On April 25, according to the American boxing media, the former three-division world boxing champion and the current P4P king Crawford has confirmed his next match, and he will upgrade to challenge the WBA super welterweight new world boxing champion Madrid Mov on August 3, when the two sides will compete for the WBA title, they will also compete for the vacant WBO transitional world belt, which is also Crawford's march to the fourth division of his career.
Crawford, who is about to turn 37, is one of the best fighters in boxing today, with a terrifying record of 40 wins and 31 knockouts, and is the first male fighter in history to unify the belts of the four divisions in four divisions. With Crawford's hopes of challenging Alvarez dashed across divisions and a lack of a suitable opponent at 147 pounds, he had to upgrade again to challenge for a fourth division of world gold.
It is understood that Uzbekistan boxing champion Madramov is only 29 years old this year and currently has a professional record of 10 wins, 0 losses, 1 draw and 7 knockouts. In March of this year, Madrid Mov knocked out Russian Kubanov in five rounds to claim the vacant WBA 154-pound world title, and this time he faced Crawford, which was also Madrid Move's first gold belt defense.
It is worth mentioning that Madramov is regarded as Golovkin's successor in the industry, and some people call him "154 pounds of Golovkin", which means that Madramov's heavy punches are ferocious, his resistance is super strong, and he always causes an airtight sense of pressure to his opponent with his overwhelming attack. Despite Crawford's technical skills, his age is on the older side and the intensity of play has been low in recent years, so whether the 37-year-old is still fit enough to withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of Madrid Mov will be a big part of the game.
Although Crawford is likely to still be seen as the favourite, it cannot be ruled out that he will be knocked out by Madrid Mov's heavy punch, and it will be interesting to see if Crawford's all-win gold can continue and continue to move towards the goal of unifying the four major organizations in the third division.