Terence Crawford aims to become a world champion in four divisions as he challenges Israil Madrimov for the WBA and WBO interim world super welterweight titles in August.
Crawford conquered the welterweight and light welterweight divisions as undisputed world champion, and also previously held the WBO lightweight title. Now he moves up to 154lbs with the goal of adding a pair of belts from that weight class to his incredible trophy case.
Standing in his way is Madrimov, who defeated Magomed Kurbanov in March to win the WBA title. The 29-year-old now makes his first defence of the belt against one of the sport's pound-for-pound greats.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of Crawford vs. Madrimov.
When is Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov?
• Date: Saturday, August 3
• Start Time: 4:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 p.m. UK
• Main event ringwalks (approx): 11:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 a.m. UK (Sunday)
The ringwalks for Crawford vs. Madrimov are scheduled for 11:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 a.m. UK with the event beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 p.m. UK. These timings are subject to change.
What has been said?
"I cannot wait to get back in the ring in my fourth weight class and remind the world why I'm the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.’
"Israil Madrimov is a tremendous and entertaining fighter, but on August 3, he will be my next victim. This is the Terence Crawford era."
“I’m very excited to be headlining His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s first card in the USA,”
“Realistically the next step was to do a rematch with Spence”
"It's a fight against the toughest possible fighter and also all the obstacles around the fight”
“I’m concentrating on this fight against Terence Crawford. I don’t think about anything else. I’m there to win the fight, and after the fight, we can talk about everything else.”
"He’s got great movement, he’s a fit, strong guy in his prime, and as I said, he punches very hard, and that’s not an easy fight."
"He’s ready to knock out Terence Crawford in Los Angeles. This is the fight that turns Israil Madrimov into a superstar.”
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