‘Future pound-for-pound star’ fights for Crawford and Canelo’s old belt this week
A potential future pound-for-pound star is set to challenge for a super-middleweight world title this week, a belt once held by both Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford. With Crawford vacating the undisputed crown, the division is poised to crown a new champion, and this rising talent, with just 14 professional bouts, looks to step into that void. British boxing fans will be keen to see if he can live up to the hype and claim his first major strap.
The super-middleweight division is set to crown its new king, and the man to truly succeed Canelo Alvarez and may be one with 14 professional bouts to his name. In September last year, Crawford trumped Canelo to become undisputed super-middleweight champion but retired three months later and left the 168lb world titles fragmented. Christian Mbilli […] The post ‘Future pound-for-pound star’ fights for Crawford and Canelo’s old belt this week appeared first on Boxing News.
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