Bomac Mcintyre wants Terence Crawford to fight at 154 if he can’t get Spence-Ugas winner

By Boxing News - 02/21/2022 - Comments

By Jim Calfa: Trainer Brian ‘Bomac’ McIntyre says he wants Terence Crawford to move up to 154 to try and unify up there if he fails to get the winner of the April 16th fight between Errol Spence Jr. and Yordenis Ugas.

The conventional wisdom is that if Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) gets passed up by the winner of the unification match between IBF/WBC welterweight champion Spence and WBA champion Ugas, it would mean that there’s not going to be any chance of getting that fight no matter how long Terence waits.

In that case, Crawford would need to consider moving up because there’s no one popular for him to fight that will bring in big money. Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman has already revealed that he’s going the WBC route to get a title shot rather than facing Crawford.

Staying at 147 would mean that the 34-year-old Crawford will soon need to face #1 WBO Vergil Ortiz Jr, and that’s going to be a really difficult fight for him.

Assuming Crawford wins, he might be stuck defending against Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis in 2023, depending on if the World Boxing Organization moves him into the #1 slot after Vergil gets his shot.

Image: Bomac Mcintyre wants Terence Crawford to fight at 154 if he can't get Spence-Ugas winner

“I’d like to see Terence fight the winner of the 147-lb title over there,” said Brian ‘Bomac’ McIntyre to Behind The Gloves when asked who should Crawford fight next.

If not, go up to 154 and maybe get one of the guys up there and try and unify that title.

“Either or, I want to see Terence continue to succeed,” said Bomac. “I think that’s a good thing for America and a good thing for the UK to see one of their guys come up and challenge the pound-for-pound best,” said BobMac.

If Crawford moves up to 154, he could be installed as the WBC mandatory to champion Brian Castano. Crawford wouldn’t have to fight anybody to earn that mandatory status. He only needs to petition for the spot.

Getting his hands on the WBO 154-lb belt would put Crawford in position to face IBF/WBA/WBC champion Jermell Charlo for the undisputed championship if he still holds those belts by then.

Ideally, Crawford will get a chance to fight the winner of the Spence-Ugas for the undisputed championship at 147. Considering the track record for Spence, it’s not probable that he’ll welcome the idea of fighting Crawford.

Staying at 147 will be risky for Crawford because it’s only a matter of time before he ages and is vulnerable against the top contenders. At this point, Crawford might already be susceptible to getting beaten by Ennis because he’s viewed as a bigger, younger, and stronger version of himself.

 

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