Turki Alalshikh says Terence Crawford has a surprise for his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, and has one for “the future.” He said that Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) will rest for “one or two months” before the “surprise” is announced.
Omaha Isn’t Boxing’s Center Stage
It’s hard to believe that Turki would consider Crawford fighting in hometown as something that would impress fans. That’s not even worth mentioning. Apart from people who live in that city, the general public won’t care. Fans want to see Crawford fight someone good that isn’t old, flat-footed, and dealing with poor stamina.
They want to see Crawford test himself against an elite-level fighter for the first time in his career, like one of these guys:
- David Benavidez
- Jaron Ennis
- Christian Mbilly
- Osleys Iglesias
- Dmitry Bivol
- Artur Beterbiev
- David Morrell
In other words, they want to see Crawford fight someone who can beat him. If he’s serious about wanting to be on the Mount Rushmore of boxing, he’ll fight one of these fighters next.
“This is the gloves of the champ. He gave it to me, and it’s important. We do it,” said Turki Alalshikh to Ring Magazine to Terence Crawford after he came to his office to give him the gloves he wore for his win over Canelo Alvarez…