circus-type fights that make no sense regarding sporting value but good junk-like entertainment. For example, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury fight MMA guy Francis Ngannou. Those were pure circus. We’re getting an old, soon-to-be 38-year-old Crawford moving up two weight divisions to challenge Canelo.
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