Bakhram Murtazaliev might grow to be the following star at 154 if he can clear out the division, beating the highest names which might be courageous sufficient to struggle him.
The ten-year skilled Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) made a reputation for himself with hardcore boxing followers by destroying former WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu in three rounds final Saturday night time on the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.
What IBF 154-lb champion Murtazaliev must do now’s defeat these fighters to say the throne within the division:
– Terence Crawford– Sebastian Fundora– Israil Madrimov– Serhii Bohachuk– Errol Spence– Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Murtazaliev, 31, might want to work shortly to get these fighters to conform to struggle earlier than he begins getting old out. The way in which fighters keep away from one another, it might take Murtazaliev years earlier than he’d get an opportunity to struggle most of these fighters. That’s below perfect circumstances, with him profitable.
It’s unlikely that Crawford will settle for a struggle with Murtazaliev as a result of he needs to ensure he doesn’t lose whereas ready for Canelo Alvarez to bless him. Initially, Crawford could have thought that it might be a bit of cake for him to gather all of the belts at 154, however after his struggle in opposition to Madrimov, he understands that it’not going to be the identical for him.
“We had the shock of Murtazaliev beating Tszyu. Now you notice that Murtazaliev is a really harmful and highly effective power inside the weight class. You’ve a weight stuffed with highly effective and harmful forces,” stated Paulie Malignaggi to Probox TV, discussing IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev’s third-round knockout win over former WBO 154-lb champion Tim Tszyu final Saturday night time in Orlando.
If Murtazaliev can’t get the highest fighters to conform to face him, he’ll want to maneuver as much as 160 to get extra alternatives for essential fights. His Excellency Turki Alalshikh might make issues simpler for him if he could make it worthwhile for the opposite prime fighters at 154 to face Murtazaliev. He hasn’t stated something but about wanting to do this.
“You had tactical and delightful boxing with Madrimov and Crawford. Which course are you going to go? I don’t know if Crawford needs to struggle at 154 anymore as a result of there’s not sufficient star energy there to tickle his fancy. I believe Vergil Ortiz and Murtazaliev can be a collision of harmful powers.”
“If Murtazaliev goes on the market and beats all these guys. He’s not an awesome talker or very marketable, however guess what? He’s a foul man. He beat up a complete weight class. Now you’ve bought a star in your arms,” stated Chris Algieri. “In case you can struggle and beat all people, finally, everybody goes to concentrate.”
If it had been that simple for Murtazaliev to get the fights in opposition to the highest man at 154, he’d have executed it a very long time in the past, and he wouldn’t have wasted 10 years of his profession preventing unknowns. However now that he’s crushed Tszyu, he’s more likely to be handled like a leper by the opposite prime fighters within the division.
“In case you’ve bought a man like Murtazaliev, who was preventing unknown for his complete profession. He was taking step apart cash for a bunch of alternatives. He fights Tim Tszyu and blows him out of the water. That’s the way you grow to be a star.”
Murtazaliev hasn’t grow to be a real star, however he’s at the very least now identified by the hardcore boxing fand after his destruction of Tszyu. What would pace up the method of turning Murtazaliev right into a star can be of Crawford agreed to struggle him.
Once more, that’s unlikely to occur as a result of he realizes how good these fighters are at 154 now after his shut name in opposition to Madrimov, and he wont need to take a fair greater threat in opposition to Murtazaliev.
