Tony Bellew Predicts Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov

Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) will face Israil Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KOs) for the Uzbek’s WBA super welterweight title, with the WBO interim super welterweight title also available. The fight will be the main event on an impressive card at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The entire card will be shown on DAZN pay-per-view, ESPN+, PPV.com, Prime Video and TNT Sports Box Office. Tony Bellew has offered his thoughts on the fight and predicted the winner.

Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov Confident Ahead of Title Fight

Crawford and Madrimov Believe

“Bud” spoke out about the upcoming challenge of facing “The Dream,” but expressed his confidence: “I’m expecting Israil to come out and do what he been doing,” said Crawford. “He’s been phenomenal in the fights that he’s had, but a lot of people forgetting that I punch hard and I’m strong too. You know a lot of people is overthinking this whole fight, like he’s the bigger guy, he’s the stronger guy since I’m moving up in weight. But we always have them same questions from Jeff Horn to Errol Spence to [José] Benavidez. All these big guys that’s naturally bigger than me, when they get in the ring with me everybody say ‘wow, Terence Crawford is stronger than we thought.’ And I think here Saturday people going to be saying the same thing.”

Madrimov also revealed his confidence citing his extensive amateur career as an advantage: “I am happy to be here,” said Madrimov in English initially. “This fight [is] a big chance for me. I am fighting [the] best fighter in the world. It’s my dream come true. I feel great and then I want history.”

He continued: “I’ve had an extensive amateur career,” he said via interpreter. “I’ve been in boxing all my life. I know I have 10 pro fights [sic], but I fought some good fights and I’ve had some really good experience in the pro ring as well. I’ve had a lot of experience in camp. I’ve been living in Indio basically for six years. I’ve been spending time at the gym with the Diaz brothers and I’ve been gaining experience there, more than the fights. With all due respect to team Crawford, as I said before he’s my favourite fighter, but at the same time I believe that I can prove that I am the best in the world as well and I believe that anything is possible…”

Tony Bellew Predicts

Former WBC cruiserweight world champion Bellew has spoken about the fight between Crawford and Madrimov and predicted the winner: “It’s a really good fight. I envision it going 12 rounds because Madrimov is so heavy, so much heavier and bigger than anyone Crawford’s faced. But I don’t think size will be enough to defeat Terrence Crawford. You’re gonna have to have a bit of a fair bit of ability as well. I think it’ll be more competitive than people think, but I still think Crawford wins, by unanimous decision, said Bellew.“